---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing endowment care funds for cemeteries. (BDR 40-840)"
description: "Revises provisions governing endowment care funds for cemeteries. (BDR 40-840)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 295"
citation: "Nevada SB 295 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CEMETERIES", "CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "TRUSTS", "BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY", "DEPARTMENT OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson", "Ford", "Roberson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a42b55af-589d-4110-953b-a1ff54f5d98a"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=672"
source_hash: "cb9a43a0ddadfb3fbdbdee859d69b9c3e8d429b43fccf6945079dd20b4db4e50"
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 295 (79) — Revises provisions governing endowment care funds for cemeteries. (BDR 40-840)

## 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/SB295.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkinson — primary (person)
- Ford — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. 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 Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 225. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a42b55af-589d-4110-953b-a1ff54f5d98a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).