---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes various changes relating to elections. (BDR 24-2)"
description: "Makes various changes relating to elections. (BDR 24-2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 21"
citation: "Nevada AB 21 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS", "POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ELECTIONS", "LEGISLATURE", "ATTORNEY’S FEES", "CAMPAIGN PRACTICES", "CITY ATTORNEYS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Legislative Operations and Elections"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3027101-4fd7-455b-bf05-d773267c2de3"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=57"
source_hash: "ced8fff2f38f31d760f7a911d699c406d65d1fd4720f43c43a635c67e389ed10"
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 21 (79) — Makes various changes relating to elections. (BDR 24-2)

## 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/AB21.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB21_R1.pdf)
3. **2nd Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB21_R2.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB21_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **42–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Legislative Operations and Elections — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. 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`
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 557.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) 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 Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Waiver granted effective: May 19, 2017.
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 946.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint .
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Absent: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 946 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 502. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3027101-4fd7-455b-bf05-d773267c2de3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).