---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the de minimus collection of precipitation under certain circumstances. (BDR 48-445)"
description: "Authorizes the de minimus collection of precipitation under certain circumstances. (BDR 48-445)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 138"
citation: "Nevada AB 138 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT", "WATER", "HUMBOLDT‑TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST (See also FOREST SERVICE)", "RAINWATER", "WILDLIFE", "WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT OF", "FOREST SERVICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carlton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/866c2b42-3f25-4b61-be07-7cf781cdd5d8"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=291"
source_hash: "555a129cbbe25aaaec151aae94207f526d3001b747daa40cc34529ab7285b5d5"
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 138 (79) — Authorizes the de minimus collection of precipitation under certain circumstances. (BDR 48-445)

## 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/AB138.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB138_R1.pdf)
3. **2nd Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB138_R2.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB138_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carlton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled pursuant to JSR 14.2.1(d).
- **2017-02-10T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 135.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 38, Nays: None, Excused: 4.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File.
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 898.) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Reprinting dispensed with.
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** To printer.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint . To Assembly.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 898 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 272. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/866c2b42-3f25-4b61-be07-7cf781cdd5d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).