---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to public works. (BDR 28-667)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to public works. (BDR 28-667)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Nevada SB 246 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISEMENTS AND ADVERTISING", "NEWSPAPERS", "SUNSET LEGISLATION", "PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hammond", "Hardy", "Manendo", "Parks", "Settelmeyer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-08T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-12T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce8a4a9-97d4-42ac-b06e-c9b3e2e52efc"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=570"
source_hash: "55277a89dd74c9ed2b84c6d443d969d3e51d930e750a323c21c8032795658c23"
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 246 (79) — Revises provisions relating to public works. (BDR 28-667)

## 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/SB246.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **35–5** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Final Passage — **16–26** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hammond — primary (person)
- Hardy — primary (person)
- Manendo — primary (person)
- Parks — primary (person)
- Settelmeyer — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Denis — cosponsor (person)
- Farley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-08T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 110.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Waiver granted effective: April 20, 2017.
- **2017-04-21T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File.
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 645.) To printer. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-12T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint .
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Action of referral rescinded.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Lost. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 26.) `failure, reading-3`
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Action reconsidered.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 35, Nays: 5, Not voting: 2.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-12T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 562. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cce8a4a9-97d4-42ac-b06e-c9b3e2e52efc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).