---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing Veterans Services. (BDR 37-194)"
description: "AN ACT relating to veterans; replacing the phrases “military and naval forces” and “military and naval service” with the phrase “Armed Forces”; revising provisions governing claims prepared, submitted and presented by the Director of the Department of Veterans Services for benefits for veterans, servicemen and servicewomen; removing the requirement that the Director pay a portion of the operating costs of the office of coordinator of services for veterans of a county; requiring the Director to provide training and certification to coordinators of services for veterans who perform duties as a veterans service officer; requiring such coordinators to obtain and maintain such training and certification; requiring the Director to establish, operate and maintain veterans' cemeteries in this State; providing expressly that the Director is required to establish, manage, maintain and operate veterans' homes in this State; requiring the Director to serve as the primary public advocate for Nevada veterans; requiring the Director to ensure that volunteers serving as advocates for veterans are assigned to a veterans service officer employed by the Department; requiring the Director to provide certain training to veterans service officers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 11"
citation: "Nevada AB 11 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VOLUNTEERS", "VETERANS", "ARMED FORCES", "UNFUNDED MANDATES", "VETERANS SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "CEMETERIES", "COUNTIES (See also specific counties)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-15T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08c282f7-ca46-4d40-90e0-79d033bbab25"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/5896/Overview"
source_hash: "12d405456baa91cabd2b355d9900ae579a5c57be4ab7549b6cea79f69d3c8197"
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 AB 11 (80) — Revises provisions governing Veterans Services. (BDR 37-194)

AN ACT relating to veterans; replacing the phrases “military and naval forces” and “military and naval service” with the phrase “Armed Forces”; revising provisions governing claims prepared, submitted and presented by the Director of the Department of Veterans Services for benefits for veterans, servicemen and servicewomen; removing the requirement that the Director pay a portion of the operating costs of the office of coordinator of services for veterans of a county; requiring the Director to provide training and certification to coordinators of services for veterans who perform duties as a veterans service officer; requiring such coordinators to obtain and maintain such training and certification; requiring the Director to establish, operate and maintain veterans' cemeteries in this State; providing expressly that the Director is required to establish, manage, maintain and operate veterans' homes in this State; requiring the Director to serve as the primary public advocate for Nevada veterans; requiring the Director to ensure that volunteers serving as advocates for veterans are assigned to a veterans service officer employed by the Department; requiring the Director to provide certain training to veterans service officers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB11.pdf)
2. **Amendment 651** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB11_651.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB11_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB11_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Government Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-15T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-11-18T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
- **2019-05-01T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-03T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 651.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-05-07T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 651 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 25. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08c282f7-ca46-4d40-90e0-79d033bbab25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).