---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires an interim study concerning the cost and affordability of higher education in this State. (BDR S-722)"
description: "Requires an interim study concerning the cost and affordability of higher education in this State. (BDR S-722)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 202"
citation: "Nevada AB 202 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "PRIVATE", "LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION", "LEGISLATURE", "LEGISLATIVE AND AGENCY STUDIES", "GRANTS", "NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohen", "Joiner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99a2df45-ac4a-47b3-a47e-e969849de3eb"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=400"
source_hash: "116d31f8e1dd2a1598428b53e884e3fb54f7e4440f664f8b4ee2c52c56aaa9bb"
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 202 (79) — Requires an interim study concerning the cost and affordability of higher education in this State. (BDR S-722)

## 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/AB202.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB202_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB202_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **41–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohen — primary (person)
- Joiner — primary (person)
- Cancela — cosponsor (person)
- Ratti — cosponsor (person)
- Swank — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (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 Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 222.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File.
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Exempt pursuant to Joint Standing Rule 14.6, subsection 4(a).
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File.
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 150. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99a2df45-ac4a-47b3-a47e-e969849de3eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).