---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing employment. (BDR 53-834)"
description: "Revises provisions governing employment. (BDR 53-834)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "82"
identifier: "AB 163"
citation: "Nevada AB 163 (82)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecelia González", "Clara Thomas", "Dallas Harris", "Dina Neal", "Pat Spearman", "Venicia Considine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12bdaf50-96c9-4f2e-8d46-fbd1e0613824"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/9840/Overview"
source_hash: "c478f53bfeb2cc90653d22c14d294d8207c58c158fc0869087173a1dac69d147"
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 163 (82) — Revises provisions governing employment. (BDR 53-834)

## 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/AB163.pdf)
2. **Amendment 538** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/Amendments/A_AB163_538.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB163_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB163_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate (1st Reprint) — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly (As Introduced) — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cecelia González — primary (person)
- Clara Thomas — primary (person)
- Dallas Harris — primary (person)
- Dina Neal — primary (person)
- Pat Spearman — primary (person)
- Venicia Considine — primary (person)
- Bea Duran — cosponsor (person)
- David Orentlicher — cosponsor (person)
- Duy Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Watts — cosponsor (person)
- James Ohrenschall — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Dickman — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Scheible — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Natha Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Philip PK O’Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Roberta Lange — cosponsor (person)
- Sabra Newby — cosponsor (person)
- Selena La Rue Hatch — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Brown-May — 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 Commerce and Labor. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2023-03-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-03-21T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-03-23T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-03-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 538.) To printer. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2023-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 538 concurred in. To enrollment. `passage`
- **2023-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 207. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12bdaf50-96c9-4f2e-8d46-fbd1e0613824`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).