---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to alcohol and drug counselors. (BDR 54-558)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to alcohol and drug counselors. (BDR 54-558)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Nevada SB 181 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELORS (See also HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS)", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie Buck", "Gregory Hafen", "John Ellison", "Joseph Hardy", "Keith Pickard", "Pete Goicoechea", "Robin Titus"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-08T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-28T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18f0c6da-a6e4-42d6-96cc-13c58870c873"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7608/Overview"
source_hash: "d2c00516191f0ac006ec9cffc716d6d6a5d45d82f22c4465f1dca543b80242f0"
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 SB 181 (81) — Revises provisions relating to alcohol and drug counselors. (BDR 54-558)

## 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/SB/SB181.pdf)
2. **Amendment 106** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_SB181_106.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/SB/SB181_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/SB/SB181_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carrie Buck — primary (person)
- Gregory Hafen — primary (person)
- John Ellison — primary (person)
- Joseph Hardy — primary (person)
- Keith Pickard — primary (person)
- Pete Goicoechea — primary (person)
- Robin Titus — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 106.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Absent: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **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 170.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18f0c6da-a6e4-42d6-96cc-13c58870c873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).