republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/79/sb-253.md

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type: "Bill" title: "Establishes the Nevada Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act to provide protections to female employees and applicants for employment who are affected by a condition of the employee or applicant relating to pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition. (BDR 53-773)" description: "Establishes the Nevada Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act to provide protections to female employees and applicants for employment who are affected by a condition of the employee or applicant relating to pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition. (BDR 53-773)" jurisdiction: "us/states/nv" legislature: "Nevada Legislature" session: "79" identifier: "SB 253" citation: "Nevada SB 253 (79)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["WOMEN", "DISCRIMINATION", "ACTIONS", "CIVIL", "NEVADA PREGNANT WORKERS’ FAIRNESS ACT", "PREGNANT WORKERS’ FAIRNESS ACT", "NEVADA", "HEALTH", "MATERNAL AND CHILD", "BREASTFEEDING", "EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES", "CONTRACTORS", "EDUCATION", "PARENT AND CHILD", "EQUAL RIGHTS COMMISSION", "NEVADA"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cancela", "Cannizzaro", "Ford", "Ratti", "Woodhouse"] version_count: 1 action_count: 26 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2017-03-09T08:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4dab2c9-a606-4dfe-bac7-df2e65edbb08" source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=584" source_hash: "52dae5934623eda688d85f94bdf083eefdce902c14f446674bb0e3aa482a07b9" 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 253 (79) — Establishes the Nevada Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act to provide protections to female employees and applicants for employment who are affected by a condition of the employee or applicant relating to pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition. (BDR 53-773)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Final Passage — 34–7 (pass) · lower
• Senate Final Passage — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cancela — primary (person)
• Cannizzaro — primary (person)
• Ford — primary (person)
• Ratti — primary (person)
• Woodhouse — primary (person)
• Denis — cosponsor (person)
• Farley — cosponsor (person)
• Hardy — cosponsor (person)
• Manendo — cosponsor (person)
• Parks — cosponsor (person)
• Segerblom — cosponsor (person)
• Spearman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-09T08:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. To printer. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-10T08:00:00+00:00 From printer. To committee.
• 2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. committee-passage
• 2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 Placed on Second Reading File.
• 2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 375.) To printer. reading-2
• 2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
• 2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00 In Assembly.
• 2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. committee-passage
• 2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00 Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
• 2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00 Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 Taken from General File.
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 Taken from Chief Clerk's desk.
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 Placed on General File.
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 800.) reading-3
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 Dispensed with reprinting.
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 34, Nays: 7, Excused: 1.) passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 To printer.
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint .
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 To Senate.
• 2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00 In Senate.
• 2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment No. 800 concurred in. To enrollment.
• 2017-05-27T07:00:00+00:00 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor. Chapter 319. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4dab2c9-a606-4dfe-bac7-df2e65edbb08. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).