---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to local government employees. (BDR 23-34)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to local government employees. (BDR 23-34)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "83"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Nevada SB 161 (83)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rochelle Nguyen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-29T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8f07947-3bda-47d6-85cb-afd65407b486"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12179/Overview"
source_hash: "75c02138956dab4cf67cc101d89a292ca29ebae5811731e5abfbd1d0dc38d8d1"
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 SB 161 (83) — Revises provisions relating to local government employees. (BDR 23-34)

## 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/SB/SB161.pdf)
2. **Amendment 611** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/Amendments/A_SB161_611.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB161_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB161_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly (1st Reprint) — **33–9** (pass) · lower
- Senate (As Introduced) — **14–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rochelle Nguyen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** To printer.
- **2025-02-05T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-24T08:00:00+00:00** Waiver granted effective: February 18, 2025.
- **2025-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-12T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2025-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2025-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 611.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 14, Nays: 6, Excused: 1.) To printer. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 9.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 94. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8f07947-3bda-47d6-85cb-afd65407b486`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).