republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/sb-293.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes various changes relating to children who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation. (BDR 38-517)"
description: "AN ACT relating to protection of children; requiring the creation of the position of coordinator of services for commercially sexually exploited children; requiring the coordinator to develop a plan to establish the infrastructure to provide treatment, housing and services to such children and perform certain other duties relating to the provision of housing and services for such children; prohibiting the adjudication of a child as delinquent or in need of supervision, or the placement of a child in a detention facility for certain offenses; requiring a juvenile court and certain other entities in the juvenile justice system to report the commercial sexual exploitation of a child to an agency which provides child welfare services in certain circumstances; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Nevada SB 293 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUVENILE JUSTICE AGENCIES", "LEGISLATURE", "UNFUNDED MANDATES", "COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILD", "JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "JUVENILE COURTS", "JUVENILE DELINQUENTS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "TRAUMA", "DISMISSAL OF ACTIONS", "CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT", "PROSTITUTION", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "CHILDREN IN NEED OF SUPERVISION (See also JUVENILE COURTS)", "YOUTH PAROLE BUREAU", "FOSTER CARE", "PEACE OFFICERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Ben Kieckhefer", "Senator Chris Brooks", "Senator Dallas Harris", "Senator David Parks", "Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert", "Senator James Settelmeyer", "Senator Joseph Hardy", "Senator Joyce Woodhouse", "Senator Julia Ratti", "Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop", "Senator Moises Denis", "Senator Pat Spearman", "Senator Scott Hammond"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac8b9778-2681-4d67-b107-e9eb504f2746"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6523/Overview"
source_hash: "dcf4de29fb9bb2588f6c6e0add7db0b60f38db0be1793cb6fb239a00254bdbb6"
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 293 (80) — Makes various changes relating to children who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation. (BDR 38-517)

AN ACT relating to protection of children; requiring the creation of the position of coordinator of services for commercially sexually exploited children; requiring the coordinator to develop a plan to establish the infrastructure to provide treatment, housing and services to such children and perform certain other duties relating to the provision of housing and services for such children; prohibiting the adjudication of a child as delinquent or in need of supervision, or the placement of a child in a detention facility for certain offenses; requiring a juvenile court and certain other entities in the juvenile justice system to report the commercial sexual exploitation of a child to an agency which provides child welfare services in certain circumstances; making an appropriation; 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/SB293.pdf)
2. **Amendment 274** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB293_274.pdf)
3. **Amendment 931** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB293_R1_931.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB293_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB293_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB293_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator Ben Kieckhefer — primary (person)
- Senator Chris Brooks — primary (person)
- Senator Dallas Harris — primary (person)
- Senator David Parks — primary (person)
- Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert — primary (person)
- Senator James Settelmeyer — primary (person)
- Senator Joseph Hardy — primary (person)
- Senator Joyce Woodhouse — primary (person)
- Senator Julia Ratti — primary (person)
- Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop — primary (person)
- Senator Moises Denis — primary (person)
- Senator Pat Spearman — primary (person)
- Senator Scott Hammond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-14T07:00:00+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. 274.) Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. Exemption effective.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 931.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, 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 513.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac8b9778-2681-4d67-b107-e9eb504f2746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).