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AB 19 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to the Statewide Substance Use Response Working Group. (BDR 40-442)

AB 19 revises the composition and reporting requirements of Nevada's Statewide Substance Use Response Working Group. It adds new members including the Executive Director of the Department of Indigent Defense Services and representatives from specific county sizes (700,000+; 100,000-700,000; under 100,000), plus experts in substance use treatment, recovery advocates, and others. The bill also changes the annual report deadline from January 31 to August 1 and requires the Health Department's designee to come from its Division of Public and Behavioral Health. These changes directly affect the Working Group's membership structure and timing of its annual recommendations to state leadership.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAdds substance use treatment experts and recovery advocates to working group, enhancing public health response to substance use disorders.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Nov 6, 2024 Signed Jun 3, 2025
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Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 3, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates the membership of the Statewide Substance Use Response Working Group to include representatives from the Department of Indigent Defense Services and four additional members appointed by the Attorney General, while clarifying the background of the Department of Health and Human Services representative. It also shifts the deadline for the Working Group's annual report from January 31 to August 1, allowing more time to gather data and formulate recommendations.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of the Working Group by adding specific new members and clarifying the professional background required for one existing member, ensuring broader representation across health, justice, and community sectors.
ELIGIBILITY

Added the Executive Director of the Department of Indigent Defense Services (or designee) as a new member of the Working Group.

Added four new members appointed by the Attorney General, including representatives from local human services, healthcare providers, law enforcement associations, advocacy groups, recovery programs, and prevention coalitions.

Clarified that the Department of Health and Human Services designee must specifically come from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health.

TIMELINE

Changed the deadline for submitting the annual report from January 31 to August 1 each year.

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 15, 2025

How they voted

31–9
Passed
Total votes 40
Apr 15, 2025
D Democratic26
26 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican14
5 Yea 9 Nay
64% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Jun 3, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 217.
executive
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendment No. 637 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 5.) To Assembly.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 637.) To printer.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 32, Nays: 10.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Nov 6, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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