republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/sb-315.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to public health. (BDR 40-581)"
description: "AN ACT relating to public health; creating the Rare Disease Advisory Council within the Department of Health and Human Services; requiring information concerning the importance of annual physical examinations for children to be provided in certain programs, activities, notifications and courses; providing for the issuance of special license plates to increase awareness of childhood cancer; exempting the special license plates from certain provisions otherwise applicable to special license plates; requiring certain licensing boards to encourage continuing education in the diagnosis of rare diseases and disseminate information concerning childhood cancers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "Nevada SB 315 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GUARDIANSHIPS", "LEGISLATURE", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS", "SCHOOLS", "CHARTER (See also SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC)", "MINORS", "INTERNET", "SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL", "GIFTS AND GRANTS", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "STATE BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND SIMILAR BODIES", "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS", "OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE", "STATE BOARD OF (See also PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATORY BODIES)", "CANCER", "PHYSICIANS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NURSING", "STATE BOARD OF (See also PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATORY BODIES)", "GOVERNOR", "JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES", "PARENT AND CHILD", "DISEASES (See also specific diseases)", "NURSES AND NURSING", "MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "BOARD OF (See also PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATORY BODIES)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Chris Brooks", "Senator David Parks", "Senator Joyce Woodhouse", "Senator Julia Ratti", "Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop", "Senator Moises Denis", "Senator Nicole Cannizzaro", "Senator Yvanna Cancela"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df49e9ea-44a2-4fec-9034-76657310c73b"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6556/Overview"
source_hash: "4a17f2c06c29ae5a7a2feb1e6649560b9306edad646760129c80f1881640c26b"
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 315 (80) — Revises provisions relating to public health. (BDR 40-581)

AN ACT relating to public health; creating the Rare Disease Advisory Council within the Department of Health and Human Services; requiring information concerning the importance of annual physical examinations for children to be provided in certain programs, activities, notifications and courses; providing for the issuance of special license plates to increase awareness of childhood cancer; exempting the special license plates from certain provisions otherwise applicable to special license plates; requiring certain licensing boards to encourage continuing education in the diagnosis of rare diseases and disseminate information concerning childhood cancers; 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/SB315.pdf)
2. **Amendment 542** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB315_542.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB315_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB315_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator Chris Brooks — primary (person)
- Senator David Parks — primary (person)
- Senator Joyce Woodhouse — primary (person)
- Senator Julia Ratti — primary (person)
- Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop — primary (person)
- Senator Moises Denis — primary (person)
- Senator Nicole Cannizzaro — primary (person)
- Senator Yvanna Cancela — 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.
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 542.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 261. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df49e9ea-44a2-4fec-9034-76657310c73b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).