---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes provisions relating to the issuance of citations and arrests by peace officers. (BDR 23-634)"
description: "Establishes provisions relating to the issuance of citations and arrests by peace officers. (BDR 23-634)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 186"
citation: "Nevada AB 186 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARREST", "CITATIONS", "PEACE OFFICERS (See also LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C.H. Miller", "Howard Watts", "Rochelle Nguyen", "Sarah Peters", "Tom Roberts"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-14T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/106b5b1e-f658-4da9-9736-68d2d7b8fa51"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7571/Overview"
source_hash: "5aa74a0c900751afbb529e916ced3ccf20763cc08a892b89fa7f95ecaddb8da3"
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 186 (81) — Establishes provisions relating to the issuance of citations and arrests by peace officers. (BDR 23-634)

## 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/AB186.pdf)
2. **Amendment 254** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB186_254.pdf)
3. **Amendment 645** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB186_R1_645.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB186_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB186_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB186_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C.H. Miller — primary (person)
- Howard Watts — primary (person)
- Rochelle Nguyen — primary (person)
- Sarah Peters — primary (person)
- Tom Roberts — primary (person)
- Andy Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Bea Duran — cosponsor (person)
- Clara Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Dickman — cosponsor (person)
- Natha Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Selena Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Susie Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Brown-May — cosponsor (person)
- Venicia Considine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **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. 254.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 645.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 5, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2021-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 645 concurred in. To enrollment. `passage`
- **2021-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 514.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/106b5b1e-f658-4da9-9736-68d2d7b8fa51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).