---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing veterans services. (BDR 37-1236)"
description: "Revises provisions governing veterans services. (BDR 37-1236)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 521"
citation: "Nevada AB 521 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "VETERANS SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "VETERANS", "CEMETERIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Hammond", "Krasner", "Paul Anderson", "Tolles", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a924c69-1db9-4b23-939c-837a47a79f79"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=1188"
source_hash: "53b0d034207402f6b5246464a51ba7a2e130f7d32d197b7ba469aece66991081"
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 521 (79) — Revises provisions governing veterans services. (BDR 37-1236)

## 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/AB521.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB521_EN.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- Hammond — primary (person)
- Krasner — primary (person)
- Paul Anderson — primary (person)
- Tolles — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Ellison — cosponsor (person)
- Hambrick — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Marchant — cosponsor (person)
- McArthur — cosponsor (person)
- Oscarson — cosponsor (person)
- Pickard — cosponsor (person)
- Titus — cosponsor (person)
- Woodbury — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 449. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a924c69-1db9-4b23-939c-837a47a79f79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).