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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creates the Nevada Commission for Persons Who Are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Speech Impaired. (BDR 38-604)"
+description: "Creates the Nevada Commission for Persons Who Are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Speech Impaired. (BDR 38-604)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
+legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
+session: "79"
+identifier: "SB 481"
+citation: "Nevada SB 481 (79)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["GOVERNOR", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "APPROPRIATIONS", "NEVADA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION", "NEVADA ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF", "DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "LEGISLATURE", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Health and Human Services"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-06-06T07:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6bfef12-356e-458b-b1ef-dc483b2424bc"
+source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=1019"
+source_hash: "8a963bf3de42d55d8cae77bb349278af37497c371ee41270f143f24b24b66ebe"
+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 481 (79) — Creates the Nevada Commission for Persons Who Are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Speech Impaired. (BDR 38-604)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/SB/SB481.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Final Passage — **39–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Health and Human Services — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
+- **2017-04-07T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
+- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
+- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 288.) To printer. `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-21T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
+- **2017-04-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
+- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
+- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
+- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 889.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer. `reading-3`
+- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint .
+- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** To committee.
+- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File.
+- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
+- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 889 concurred in. To enrollment.
+- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-06T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 429. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6bfef12-356e-458b-b1ef-dc483b2424bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).
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