---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the Board of Wildlife Commissioners to establish a program authorizing certain persons to transfer, defer or return certain lawfully obtained tags if certain extenuating circumstances exist. (BDR 45-1029)"
description: "AN ACT relating to hunting; authorizing the Board of Wildlife Commissioners to establish a program authorizing a person to transfer, defer or return certain lawfully obtained tags if certain extenuating circumstances exist; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 404"
citation: "Nevada AB 404 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INDIGENT PERSONS", "WILDLIFE COMMISSIONERS", "BOARD OF", "AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES", "DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "PARENT AND CHILD", "HUNTING", "WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT OF", "MINORS", "KINDRED AND NEXT OF KIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman Glen Leavitt", "Assemblyman Jim Wheeler", "Assemblyman John Ellison", "Assemblywoman Heidi Swank", "Assemblywoman Jill Tolles", "Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner", "Assemblywoman Robin Titus", "Senator James Settelmeyer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
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/f297d958-879a-4294-83f8-1da67c6ac48c"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6771/Overview"
source_hash: "bcb31f500af8050282391499ffe7ab34bd27a22677414b70668b33f92e84529c"
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 404 (80) — Authorizes the Board of Wildlife Commissioners to establish a program authorizing certain persons to transfer, defer or return certain lawfully obtained tags if certain extenuating circumstances exist. (BDR 45-1029)

AN ACT relating to hunting; authorizing the Board of Wildlife Commissioners to establish a program authorizing a person to transfer, defer or return certain lawfully obtained tags if certain extenuating circumstances exist; 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/AB404.pdf)
2. **Amendment 273** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB404_273.pdf)
3. **Amendment 699** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB404_R1_699.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB404_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB404_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB404_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblyman Glen Leavitt — primary (person)
- Assemblyman Jim Wheeler — primary (person)
- Assemblyman John Ellison — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Heidi Swank — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Jill Tolles — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Robin Titus — primary (person)
- Senator James Settelmeyer — 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 Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **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. 273.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee.
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 699.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. 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 General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 699 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 428. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f297d958-879a-4294-83f8-1da67c6ac48c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).