---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions concerning child welfare. (BDR 11-614)"
description: "Revises provisions concerning child welfare. (BDR 11-614)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "82"
identifier: "AB 444"
citation: "Nevada AB 444 (82)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shea Backus"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-13T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f8b29ff-ba46-49b2-88b3-6f361e7eb5fb"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/10443/Overview"
source_hash: "f31f38466cb82614fa4d137133bad5472c7fdd5b8ae457036754309dd2970b8f"
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 444 (82) — Revises provisions concerning child welfare. (BDR 11-614)

## 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/AB444.pdf)
2. **Amendment 339** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/Amendments/A_AB444_339.pdf)
3. **Amendment 676** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/Amendments/A_AB444_R1_676.pdf)
4. **Amendment 730** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/Amendments/A_AB444_R2_730.pdf)
5. **Amendment CA7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/Amendments/CA_AB444_R3_CA7.pdf)
6. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB444_R1.pdf)
7. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB444_R2.pdf)
8. **Reprint 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB444_R3.pdf)
9. **Reprint 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB444_R4.pdf)
10. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB444_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate (3rd Reprint) — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly (1st Reprint) — **42–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shea Backus — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2023-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 339.) To printer. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 676.) To printer. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 730.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2023-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment Nos. 676 and 730 not concurred in. To Senate. In Senate.
- **2023-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment Nos. 676 and 730 not receded from. Conference requested. Conference Committee appointed by Senate. To Assembly. In Assembly. Conference Committee appointed by Assembly. To committee. From committee: Concur in Senate Amendment Nos. 676 and 730 and further amend. Conference report adopted by Assembly. Conference report adopted by Senate. (Conference Amend. No. CA7.) `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06T07:00:00+00:00** To printer.
- **2023-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Fourth reprint. To enrollment. `passage`
- **2023-06-09T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 389.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f8b29ff-ba46-49b2-88b3-6f361e7eb5fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).