---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases the penalties for certain willful violations of provisions relating to notaries public and document preparation services. (BDR 19-756)"
description: "Increases the penalties for certain willful violations of provisions relating to notaries public and document preparation services. (BDR 19-756)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 148"
citation: "Nevada AB 148 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISEMENTS AND ADVERTISING", "CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "NOTARIES PUBLIC", "DOCUMENT PREPARATION SERVICES", "FOREIGN LANGUAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96345f58-8e81-4301-a595-73de87c45a2f"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=302"
source_hash: "ef74bdc0787d0bdbaf1cf0acf73101a107975d834cba30c47091c8698e7c55e7"
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 148 (79) — Increases the penalties for certain willful violations of provisions relating to notaries public and document preparation services. (BDR 19-756)

## 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/AB148.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB148_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB148_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled pursuant to JSR 14.2.1(d).
- **2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-03-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 798.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 798 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 284. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96345f58-8e81-4301-a595-73de87c45a2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).