---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to election accessibility. (BDR 24-547)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to election accessibility. (BDR 24-547)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Nevada SB 117 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "AGED PERSONS", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gansert", "Harris", "Kieckhefer", "Roberson", "Settelmeyer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-27T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79e08940-cdaf-4607-919a-78c6918d1568"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=285"
source_hash: "cfa48e4bc77c6931159eb0d150bd660a89433358c3eea112f8def62912cd9780"
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 SB 117 (79) — Revises provisions relating to election accessibility. (BDR 24-547)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/SB/SB117.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **42–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gansert — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Kieckhefer — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Settelmeyer — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Cannizzaro — cosponsor (person)
- Denis — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Goicoechea — cosponsor (person)
- Gustavson — cosponsor (person)
- Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Manendo — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Ratti — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman — cosponsor (person)
- Woodhouse — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled.
- **2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-03-30T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-05T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-04-05T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 195. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79e08940-cdaf-4607-919a-78c6918d1568`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).