---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions related to county officers. (BDR 20-1153)"
description: "AN ACT relating to coroners; authorizing a coroner to test a decedent for communicable diseases without a court order under certain circumstances; authorizing a coroner to establish certain programs; authorizing a coroner to subpoena certain documents, records and materials; providing that funds from the account for the support of the office of the county coroner can be used to pay expenses relating to certain programs; requiring a postmortem examination be performed by a forensic pathologist under certain circumstances; increasing certain fees for the support of the office of the county coroner; making various other changes relating to coroners; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 463"
citation: "Nevada SB 463 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH CERTIFICATES", "DRUG OVERDOSES", "VITAL STATISTICS", "ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE", "SUICIDE", "CORONERS", "DISEASES (See also specific diseases)", "HEALTH", "LOCAL BOARDS AND OFFICERS", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "POISON", "DEATH", "FORENSIC LABORATORIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ae3cbf1-37ff-453f-9e62-b5e388562df6"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6875/Overview"
source_hash: "0b118f8e2ebcddc9a5566ae4bd9f8c461ca191a235bba42373483de968f5c50c"
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 463 (80) — Revises provisions related to county officers. (BDR 20-1153)

AN ACT relating to coroners; authorizing a coroner to test a decedent for communicable diseases without a court order under certain circumstances; authorizing a coroner to establish certain programs; authorizing a coroner to subpoena certain documents, records and materials; providing that funds from the account for the support of the office of the county coroner can be used to pay expenses relating to certain programs; requiring a postmortem examination be performed by a forensic pathologist under certain circumstances; increasing certain fees for the support of the office of the county coroner; making various other changes relating to coroners; 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/SB463.pdf)
2. **Amendment 258** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB463_258.pdf)
3. **Amendment 765** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB463_R1_765.pdf)
4. **Amendment CA1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/CA_SB463_R2_CA1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB463_R1.pdf)
6. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB463_R2.pdf)
7. **Reprint 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB463_R3.pdf)
8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB463_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Government Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 258.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 765.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 34, Nays: 5, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2019-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 765 not concurred in. To Assembly.
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2019-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 765 not receded from. Conference requested. Conference Committee appointed by Assembly. To Senate. In Senate. Conference Committee appointed by Senate. To committee.
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Concur in Assembly Amendment No. 765 and further amend. Conference report adopted by Senate. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Conference report adopted by Assembly. (Conference Amend. No. CA1.) To printer.
- **2019-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint.
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** To enrollment.
- **2019-06-07T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 621.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ae3cbf1-37ff-453f-9e62-b5e388562df6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).