---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to cruelty to animals. (BDR 16-71)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to cruelty to animals. (BDR 16-71)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "82"
identifier: "AB 159"
citation: "Nevada AB 159 (82)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heidi Kasama", "Jill Dickman", "Melissa Hardy", "Philip PK O’Neill", "Venicia Considine"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-31T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82067b9c-87fd-4d26-8150-dab4352bd7c0"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/9825/Overview"
source_hash: "c5c0cdabe0972335b3d97c292c88fab8fe9719d021adb317b4a32e1c6ba8f87c"
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 159 (82) — Revises provisions relating to cruelty to animals. (BDR 16-71)

## 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/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB159.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB159_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly (As Introduced) — **42–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate (As Introduced) — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heidi Kasama — primary (person)
- Jill Dickman — primary (person)
- Melissa Hardy — primary (person)
- Philip PK O’Neill — primary (person)
- Venicia Considine — primary (person)
- Alexis Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Bert Gurr — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Hibbetts — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Gallant — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Natha Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Rich DeLong — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2023-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment. Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `enrolled, executive-receipt, passage`
- **2023-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 144. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82067b9c-87fd-4d26-8150-dab4352bd7c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).