---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 48-504)"
description: "AN ACT relating to water; requiring the State Engineer to continue to allow withdrawals of groundwater from domestic wells under certain circumstances in groundwater basins where withdrawals have been restricted to conform to priority rights; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 95"
citation: "Nevada AB 95 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WELLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-24T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6433686-e089-4755-97b7-ced4f60b8ae4"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6082/Overview"
source_hash: "e153e3ad6700668d0fdda639c235f58318b6ddbba63b1f65a2f397f5261bfc48"
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 95 (80) — Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 48-504)

AN ACT relating to water; requiring the State Engineer to continue to allow withdrawals of groundwater from domestic wells under certain circumstances in groundwater basins where withdrawals have been restricted to conform to priority rights; 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/AB95.pdf)
2. **Amendment 48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB95_48.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB95_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB95_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day.
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 48.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 12, Excused: 2.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee.
- **2019-05-10T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **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.
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 11, Nays: 10.) To Assembly.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 304. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6433686-e089-4755-97b7-ced4f60b8ae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).