---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the employment of veterans and certain widows and widowers by the State. (BDR 23-762)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to the employment of veterans and certain widows and widowers by the State. (BDR 23-762)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 309"
citation: "Nevada AB 309 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GOVERNOR", "ADMINISTRATION", "DEPARTMENT OF", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS", "LEGISLATURE", "VETERANS SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "VETERANS", "VETERANS AFFAIRS", "INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON", "STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (See also PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohen", "Frierson", "Miller", "Parks", "Spearman", "Watkins", "Yeager"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e61f0cf9-3704-4fec-a72c-3cb3ff2ae0a9"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=667"
source_hash: "c49e71ec757618994330454fb977e1beb950b71e6839d3e52104442e80e8524e"
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 309 (79) — Revises provisions relating to the employment of veterans and certain widows and widowers by the State. (BDR 23-762)

## 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/AB309.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB309_R1.pdf)
3. **2nd Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB309_R2.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB309_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohen — primary (person)
- Frierson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Parks — primary (person)
- Spearman — primary (person)
- Watkins — primary (person)
- Yeager — primary (person)
- Benitez-Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Fumo — cosponsor (person)
- Jauregui — cosponsor (person)
- Monroe-Moreno — cosponsor (person)
- Sprinkle — cosponsor (person)
- Swank — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **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. 493.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint . To committee.
- **2017-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass, as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **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. 986.) 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. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 986 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 510. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e61f0cf9-3704-4fec-a72c-3cb3ff2ae0a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).