---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the Board to Review Claims to adopt regulations for the administration of certain programs to assist operators of petroleum storage tanks. (BDR 40-942)"
description: "Requires the Board to Review Claims to adopt regulations for the administration of certain programs to assist operators of petroleum storage tanks. (BDR 40-942)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Nevada SB 251 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "GRANTS", "WATER POLLUTION", "STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS", "STORAGE TANKS", "CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF", "CLAIMS", "BOARD TO REVIEW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goicoechea"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-08T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4c0f47c-87a1-459b-995b-e7235b1aced9"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=579"
source_hash: "c2eb02bf96f686acd135efea1b0418062622b9d90fc045f93ba3d8a3fd38ba25"
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 251 (79) — Requires the Board to Review Claims to adopt regulations for the administration of certain programs to assist operators of petroleum storage tanks. (BDR 40-942)

## 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/SB251.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **36–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goicoechea — primary (person)
- Settelmeyer — 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 Natural Resources. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-07T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 91.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 834.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint .
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File.
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 36, Nays: 5, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 834 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-07T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 524. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4c0f47c-87a1-459b-995b-e7235b1aced9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).