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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](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/SB/SB253.pdf)
## Votes
- Assembly Final Passage — **347** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **210** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4dab2c9-a606-4dfe-bac7-df2e65edbb08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).