republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/ab-239.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to controlled substances. (BDR 54-703)"
description: "AN ACT relating to controlled substances; revising requirements concerning the review and investigation of a complaint concerning certain violations relating to controlled substances; requiring certain professional licensing boards that regulate prescriptions for controlled substances or practitioners who issue such prescriptions to develop and disseminate an explanation or technical advisory bulletin concerning certain requirements relating to such prescriptions; clarifying the independent authority of the State Board of Pharmacy to take disciplinary action; revising provisions concerning prescribing controlled substances for the treatment of pain; requiring a system for the maintenance of electronic health records to have certain capabilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 239"
citation: "Nevada AB 239 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OPTOMETRISTS", "PRESCRIPTIONS", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "OPIOIDS (See also CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; PRESCRIPTIONS)", "DENTAL EXAMINERS OF NEVADA", "BOARD OF (See also PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATORY BODIES)", "INTERNET", "NURSING", "STATE BOARD OF (See also PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATORY BODIES)", "PODIATRIC PHYSICIANS", "SICKLE CELL DISEASE", "PAIN MANAGEMENT", "CONSENT", "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS", "RECORDS AND TRANSACTIONS", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "HOSPICE CARE (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)", "PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY", "OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE", "STATE BOARD OF (See also PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATORY BODIES)", "CANCER", "MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "BOARD OF (See also PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATORY BODIES)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-05T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55fb1000-12ba-4e49-a4db-b73c787e32ea"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6425/Overview"
source_hash: "4fa3606fbbd31eea03ff8aaa52b5bda030a0463276210cf22c759ac8f8c2bb76"
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 239 (80) — Revises provisions relating to controlled substances. (BDR 54-703)

AN ACT relating to controlled substances; revising requirements concerning the review and investigation of a complaint concerning certain violations relating to controlled substances; requiring certain professional licensing boards that regulate prescriptions for controlled substances or practitioners who issue such prescriptions to develop and disseminate an explanation or technical advisory bulletin concerning certain requirements relating to such prescriptions; clarifying the independent authority of the State Board of Pharmacy to take disciplinary action; revising provisions concerning prescribing controlled substances for the treatment of pain; requiring a system for the maintenance of electronic health records to have certain capabilities; 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/AB239.pdf)
2. **Amendment 509** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB239_509.pdf)
3. **Amendment 685** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB239_R1_685.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB239_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB239_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB239_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 509.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
- **2019-05-13T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 685.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 685 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 346.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55fb1000-12ba-4e49-a4db-b73c787e32ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).