---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing the eligibility requirements for grants awarded under the Silver State Opportunity Grant Program. (BDR 34-674)"
description: "AN ACT relating to education; reducing the minimum number of credit hours required per semester for eligibility for a grant awarded under the Silver State Opportunity Grant Program; creating an exception to the credit hour requirement; prescribing the order of priority in which grants under the Program must be awarded; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 155"
citation: "Nevada AB 155 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GIFTS AND GRANTS", "NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman Alexander Assefa", "Assemblyman Edgar Flores", "Assemblyman Jason Frierson", "Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo", "Assemblyman William McCurdy", "Assemblywoman Bea Duran", "Assemblywoman Brittney Miller", "Assemblywoman Connie Munk", "Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno", "Assemblywoman Dina Neal", "Assemblywoman Heidi Swank", "Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen", "Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow", "Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen", "Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui", "Assemblywoman Selena Torres", "Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod", "Assemblywoman Shea Backus", "Assemblywoman Susie Martinez", "Assemblywoman Teresa Benitez-Thompson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-15T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-13T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e21e16d7-c1c4-41fe-aa4c-f0ab566a5992"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6241/Overview"
source_hash: "ed500864e121d4affe36957c5b137c306d8bc28ec6f625d169bc971025617e66"
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 155 (80) — Revises provisions governing the eligibility requirements for grants awarded under the Silver State Opportunity Grant Program. (BDR 34-674)

AN ACT relating to education; reducing the minimum number of credit hours required per semester for eligibility for a grant awarded under the Silver State Opportunity Grant Program; creating an exception to the credit hour requirement; prescribing the order of priority in which grants under the Program must be awarded; 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/AB155.pdf)
2. **Amendment 1045** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB155_R1_1045.pdf)
3. **Amendment 84** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB155_84.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB155_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB155_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB155_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblyman Alexander Assefa — primary (person)
- Assemblyman Edgar Flores — primary (person)
- Assemblyman Jason Frierson — primary (person)
- Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo — primary (person)
- Assemblyman William McCurdy — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Bea Duran — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Brittney Miller — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Connie Munk — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Dina Neal — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Heidi Swank — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Selena Torres — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Shea Backus — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Susie Martinez — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Teresa Benitez-Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 84.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1045.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 39, Nays: 1, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee. From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-12T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-13T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 606.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e21e16d7-c1c4-41fe-aa4c-f0ab566a5992`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).