---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles. (BDR 44-137)"
description: "Revises provisions governing the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles. (BDR 44-137)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 11"
citation: "Nevada AB 11 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "DRONES", "UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES", "PUBLIC UTILITIES", "COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION OF NEVADA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Transportation"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-11-15T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06ad830a-46fd-41ad-b7e2-60809ad441f9"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=28"
source_hash: "4f8b8dc240b4474bbddee7b519ef77088d7119cb1a270c27401ecc8a856af5c6"
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 11 (79) — Revises provisions governing the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles. (BDR 44-137)

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB11.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB11_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Transportation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-15T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Transportation. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-11-21T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2017-02-06T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Transportation. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-05T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for Tuesday, May 9, 2017.
- **2017-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 36. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06ad830a-46fd-41ad-b7e2-60809ad441f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).