---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing the drafting of legislative measures. (BDR 17-956)"
description: "Revises provisions governing the drafting of legislative measures. (BDR 17-956)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 296"
citation: "Nevada AB 296 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATURE", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elliot Anderson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7fa6951-7617-4252-8ee4-fc0b97ff564d"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=625"
source_hash: "39054244f2f115184aa7dabc293a8ff4ab31fb84a086a653bcd481a54d542d67"
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 296 (79) — Revises provisions governing the drafting of legislative measures. (BDR 17-956)

## 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/AB296.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB296_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB296_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **36–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elliot Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** Exempt pursuant to subsection 4 of Joint Standing Rule 14.6.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 841.) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Dispensed with reprinting.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 36, Nays: 5, Excused: 1.) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** To printer.
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** To Senate.
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 381. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7fa6951-7617-4252-8ee4-fc0b97ff564d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).