---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes an appropriation to the Eighth Judicial District Court for a Veterans Court Coordinator. (BDR S-148)"
description: "Makes an appropriation to the Eighth Judicial District Court for a Veterans Court Coordinator. (BDR S-148)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "Nevada SB 445 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISTRICT COURTS", "STATE CONTROLLER", "APPROPRIATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Finance"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f96c53fb-e3c7-4ff4-8f1e-e1ede8ccd0ea"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=971"
source_hash: "78b76e73dadd64569da8676c388f260b104db1fd3d9f18c8cf0fdd9a1f62a588"
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 445 (79) — Makes an appropriation to the Eighth Judicial District Court for a Veterans Court Coordinator. (BDR S-148)

## 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/SB445.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **41–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Finance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-04T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of exemption.
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 922.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) 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`
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 463. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f96c53fb-e3c7-4ff4-8f1e-e1ede8ccd0ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).