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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the release of a child to a parent or guardian in a child welfare proceeding in certain circumstances. (BDR 38-1005)"
description: "AN ACT relating to child welfare; revising provisions governing the release of a child in a child welfare proceeding to a parent or guardian; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "Nevada SB 477 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT", "CONVICTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Ben Kieckhefer", "Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert", "Senator Ira Hansen", "Senator James Settelmeyer", "Senator Joseph Hardy", "Senator Joyce Woodhouse", "Senator Julia Ratti", "Senator Keith Pickard", "Senator Pat Spearman", "Senator Pete Goicoechea", "Senator Scott Hammond"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5251d22e-3807-4cd0-b0ee-3a325f6e73a7"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6914/Overview"
source_hash: "cb7c371c0ad76466efe65f6324ab8f3aa22780e6ce5610636ad0d295fae132fd"
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 477 (80) — Prohibits the release of a child to a parent or guardian in a child welfare proceeding in certain circumstances. (BDR 38-1005)
AN ACT relating to child welfare; revising provisions governing the release of a child in a child welfare proceeding to a parent or guardian; 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/SB477.pdf)
2. **Amendment 814** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB477_814.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB477_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB477_EN.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Senator Ben Kieckhefer — primary (person)
- Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert — primary (person)
- Senator Ira Hansen — primary (person)
- Senator James Settelmeyer — primary (person)
- Senator Joseph Hardy — primary (person)
- Senator Joyce Woodhouse — primary (person)
- Senator Julia Ratti — primary (person)
- Senator Keith Pickard — primary (person)
- Senator Pat Spearman — primary (person)
- Senator Pete Goicoechea — primary (person)
- Senator Scott Hammond — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-09T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 814.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 814 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 418. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5251d22e-3807-4cd0-b0ee-3a325f6e73a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).