---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a standard for evidence of eligibility for any benefit, program or assistance provided to a veteran with a military service-connected disability. (BDR 37-803)"
description: "Establishes a standard for evidence of eligibility for any benefit, program or assistance provided to a veteran with a military service-connected disability. (BDR 37-803)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Nevada SB 191 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "FISH AND FISHING", "STATE PURCHASING", "DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "TRAPS AND TRAPPING", "PUBLIC WORKS BOARD", "STATE", "VETERANS", "HUNTING", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cancela", "Cannizzaro", "Parks", "Segerblom", "Spearman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a7cfa1d-33d6-48aa-9738-d757e336033a"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=452"
source_hash: "5866eefe3370264404d092fd8a5e92372b74f5a4314919630fa732a84b5df554"
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 191 (79) — Establishes a standard for evidence of eligibility for any benefit, program or assistance provided to a veteran with a military service-connected disability. (BDR 37-803)

## 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/SB191.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cancela — primary (person)
- Cannizzaro — primary (person)
- Parks — primary (person)
- Segerblom — primary (person)
- Spearman — primary (person)
- Joiner — cosponsor (person)
- Manendo — cosponsor (person)
- Spiegel — cosponsor (person)
- Woodhouse — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — 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 Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 196.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 205. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a7cfa1d-33d6-48aa-9738-d757e336033a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).