republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/79/sb-259.md

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type: "Bill" title: "Revises provisions relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. (BDR 43-606)" description: "Revises provisions relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. (BDR 43-606)" jurisdiction: "us/states/nv" legislature: "Nevada Legislature" session: "79" identifier: "SB 259" citation: "Nevada SB 259 (79)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["JUVENILE COURTS", "CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE", "PEACE OFFICERS", "JUDGMENTS", "DECREES AND ORDERS", "IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES", "INTOXICATION", "COMMITTEE ON TESTING FOR", "DRIVER’S LICENSES", "MOTOR VEHICLES"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cannizzaro", "Carrillo", "Gustavson", "Manendo", "Parks", "Segerblom"] version_count: 1 action_count: 31 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2017-03-13T07:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2017-06-12T07:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f29f90bb-f2fe-4322-9172-da15c33e7f56" source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=602" source_hash: "c55a156dceb206ae3f0e1c0697913480a49aa62588011877e5cf3e75fcc788b8" 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 259 (79) — Revises provisions relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. (BDR 43-606)

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 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Final Passage — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cannizzaro — primary (person)
• Carrillo — primary (person)
• Gustavson — primary (person)
• Manendo — primary (person)
• Parks — primary (person)
• Segerblom — primary (person)
• Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
• Cancela — cosponsor (person)
• Denis — cosponsor (person)
• Farley — cosponsor (person)
• Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Gansert — cosponsor (person)
• Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Hardy — cosponsor (person)
• Ratti — cosponsor (person)
• Spearman — cosponsor (person)
• Woodhouse — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-13T07:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Transportation. To printer. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-14T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To committee.
• 2017-04-04T07:00:00+00:00 Notice of eligibility for exemption.
• 2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. committee-passage
• 2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00 Placed on Second Reading File.
• 2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00 Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 167.) To printer. reading-2
• 2017-04-21T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
• 2017-04-21T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 In Assembly.
• 2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. committee-passage
• 2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00 Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
• 2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 948.) reading-3
• 2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00 Dispensed with reprinting.
• 2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00 To printer.
• 2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint .
• 2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00 To Senate.
• 2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00 In Senate.
• 2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment No. 948 not concurred in. To Assembly.
• 2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00 In Assembly.
• 2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment No. 948 not receded from. Conference requested. Conference Committee appointed by Assembly. To Senate.
• 2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00 In Senate.
• 2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee appointed by Senate. To committee.
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 Appointment of Conference Committee rescinded.
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee appointed by Senate. To committee.
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 Action of refusal of concurrence rescinded.
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 Concur in Assembly Amendment No. 948.
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 To enrollment.
• 2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-06-12T07:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor. Chapter 564. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f29f90bb-f2fe-4322-9172-da15c33e7f56. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).