---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 48-359)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 48-359)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 270"
citation: "Nevada SB 270 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INTERNET", "NEWSPAPERS", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Natural Resources"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e41d4f1-8778-427f-90b6-d8c209043008"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=634"
source_hash: "d0a269f8e9bb47889f5bef9efcb2861f3468c748cc7361a21f41f496a2eeb4a2"
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 270 (79) — Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 48-359)

## 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/SB270.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **28–13** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Natural Resources — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 119.) 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 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. 835.) 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. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 13, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Waiver granted effective: May 29, 2017.
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 835 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 525. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e41d4f1-8778-427f-90b6-d8c209043008`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).