republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/82/ab-159.md

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type: "Bill" title: "Revises provisions relating to cruelty to animals. (BDR 16-71)" description: "Revises provisions relating to cruelty to animals. (BDR 16-71)" jurisdiction: "us/states/nv" legislature: "Nevada Legislature" session: "82" identifier: "AB 159" citation: "Nevada AB 159 (82)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Heidi Kasama", "Jill Dickman", "Melissa Hardy", "Philip PK O’Neill", "Venicia Considine"] version_count: 2 action_count: 14 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2023-02-14T08:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2023-05-31T07:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82067b9c-87fd-4d26-8150-dab4352bd7c0" source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/9825/Overview" source_hash: "c5c0cdabe0972335b3d97c292c88fab8fe9719d021adb317b4a32e1c6ba8f87c" 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 AB 159 (82) — Revises provisions relating to cruelty to animals. (BDR 16-71)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly (As Introduced) — 42–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate (As Introduced) — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Heidi Kasama — primary (person)
• Jill Dickman — primary (person)
• Melissa Hardy — primary (person)
• Philip PK O’Neill — primary (person)
• Venicia Considine — primary (person)
• Alexis Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Bert Gurr — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Hibbetts — cosponsor (person)
• Danielle Gallant — cosponsor (person)
• Ken Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Natha Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Rich DeLong — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14T08:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-15T08:00:00+00:00 From printer. To committee.
• 2023-04-14T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Do pass. committee-passage
• 2023-04-17T07:00:00+00:00 Read second time. reading-2
• 2023-04-19T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-20T07:00:00+00:00 In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-05-19T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Do pass. committee-passage
• 2023-05-22T07:00:00+00:00 Read second time. reading-2
• 2023-05-23T07:00:00+00:00 Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
• 2023-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
• 2023-05-25T07:00:00+00:00 Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
• 2023-05-26T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-29T07:00:00+00:00 In Assembly. To enrollment. Enrolled and delivered to Governor. enrolled, executive-receipt, passage
• 2023-05-31T07:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor. Chapter 144. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82067b9c-87fd-4d26-8150-dab4352bd7c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).