---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the issuance of an additional amount of credits against the modified business tax for taxpayers who donate money to a scholarship organization. (BDR 32-1248)"
description: "Authorizes the issuance of an additional amount of credits against the modified business tax for taxpayers who donate money to a scholarship organization. (BDR 32-1248)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 555"
citation: "Nevada SB 555 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOLARSHIPS", "TAXATION", "DEPARTMENT OF", "FINANCIAL AND MINING BUSINESS TAX (See also TAXES AND TAXATION)", "BUSINESS TAX (See also TAXES AND TAXATION)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford", "Frierson", "Paul Anderson", "Roberson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-15T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f04e520-b474-4232-a479-41d83fe3525e"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=1192"
source_hash: "e5c49a2e52d094b262540a4b3255c7998c8c306d3bfaacd09bbb564a0ee56a48"
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 555 (79) — Authorizes the issuance of an additional amount of credits against the modified business tax for taxpayers who donate money to a scholarship organization. (BDR 32-1248)

## 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/SB555.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **34–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Frierson — primary (person)
- Paul Anderson — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee of the Whole. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To 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: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Taxation. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 34, Nays: 8.) 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`
- **2017-06-15T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 600. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f04e520-b474-4232-a479-41d83fe3525e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).