---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes a person who is the victim of certain discriminatory conduct relating to an incident involving a peace officer to bring a civil action under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-227)"
description: "Authorizes a person who is the victim of certain discriminatory conduct relating to an incident involving a peace officer to bring a civil action under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-227)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 157"
citation: "Nevada AB 157 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTIONS", "CIVIL", "ATTORNEY'S FEES", "DAMAGES", "DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "DISCRIMINATION", "GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS", "PEACE OFFICERS (See also LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES)", "RACE (See also MINORITIES)", "RELIGION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittney Miller", "C.H. Miller", "Chris Brooks", "Dallas Harris", "Daniele Monroe-Moreno"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-18T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-26T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71562235-843d-4f1f-b8ba-ac925a0f9fbb"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7501/Overview"
source_hash: "25a08a73edf7998908f88a951ec3047ff446d27d48cffbea7b4962d835b98827"
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 157 (81) — Authorizes a person who is the victim of certain discriminatory conduct relating to an incident involving a peace officer to bring a civil action under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-227)

## 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/AB157.pdf)
2. **Amendment 85** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB157_85.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB157_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB157_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brittney Miller — primary (person)
- C.H. Miller — primary (person)
- Chris Brooks — primary (person)
- Dallas Harris — primary (person)
- Daniele Monroe-Moreno — primary (person)
- Bea Duran — cosponsor (person)
- Cecelia González — cosponsor (person)
- Clara Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- David Orentlicher — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Elaine Marzola — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Watts — cosponsor (person)
- Lesley Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Gorelow — cosponsor (person)
- Natha Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Selena Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — cosponsor (person)
- Shondra Summers-Armstrong — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Yeager — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Brown-May — cosponsor (person)
- Venicia Considine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-09T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day.
- **2021-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 85.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 36, Nays: 6.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 4.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 86.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71562235-843d-4f1f-b8ba-ac925a0f9fbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).