republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/ab-81.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes various changes relating to the oversight and provision of legal representation of indigent defendants in criminal cases. (BDR 14-436)"
description: "AN ACT relating to criminal defense; creating the Department of Indigent Defense Services to oversee criminal defense services provided to indigent persons in this State; creating the Board on Indigent Defense Services consisting of various appointed persons to provide certain direction and advice to the Executive Director of the Department and to establish certain policies; requiring the Board to establish the maximum amount a county may be required to pay for the provision of indigent defense services; authorizing the Board to adopt regulations governing indigent defense services; providing for the transfer of responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services from certain counties to the State Public Defender in certain circumstances; allowing such services to be transferred back to the county in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 81"
citation: "Nevada AB 81 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATURE", "STATE BAR OF NEVADA", "LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION", "INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES", "OFFICE OF", "MINORITY COMMUNITIES", "INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES", "BOARD ON", "GIFTS AND GRANTS", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "STATE BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND SIMILAR BODIES", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (See also COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES)", "APPROPRIATIONS", "COUNTIES (See also specific counties)", "ATTORNEYS AT LAW", "PUBLIC DEFENDERS", "AUDITS", "SUNSET LEGISLATION", "INDIGENT PERSONS", "GOVERNOR", "INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS", "NEVADA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES", "STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER", "SUPREME COURT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-20T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1d6216e-6f0d-41b3-92bf-a2cae17cfd54"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6032/Overview"
source_hash: "ccb02468f2a9a136bc9455811b25324a67dbae7fa50d9e6ffde1e034ef1f76c6"
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 81 (80) — Makes various changes relating to the oversight and provision of legal representation of indigent defendants in criminal cases. (BDR 14-436)

AN ACT relating to criminal defense; creating the Department of Indigent Defense Services to oversee criminal defense services provided to indigent persons in this State; creating the Board on Indigent Defense Services consisting of various appointed persons to provide certain direction and advice to the Executive Director of the Department and to establish certain policies; requiring the Board to establish the maximum amount a county may be required to pay for the provision of indigent defense services; authorizing the Board to adopt regulations governing indigent defense services; providing for the transfer of responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services from certain counties to the State Public Defender in certain circumstances; allowing such services to be transferred back to the county in certain circumstances; 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/AB81.pdf)
2. **Amendment 1102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB81_R3_1102.pdf)
3. **Amendment 615** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB81_615.pdf)
4. **Amendment 632** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB81_R1_632.pdf)
5. **Amendment 902** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB81_R2_902.pdf)
6. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB81_R1.pdf)
7. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB81_R2.pdf)
8. **Reprint 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB81_R3.pdf)
9. **Reprint 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB81_R4.pdf)
10. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB81_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-20T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-11-26T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07T08:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **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. 615.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. Withdrawn from committee. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 632.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer.
- **2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. Second reprint. To committee.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 902.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 12, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1102.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Fourth reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 4, Not voting: 1.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 1102 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-06T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 485.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1d6216e-6f0d-41b3-92bf-a2cae17cfd54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).