---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing adoption. (BDR 11-658)"
description: "Revises provisions governing adoption. (BDR 11-658)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "82"
identifier: "AB 255"
citation: "Nevada AB 255 (82)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexis Hansen", "David Orentlicher", "Lesley Cohen", "Sabra Newby", "Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-16T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21e41fb8-db9d-4d3f-9890-98d202d6a2de"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/10019/Overview"
source_hash: "a758349856d5ad51ae23a76cd841a221019279d84596ef0ef1760f626b811727"
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 255 (82) — Revises provisions governing adoption. (BDR 11-658)

## 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/AB255.pdf)
2. **Amendment 59** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/Amendments/A_AB255_59.pdf)
3. **Amendment 857** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/Amendments/A_AB255_R1_857.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB255_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB255_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB255_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly (2nd Reprint) — **42–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate (2nd Reprint) — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexis Hansen — primary (person)
- David Orentlicher — primary (person)
- Lesley Cohen — primary (person)
- Sabra Newby — primary (person)
- Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2023-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2023-04-06T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 59.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- **2023-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 857.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To printer. `committee-passage, passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-09T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-15T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 480.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21e41fb8-db9d-4d3f-9890-98d202d6a2de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).