---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the establishment of a technical advisory program for the protection and preservation of certain buildings and structures. (BDR 33-299)"
description: "AN ACT relating to historic preservation; requiring the Administrator of the Office of Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to establish and administer a technical advisory program for the protection and preservation of certain buildings and structures; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 229"
citation: "Nevada AB 229 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF", "GIFTS AND GRANTS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ARCHEOLOGY", "INTERNET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman John Ellison", "Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo", "Assemblywoman Heidi Swank", "Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen", "Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton", "Assemblywoman Robin Titus", "Assemblywoman Sarah Peters"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-27T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-13T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f853e527-b83e-4ae3-b704-4ee777539007"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6399/Overview"
source_hash: "1e2e38628460eee95015518c09a642c6ab3b975b20358a7c18b2de20ed576689"
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 229 (80) — Requires the establishment of a technical advisory program for the protection and preservation of certain buildings and structures. (BDR 33-299)

AN ACT relating to historic preservation; requiring the Administrator of the Office of Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to establish and administer a technical advisory program for the protection and preservation of certain buildings and structures; making an appropriation; 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/AB229.pdf)
2. **Amendment 103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB229_103.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB229_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB229_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblyman John Ellison — primary (person)
- Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Heidi Swank — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Robin Titus — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Sarah Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-03-25T07:00:00+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. 103.) 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.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass, as amended. Placed on General File. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 6.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-07T07:00:00+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 597.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f853e527-b83e-4ae3-b704-4ee777539007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).