---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-57)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-57)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Nevada SB 148 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "ARMED FORCES", "VETERANS SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "VETERANS", "SEXUAL ORIENTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spearman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/488b966e-cc09-42b5-8f29-e8240c3bc953"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=391"
source_hash: "abf4a370590b6647f9f7e13d850c1f05d43fb62543eac2e1c34c9049e243dd3f"
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 148 (79) — Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-57)

## 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/SB148.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Spearman — primary (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 Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-03-13T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-16T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-03-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 56. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/488b966e-cc09-42b5-8f29-e8240c3bc953`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).