---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands Medicaid coverage for certain pregnant women. (BDR 38-130)"
description: "Expands Medicaid coverage for certain pregnant women. (BDR 38-130)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 189"
citation: "Nevada AB 189 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "MEDICAID (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)", "PARENT AND CHILD", "PREGNANCY", "UNITED STATES", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniele Monroe-Moreno", "Maggie Carlton", "Michelle Gorelow", "Robin Titus", "Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9f990f5-c861-41b2-bcc2-5b1ed61e4cb7"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7577/Overview"
source_hash: "c29136310436830de1e5aab83a348a1b32861e2e649c67032103d61cb7a3edf8"
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 189 (81) — Expands Medicaid coverage for certain pregnant women. (BDR 38-130)

## 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/AB189.pdf)
2. **Amendment 36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB189_36.pdf)
3. **Amendment 749** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB189_R1_749.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB189_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB189_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB189_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Daniele Monroe-Moreno — primary (person)
- Maggie Carlton — primary (person)
- Michelle Gorelow — primary (person)
- Robin Titus — primary (person)
- Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — primary (person)
- Bea Duran — cosponsor (person)
- Brittney Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Cecelia González — cosponsor (person)
- Clara Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Dallas Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Elaine Marzola — cosponsor (person)
- Lesley Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Krasner — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn Dondero Loop — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Scheible — cosponsor (person)
- Natha Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cannizzaro — cosponsor (person)
- Roberta Lange — cosponsor (person)
- Rochelle Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Selena Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Shondra Summers-Armstrong — 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 Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-03-09T08:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **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. 36.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- **2021-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 749.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 37, Nays: 5.) To printer. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 398. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9f990f5-c861-41b2-bcc2-5b1ed61e4cb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).