republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/sb-480.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to courts. (BDR 1-978)"
description: "AN ACT relating to courts; revising provisions relating to the transaction of business by justice and municipal courts; revising provisions governing the jurisdiction of certain justice courts; revising provisions relating to the number of justices of the peace in each township; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "Nevada SB 480 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GUARDIANSHIPS", "FIREARMS", "SEXUAL ASSAULT", "ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE", "PROTECTION ORDERS", "PARENT AND CHILD", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "JUSTICE COURTS", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (See also COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES)", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "THREATS", "FAMILY COURTS (See also DISTRICT COURTS)", "MARRIED PERSONS", "DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS", "KINDRED AND NEXT OF KIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman John Ellison", "Senator James Settelmeyer", "Senator Pete Goicoechea"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-13T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ecb16b2-c42d-44dd-af5e-96fa3e8c623a"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6917/Overview"
source_hash: "2c7f131d6b7b3537b5ee94d83448086b309865f85b456ea2d6532e1b28e352ad"
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 480 (80) — Revises provisions relating to courts. (BDR 1-978)

AN ACT relating to courts; revising provisions relating to the transaction of business by justice and municipal courts; revising provisions governing the jurisdiction of certain justice courts; revising provisions relating to the number of justices of the peace in each township; 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/SB480.pdf)
2. **Amendment 398** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB480_398.pdf)
3. **Amendment 824** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB480_R1_824.pdf)
4. **Amendment CA4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/CA_SB480_R2_CA4.pdf)
5. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB480_R1.pdf)
6. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB480_R2.pdf)
7. **Reprint 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB480_R3.pdf)
8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB480_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblyman John Ellison — primary (person)
- Senator James Settelmeyer — primary (person)
- Senator Pete Goicoechea — 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 Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 398.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. 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. 824.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second 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.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 824 not concurred in. To Assembly. In Assembly.
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 824 not receded from. Conference requested. Conference Committee appointed by Assembly. To Senate.
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Conference Committee appointed by Senate. To committee. From committee: Concur in Assembly Amendment No. 824 and further amend. Conference report adopted by Senate. Conference report adopted by Assembly. (Conference Amend. No. CA4.) To printer.
- **2019-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint.
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** To enrollment.
- **2019-06-07T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-12T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-13T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 603.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ecb16b2-c42d-44dd-af5e-96fa3e8c623a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).