---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions regarding the procedure to commit an incompetent criminal defendant. (BDR 14-291)"
description: "Revises provisions regarding the procedure to commit an incompetent criminal defendant. (BDR 14-291)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 23"
citation: "Nevada AB 23 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assembly Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-11-18T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-26T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a080d2b-ac5b-478e-ba58-2229cf024ec7"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7265/Overview"
source_hash: "adf14b06581d8a72d1685dc5dc00b924d4da25a7ca0434c6822cb7b7bc819966"
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 23 (81) — Revises provisions regarding the procedure to commit an incompetent criminal defendant. (BDR 14-291)

## 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/AB23.pdf)
2. **Amendment 72** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB23_72.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB23_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB23_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-18T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2021-02-01T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** 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. 72.) 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. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) 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. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) 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 72.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a080d2b-ac5b-478e-ba58-2229cf024ec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).