---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes appointment of a General Counsel of the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration. (BDR 27-895)"
description: "Authorizes appointment of a General Counsel of the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration. (BDR 27-895)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 477"
citation: "Nevada AB 477 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS AT LAW", "STATE PURCHASING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government Affairs"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
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/87958b35-ab72-49f4-8939-9e9c3b04eae6"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=1079"
source_hash: "3672efbc89e6eb530f7ebf3e02bfd73e42c327d7aee5ffc8ebda4a63f5583939"
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 477 (79) — Authorizes appointment of a General Counsel of the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration. (BDR 27-895)

## 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/AB477.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB477_EN.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Government Affairs — 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 Government Affairs. 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.
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File.
- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (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 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 290. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87958b35-ab72-49f4-8939-9e9c3b04eae6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).