---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). (BDR 23-895)"
description: "AN ACT relating to public retirement systems; eliminating a provision that ceases the payment of benefits to the child of a deceased member of a public retirement system upon the child's adoption; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 416"
citation: "Nevada SB 416 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BOARD", "PARENT AND CHILD", "LEGISLATORS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "ADOPTION OF CHILDREN", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Dallas Harris", "Senator David Parks", "Senator Joyce Woodhouse", "Senator Julia Ratti", "Senator Marcia Washington", "Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop", "Senator Moises Denis", "Senator Nicole Cannizzaro", "Senator Pat Spearman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20bc47c1-c7d6-4d23-a321-23dbf39765e2"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6761/Overview"
source_hash: "981e9b9f8199b59dffc9ae5e9633e0eaa2d8d7f5c4a048c4d2282f45e0f2dae8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nv"]
---

# Nevada SB 416 (80) — Revises provisions relating to the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). (BDR 23-895)

AN ACT relating to public retirement systems; eliminating a provision that ceases the payment of benefits to the child of a deceased member of a public retirement system upon the child's adoption; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB416.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB416_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator Dallas Harris — primary (person)
- Senator David Parks — primary (person)
- Senator Joyce Woodhouse — primary (person)
- Senator Julia Ratti — primary (person)
- Senator Marcia Washington — primary (person)
- Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop — primary (person)
- Senator Moises Denis — primary (person)
- Senator Nicole Cannizzaro — primary (person)
- Senator Pat Spearman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 127.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20bc47c1-c7d6-4d23-a321-23dbf39765e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).