---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to certain persons who remain in foster care beyond the age of 18 years. (BDR 38-502)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to certain persons who remain in foster care beyond the age of 18 years. (BDR 38-502)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "Nevada SB 397 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGE", "CHILD WELFARE SERVICES", "AGENCIES WHICH PROVIDE", "FOSTER CARE", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "LEGISLATURE", "UNITED STATES", "YOUNG ADULT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM", "EXTENDED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Health and Human Services"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-26T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6d14f9-857e-416a-91a0-3afab9cbfa1e"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/8102/Overview"
source_hash: "0f839e77a1b7dc5d90f26cc5ce3c81cb6080dd4d7d87e7eb16dce83241d649a1"
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 397 (81) — Revises provisions relating to certain persons who remain in foster care beyond the age of 18 years. (BDR 38-502)

## 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/SB397.pdf)
2. **Amendment 285** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_SB397_285.pdf)
3. **Amendment 826** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_SB397_R1_826.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/SB/SB397_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/SB/SB397_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/SB/SB397_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2021-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 285.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. Exemption effective.
- **2021-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 826.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 2.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment. `committee-passage, 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 419. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a6d14f9-857e-416a-91a0-3afab9cbfa1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).