---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes provisions concerning victims of human trafficking. (BDR 16-856)"
description: "Establishes provisions concerning victims of human trafficking. (BDR 16-856)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 143"
citation: "Nevada AB 143 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (See also PROSTITUTION)", "INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE", "PANDERING", "PROSTITUTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Settelmeyer", "Lisa Krasner", "Pat Spearman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-16T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-28T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11155454-4e95-487e-9288-c1263aa8fe22"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7471/Overview"
source_hash: "99f21c06019fd5671ab23feb2938633e715be050ca0be460938f267f37c51724"
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 AB 143 (81) — Establishes provisions concerning victims of human trafficking. (BDR 16-856)

## 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/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB143.pdf)
2. **Amendment 253** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB143_253.pdf)
3. **Amendment 456** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB143_R1_456.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB143_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB143_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB143_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- James Settelmeyer — primary (person)
- Lisa Krasner — primary (person)
- Pat Spearman — primary (person)
- Clara Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi Kasama — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — cosponsor (person)
- Susie Martinez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-02-21T08:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2021-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 253.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2021-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 456.) To printer. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage`
- **2021-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 181. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11155454-4e95-487e-9288-c1263aa8fe22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).