---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts certain entities that enter into contracts or agreements with the State of Nevada or a political corporation or subdivision of the State from certain provisions relating to contractors. (BDR 54-643)"
description: "Exempts certain entities that enter into contracts or agreements with the State of Nevada or a political corporation or subdivision of the State from certain provisions relating to contractors. (BDR 54-643)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 359"
citation: "Nevada AB 359 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS", "CONTRACTORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-12T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/000a3ae1-c80e-41fc-a16d-92b95d78da5e"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=777"
source_hash: "5ce456c123cb86b15cb44b7b78bc64a3273be987e5fd8cb540ffadbdb219bea8"
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 359 (79) — Exempts certain entities that enter into contracts or agreements with the State of Nevada or a political corporation or subdivision of the State from certain provisions relating to contractors. (BDR 54-643)

## 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/AB359.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB359_R1.pdf)
3. **2nd Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB359_R2.pdf)
4. **3rd Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB359_R3.pdf)
5. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB359_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **28–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thompson — 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 Commerce and Labor. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T07:00:00+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** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 531.) 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: 28, Nays: 14.) 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 Commerce, Labor and Energy. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 858.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint .
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 858 not concurred in. To Senate.
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 858 receded from.
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** To Assembly.
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To printer.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint .
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** To enrollment.
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-12T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 555. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/000a3ae1-c80e-41fc-a16d-92b95d78da5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).