republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/ab-131.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing facilities and services for adults with special needs. (BDR 40-170)"
description: "AN ACT relating to health care; providing for the licensing and regulation of providers of community-based living arrangement services as facilities for the dependent; prohibiting certain convicted persons from serving as an operator, employee or contractor of a provider of community-based living arrangement services; requiring certain employment agencies to be licensed; requiring the statewide information and referral system to provide certain nonemergency information and referrals; requiring the Legislative Committee on Health Care to conduct a study concerning standards of training for unlicensed persons who provide care at certain facilities or homes or through certain agencies or providers; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 131"
citation: "Nevada AB 131 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATURE", "MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES", "COMMUNITY‑BASED LIVING ARRANGEMENT SERVICES", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "ADULT DAY CARE FACILITIES (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)", "FINGERPRINTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS", "HOMES FOR INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL CARE (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)", "DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "LEGISLATIVE AND AGENCY STUDIES", "TELEPHONE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "AGED PERSONS", "HEALTH CARE", "RESTRAINING COSTS OF", "FIRE MARSHAL", "STATE", "RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR GROUPS (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)", "EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES", "PRIVATE", "HEALTH", "STATE BOARD OF", "HOSPITALS (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-13T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb4b093c-8790-4b61-bcdf-fe9ce5383df2"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6189/Overview"
source_hash: "a86146c5c9d04ae6b4afa33812cb08591bef3454b051158ea6e8c745f5df0fa3"
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 131 (80) — Revises provisions governing facilities and services for adults with special needs. (BDR 40-170)

AN ACT relating to health care; providing for the licensing and regulation of providers of community-based living arrangement services as facilities for the dependent; prohibiting certain convicted persons from serving as an operator, employee or contractor of a provider of community-based living arrangement services; requiring certain employment agencies to be licensed; requiring the statewide information and referral system to provide certain nonemergency information and referrals; requiring the Legislative Committee on Health Care to conduct a study concerning standards of training for unlicensed persons who provide care at certain facilities or homes or through certain agencies or providers; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

## 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/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB131.pdf)
2. **Amendment 26** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB131_26.pdf)
3. **Amendment 659** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB131_R1_659.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB131_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB131_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB131_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day.
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 26.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
- **2019-05-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 659.) To printer. `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 659 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-10T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 51. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb4b093c-8790-4b61-bcdf-fe9ce5383df2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).