---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Public Lands Day in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-770)"
description: "Establishes Public Lands Day in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-770)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 449"
citation: "Nevada AB 449 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GOVERNOR", "RESIDENTS AND RESIDENCY", "HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF OBSERVANCE", "PUBLIC LANDS DAY", "RECREATION AREAS AND FACILITIES", "BOATS AND BOATING", "CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF", "STATE PARKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ways and Means"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daadb747-8ea2-4bd4-ad90-6014f7433aec"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=1030"
source_hash: "5fc354dc1d494e500723b1bb4b93ce115318d00e000db429b4ff59aa14de8e9d"
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 449 (79) — Establishes Public Lands Day in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-770)

## 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/AB449.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB449_R1.pdf)
3. **2nd Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB449_R2.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB449_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-10T07:00:00+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. 347.) 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: 38, Nays: 1, 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 Government Affairs. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 876.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint .
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File.
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 876 concurred in. 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 282. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daadb747-8ea2-4bd4-ad90-6014f7433aec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).