---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to persons experiencing homelessness. (BDR 11-682)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to persons experiencing homelessness. (BDR 11-682)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 197"
citation: "Nevada AB 197 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIRTH CERTIFICATES", "CONSENT", "HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS (See also specific provider)", "HOMELESS PERSONS (See also INDIGENT PERSONS)", "MINORS", "VITAL STATISTICS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fabian Donate", "Howard Watts", "Rochelle Nguyen", "Sarah Peters"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-28T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e19310ea-ab50-463d-a7f4-0fb7430dd902"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7591/Overview"
source_hash: "b2cbb445b4252dd410f3187d1eeb79168205a5e669ba5a2904f7b6230c3df491"
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 197 (81) — Revises provisions relating to persons experiencing homelessness. (BDR 11-682)

## 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/AB197.pdf)
2. **Amendment 64** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB197_64.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB197_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB197_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Fabian Donate — primary (person)
- Howard Watts — primary (person)
- Rochelle Nguyen — primary (person)
- Sarah Peters — primary (person)
- Bea Duran — cosponsor (person)
- C.H. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Clara Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- David Orentlicher — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Gorelow — cosponsor (person)
- Moises Denis — cosponsor (person)
- Selena Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Shondra Summers-Armstrong — cosponsor (person)
- Susie Martinez — 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.
- **2021-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 64.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 26, Nays: 16.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. 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** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 14, Nays: 6, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage`
- **2021-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 125.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e19310ea-ab50-463d-a7f4-0fb7430dd902`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).