---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to forestry. (BDR 47-492)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to forestry. (BDR 47-492)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 499"
citation: "Nevada SB 499 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOGGING", "FIRE PROTECTION", "FORESTRY", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Natural Resources"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcf522a0-8c72-429e-990f-420f0f8f4acc"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=1059"
source_hash: "7ed56ce49d729d6a274ab1dfa8ee90e7eee5bdba3264eef21bb049896c38a0a9"
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 499 (79) — Revises provisions relating to forestry. (BDR 47-492)

## 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/SB499.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Natural Resources — 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 Natural Resources. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **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. No. 120.) 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`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 38, Nays: None, Excused: 4.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 266. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcf522a0-8c72-429e-990f-420f0f8f4acc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).