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type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to civil actions. (BDR 3-965)"
description: "AN ACT relating to civil actions; increasing the limitation on the amount of damages that may be awarded in certain tort actions brought against a governmental entity or its officers or employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Nevada SB 245 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE OF NEVADA", "LEGISLATURE", "DAMAGES", "COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (See also specific officers)", "DISTRICTS", "STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (See also specific officers or agencies)", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "TOWNS", "CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (See also specific officers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Chris Brooks", "Senator David Parks", "Senator James Ohrenschall", "Senator Joyce Woodhouse", "Senator Julia Ratti", "Senator Keith Pickard", "Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop", "Senator Moises Denis", "Senator Nicole Cannizzaro", "Senator Pat Spearman", "Senator Yvanna Cancela"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-01T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/711dd850-4a7c-4c87-ba17-fc265a938efd"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6416/Overview"
source_hash: "3a5e9be3f0e9ad9d3788165bbe139f9b3124ae980ec743b4e5ad8298281aa836"
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 245 (80) — Revises provisions relating to civil actions. (BDR 3-965)
AN ACT relating to civil actions; increasing the limitation on the amount of damages that may be awarded in certain tort actions brought against a governmental entity or its officers or employees; 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/SB/SB245.pdf)
2. **Amendment 1094** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB245_R1_1094.pdf)
3. **Amendment 380** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB245_380.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB245_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB245_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB245_EN.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Senator Chris Brooks — primary (person)
- Senator David Parks — primary (person)
- Senator James Ohrenschall — primary (person)
- Senator Joyce Woodhouse — primary (person)
- Senator Julia Ratti — primary (person)
- Senator Keith Pickard — primary (person)
- Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop — primary (person)
- Senator Moises Denis — primary (person)
- Senator Nicole Cannizzaro — primary (person)
- Senator Pat Spearman — primary (person)
- Senator Yvanna Cancela — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-01T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 380.) Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. Exemption effective.
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1094.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment. `committee-passage`
- **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 510.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/711dd850-4a7c-4c87-ba17-fc265a938efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).