Governor Steve Sisolak signed the bill into law, and it went into effect on October 1, 2019. Nevada joined several other states in doing so, including California and Illinois. Conversion therapy In April 2017, the Nevada Senate passed a bill to ban conversion therapy on minors, by a vote of 15 to 5. The bill was voted on by the Nevada Assembly on May 9, where it passed 31–8 with some amendments. The Nevada Senate concurred to the amended version on the same day. The bill was signed by Governor Brian Sandoval on May 17, and went into effect on January 1, 2018. Transgender rights Since 2016, the Nevada Vital Records will issue a new birth certificate with a corrected gender marked upon receipt of two affidavits reflecting an individual's preferred gender. Sex reassignment surgery is not required to change gender on birth certificates. Similar changes to driver's licenses and state IDs are also permitted. In May 2017, legislation unanimously passed the Nevada Legislature to abolish the 1988 requirement for transgender people to publish their names in newspapers before they can undergo legal changes of sex on government documents. On June 22, 2017, Governor Brian Sandoval vetoed a bill that would have required insurance companies in Nevada to cover all sex reassignment surgery costs, among other things. In March 2018, the state's Medicaid agency announced it would cover costs related to sex reassignment surgeries for transgender individuals. In addition, under state law, health insurance providers are banned from discriminating against transgender patients. The Department of Motor Vehicles and the Office of Vital Records provide a "third gender" designation (known as "X") on driver's licenses, birth certificates and state ID cards. No medical documentation is required. HIV laws In May 2019, the Nevada Legislature passed a bill to establish a HIV taskforce in Nevada and other related HIV legal reforms. The legislation passed the Assembly by 37 votes to 3, and the Senate by 21 votes to 0. The Governor of Nevada signed the bill into law and it went into effect immediately. In May 2021, the Nevada Legislature passed a bill (SB275) to repeal archaic bias HIV crimes from the Nevada Penal Code - that date back to 1983 during the HIV pandemic. The Governor of Nevada signed the bill into law effective immediately. COVID data collection In August 2020, Nevada became the fourth jurisdiction in the US (after California,