---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes certain requirements relating to surgical technologists. (BDR 40-721)"
description: "Establishes certain requirements relating to surgical technologists. (BDR 40-721)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 347"
citation: "Nevada AB 347 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NURSES AND NURSING", "HEALTH", "STATE BOARD OF", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "HOSPITALS (See also MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES)", "SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS", "MEDICAL FACILITIES AND RELATED ENTITIES", "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joiner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f84721f-4cc7-4c42-b816-160ee863508e"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=758"
source_hash: "abe3f4a7d1efc273fd6c13870bda2755285bf17f9fca98cdec48166d48202ff5"
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 347 (79) — Establishes certain requirements relating to surgical technologists. (BDR 40-721)

## 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/AB347.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB347_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **42–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joiner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-21T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (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 Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 78. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f84721f-4cc7-4c42-b816-160ee863508e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).