---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions related to water. (BDR 48-215)"
description: "AN ACT relating to water; requiring the State Engineer to adopt regulations relating to the time for the completion of work and the application of water to beneficial use; requiring the State Engineer to conduct a survey relating to extensions of time to perfect a water right; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 62"
citation: "Nevada AB 62 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER", "LEGISLATURE", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "LEGISLATIVE AND AGENCY STUDIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-19T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fd113f6-4440-4c51-998e-df1f6da48c18"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/5987/Overview"
source_hash: "7ec72e13b2bc5e009604e1175d0724406ed77c467ea4df88e9842c0a02f44cab"
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 62 (80) — Revises provisions related to water. (BDR 48-215)

AN ACT relating to water; requiring the State Engineer to adopt regulations relating to the time for the completion of work and the application of water to beneficial use; requiring the State Engineer to conduct a survey relating to extensions of time to perfect a water right; 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/AB62.pdf)
2. **Amendment 160** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB62_160.pdf)
3. **Amendment 566** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB62_R1_566.pdf)
4. **Amendment 799** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB62_R2_799.pdf)
5. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB62_R1.pdf)
6. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB62_R2.pdf)
7. **Reprint 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB62_R3.pdf)
8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB62_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-19T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 160.) Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 566.) To printer.
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 13, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee.
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 799.) Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk. To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. To Secretary's desk.
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 12, Nays: 9.) To Assembly.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 799 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 420. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fd113f6-4440-4c51-998e-df1f6da48c18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).