---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes various changes relating to the appropriation of water. (BDR 48-499)"
description: "Makes various changes relating to the appropriation of water. (BDR 48-499)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "Nevada SB 47 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LIVESTOCK", "NEWSPAPERS", "WATER", "WELLS", "SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Natural Resources"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a54409c-6f1f-4bfd-ac17-3e4bfbfaf869"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=86"
source_hash: "a3371820c60002256bcf83d517dfa967f5561862b2e0960b041e345477af3025"
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 47 (79) — Makes various changes relating to the appropriation of water. (BDR 48-499)

## 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/SB47.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **31–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Natural Resources — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-11-23T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2017-02-06T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. Nos. 601 and 602.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-04-26T07:00:00+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. 832.) 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** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 31, Nays: 10, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 832 not concurred in. To Assembly.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 832 not receded from. Conference requested. Conference Committee appointed by Assembly. To Senate.
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed by Senate. To committee.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Concur in Assembly Amendment No. 832.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Conference report adopted by Senate.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Conference report adopted by Assembly.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** To enrollment.
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 517. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a54409c-6f1f-4bfd-ac17-3e4bfbfaf869`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).