---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing environmental health specialists. (BDR 54-669)"
description: "AN ACT relating to environmental health specialists; exempting certain persons from the applicability of provisions governing the practice of environmental health; revising provisions relating to the duties and powers of the board which governs environmental health specialists; revising provisions governing the requirements for application for and registration of environmental health specialists and environmental health specialist trainees; authorizing the issuance of temporary registrations to engage in the practice of environmental health to certain persons; revising the definition of the practice of environmental health; revising provisions governing continuing education; revising provisions governing complaints, grounds thereof and disciplinary action against applicants for and holders of registration to engage in the practice of environmental health; repealing certain provisions which set forth certain duties of the board which governs environmental health specialists; providing civil penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 175"
citation: "Nevada AB 175 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GOVERNOR", "MEETINGS OF PUBLIC AGENCIES", "ARMED FORCES", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF", "ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS", "MARRIED PERSONS", "FINES", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblywoman Sarah Peters"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-18T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd3a24e8-f72e-47e8-b8a3-b09f9e4944b1"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6278/Overview"
source_hash: "a5448baca86b5c9cf4317acf7ed9cbb5eced93db97348ac40162e839d3048253"
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 175 (80) — Revises provisions governing environmental health specialists. (BDR 54-669)

AN ACT relating to environmental health specialists; exempting certain persons from the applicability of provisions governing the practice of environmental health; revising provisions relating to the duties and powers of the board which governs environmental health specialists; revising provisions governing the requirements for application for and registration of environmental health specialists and environmental health specialist trainees; authorizing the issuance of temporary registrations to engage in the practice of environmental health to certain persons; revising the definition of the practice of environmental health; revising provisions governing continuing education; revising provisions governing complaints, grounds thereof and disciplinary action against applicants for and holders of registration to engage in the practice of environmental health; repealing certain provisions which set forth certain duties of the board which governs environmental health specialists; providing civil penalties; 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/AB175.pdf)
2. **Amendment 217** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB175_217.pdf)
3. **Amendment 919** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB175_R1_919.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB175_R1.pdf)
5. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB175_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblywoman Sarah Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 217.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 8, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
- **2019-05-13T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 2.) To Assembly.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 344.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd3a24e8-f72e-47e8-b8a3-b09f9e4944b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).