republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/sb-72.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes various changes related to gaming. (BDR 41-344)"
description: "AN ACT relating to gaming; authorizing the Nevada Gaming Control Board to temporarily suspend the registration of a registered gaming employee upon his or her arrest by an agent of the Board; requiring the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt regulations relating to such temporary suspensions of registration; establishing provisions relating to certain approvals sought from the Board; revising certain definitions; revising provisions relating to actions and proceedings of the Board that are exempt from the Open Meeting Law; revising provisions concerning the filing of a change of employment notice by certain registered gaming employees; revising provisions relating to the submission of an application for registration or renewal of registration as a gaming employee or a change of employment notice to the Board; requiring an applicant for registration or renewal of registration as a gaming employee to submit certain fees to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; revising provisions concerning the submission of such an applicant's fingerprints; revising provisions relating to the suspension of or objection to the registration of an applicant as a gaming employee; revising provisions relating to the revocation of registration as a gaming employee; revising provisions relating to associated equipment; revising the legislative findings relating to hosting centers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Nevada SB 72 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUNSET LEGISLATION", "ARREST", "MEETINGS OF PUBLIC AGENCIES", "THEFT", "GAMING CONTROL BOARD", "NEVADA", "FINGERPRINTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS", "GAMING COMMISSION", "NEVADA", "GAMING", "SECURITY GUARDS (See also PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS)", "PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-20T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84c11a5b-0c2e-444f-9f7b-531a9c0601d9"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6003/Overview"
source_hash: "70eb5e8253f67fbc9a135e2997c386200a2992ff339565df2ed942ddad345a82"
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 72 (80) — Makes various changes related to gaming. (BDR 41-344)

AN ACT relating to gaming; authorizing the Nevada Gaming Control Board to temporarily suspend the registration of a registered gaming employee upon his or her arrest by an agent of the Board; requiring the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt regulations relating to such temporary suspensions of registration; establishing provisions relating to certain approvals sought from the Board; revising certain definitions; revising provisions relating to actions and proceedings of the Board that are exempt from the Open Meeting Law; revising provisions concerning the filing of a change of employment notice by certain registered gaming employees; revising provisions relating to the submission of an application for registration or renewal of registration as a gaming employee or a change of employment notice to the Board; requiring an applicant for registration or renewal of registration as a gaming employee to submit certain fees to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; revising provisions concerning the submission of such an applicant's fingerprints; revising provisions relating to the suspension of or objection to the registration of an applicant as a gaming employee; revising provisions relating to the revocation of registration as a gaming employee; revising provisions relating to associated equipment; revising the legislative findings relating to hosting centers; 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/SB72.pdf)
2. **Amendment 80** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB72_80.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB72_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB72_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate 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`
- **2019-02-24T08:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 80.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-05-01T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-03T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-07T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 42. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84c11a5b-0c2e-444f-9f7b-531a9c0601d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).