---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes changes relating to the qualifications for and classifications of various positions in State Government. (BDR 28-240)"
description: "Makes changes relating to the qualifications for and classifications of various positions in State Government. (BDR 28-240)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 41"
citation: "Nevada AB 41 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS BOARD", "STATE", "FINANCE", "OFFICE OF", "ADMINISTRATION", "DEPARTMENT OF", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government Affairs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c2a606c-518b-46ac-9ce7-ff39cb4249a3"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=98"
source_hash: "75e1b5d8a701d8a7919be84bc0c25d60d92ec3c435d2cbbebc1b6e684cd50d69"
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 41 (79) — Makes changes relating to the qualifications for and classifications of various positions in State Government. (BDR 28-240)

## 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/AB41.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB41_R1.pdf)
3. **2nd Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB41_R2.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB41_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **36–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Government Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. 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`
- **2017-04-04T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **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. 487.) 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.
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 647.) To printer. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint .
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 36, Nays: 4, Excused: 2.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 268. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c2a606c-518b-46ac-9ce7-ff39cb4249a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).