---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires a background investigation of employees, prospective employees, contractors and prospective contractors of certain governmental agencies. (BDR 38-1122)"
description: "Requires a background investigation of employees, prospective employees, contractors and prospective contractors of certain governmental agencies. (BDR 38-1122)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "83"
identifier: "AB 551"
citation: "Nevada AB 551 (83)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83fadb8a-cc69-4e9e-b34a-3e1c1e922db5"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12868/Overview"
source_hash: "76451dbd45d08e54a1ab9bc9cad7d41b6f02fe55aa0f1d077fb2d29aab97b49f"
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 551 (83) — Requires a background investigation of employees, prospective employees, contractors and prospective contractors of certain governmental agencies. (BDR 38-1122)

## 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/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB551.pdf)
2. **Amendment 888** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/Amendments/A_AB551_888.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB551_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB551_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate (As Introduced) — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly (As Introduced) — **42–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-05T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2025-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `passage, reading-1, reading-3, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 888.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 19, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To printer. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 888 concurred in. To enrollment. `passage`
- **2025-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 280.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83fadb8a-cc69-4e9e-b34a-3e1c1e922db5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).