---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for the designation of a Student Loan Ombudsman. (BDR 18-880)"
description: "AN ACT relating to student education loans; providing for the designation of a Student Loan Ombudsman within the Office of the State Treasurer and prescribing the powers and duties relating to that position; authorizing the use of certain money to pay the costs of the Student Loan Ombudsman; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 383"
citation: "Nevada AB 383 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE TREASURER", "LEGISLATURE", "OMBUDSMEN", "STUDENT LOAN SERVICERS", "AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY", "DEPARTMENT OF", "FINGERPRINTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAMS", "EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman Howard Watts", "Assemblyman Jason Frierson", "Assemblyman William McCurdy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e11490e-f55d-410f-b685-5ab36a3b28a5"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6730/Overview"
source_hash: "993cfe9182fe88b2ebdde9a13c445f6678de6ddd9d26bb8a572d94266eafd685"
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 383 (80) — Provides for the designation of a Student Loan Ombudsman. (BDR 18-880)

AN ACT relating to student education loans; providing for the designation of a Student Loan Ombudsman within the Office of the State Treasurer and prescribing the powers and duties relating to that position; authorizing the use of certain money to pay the costs of the Student Loan Ombudsman; 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/AB383.pdf)
2. **Amendment 496** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB383_496.pdf)
3. **Amendment 973** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB383_R1_973.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB383_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB383_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB383_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblyman Howard Watts — primary (person)
- Assemblyman Jason Frierson — primary (person)
- Assemblyman William McCurdy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 496.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 973.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
- **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** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 402. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e11490e-f55d-410f-b685-5ab36a3b28a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).