---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing the qualifications for the Office of Attorney General. (BDR 18-921)"
description: "Revises provisions governing the qualifications for the Office of Attorney General. (BDR 18-921)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 236"
citation: "Nevada AB 236 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGE", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "RESIDENTS AND RESIDENCY", "STATE BAR OF NEVADA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edgar Flores", "Elaine Marzola", "Jason Frierson", "Lesley Cohen", "Nicole Cannizzaro", "Rochelle Nguyen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-11T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-29T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24dc1de9-a191-4e75-bd52-5b177bb12f1a"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7682/Overview"
source_hash: "a96b3bd1bc5bca257c19078b5359bfc5b0f29c91f7702a9a2b43ba0fb84a0a25"
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 236 (81) — Revises provisions governing the qualifications for the Office of Attorney General. (BDR 18-921)

## 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/AB236.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB236_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Edgar Flores — primary (person)
- Elaine Marzola — primary (person)
- Jason Frierson — primary (person)
- Lesley Cohen — primary (person)
- Nicole Cannizzaro — primary (person)
- Rochelle Nguyen — primary (person)
- Dallas Harris — cosponsor (person)
- David Orentlicher — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Scheible — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Yeager — cosponsor (person)
- Venicia Considine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-04-09T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 31, Nays: 11.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **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: 12, Nays: 8, 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`
- **2021-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 199. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24dc1de9-a191-4e75-bd52-5b177bb12f1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).