---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes expenditures by agencies of the State Government for the 2017-2019 biennium. (BDR S-1186)"
description: "Authorizes expenditures by agencies of the State Government for the 2017-2019 biennium. (BDR S-1186)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 545"
citation: "Nevada SB 545 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES", "FINANCE", "OFFICE OF", "STOREY COUNTY (See also COUNTIES)", "STATE TREASURER", "PUBLIC DEFENDERS", "CARSON CITY (See also CITIES; COUNTIES)", "STATE PARKS", "GENERAL AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES LEGISLATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Finance"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72d4a4c4-4014-472f-85ff-aa91aa647783"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=1174"
source_hash: "52bfe4b50009cb1886b07cba5a3c9dee588562291e98bd00e97a7e5a211e1c3d"
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 545 (79) — Authorizes expenditures by agencies of the State Government for the 2017-2019 biennium. (BDR S-1186)

## 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/SB545.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **12–9** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **27–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Finance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 12, Nays: 9.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File.
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 397. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72d4a4c4-4014-472f-85ff-aa91aa647783`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).