---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for the issuance of special license plates indicating support for the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team. (BDR 43-924)"
description: "Provides for the issuance of special license plates indicating support for the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team. (BDR 43-924)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "Nevada SB 283 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS", "LAS VEGAS", "CITY OF (See also CITIES)", "SPORTING EVENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson", "Manendo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e52afc0-2629-4e24-9a92-248c7713392c"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=651"
source_hash: "78fb10a3b1c65b9216152ceb12967514a7fcf78db6e728284786091de71d3ffc"
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 283 (79) — Provides for the issuance of special license plates indicating support for the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team. (BDR 43-924)

## 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/SB283.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **33–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkinson — primary (person)
- Manendo — primary (person)
- Cancela — cosponsor (person)
- Cannizzaro — cosponsor (person)
- Denis — cosponsor (person)
- Farley — cosponsor (person)
- Goicoechea — cosponsor (person)
- Kieckhefer — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Ratti — cosponsor (person)
- Segerblom — cosponsor (person)
- Settelmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman — cosponsor (person)
- Woodhouse — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Transportation. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-04T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-07T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **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. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) 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 Transportation. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 690.) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Dispensed with reprinting.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 8, Excused: 1.) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** To printer.
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** To Senate.
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 690 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 527. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e52afc0-2629-4e24-9a92-248c7713392c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).