---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises various provisions of the Charter of the City of Sparks. (BDR S-503)"
description: "Revises various provisions of the Charter of the City of Sparks. (BDR S-503)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Nevada SB 202 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPAL COURTS", "CITY COUNCILS", "SPARKS", "CITY OF (See also CITIES)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ratti", "Sprinkle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-22T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92d84407-b92d-4a2e-9196-a3648c675601"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=482"
source_hash: "07633ae29c2262b2b7ad065053d75d8bee6212b737102c324e14576aa56f19bb"
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 202 (79) — Revises various provisions of the Charter of the City of Sparks. (BDR S-503)

## 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/SB202.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **18–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **29–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ratti — primary (person)
- Sprinkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 18, Nays: 2, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-03-23T07:00:00+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** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 29, Nays: 12, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 113. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92d84407-b92d-4a2e-9196-a3648c675601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).