---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the use of groundwater in certain basins. (BDR 48-541)"
description: "AN ACT relating to groundwater; requiring the State Engineer to reserve a certain percentage of the remaining groundwater available for use in certain basins; prohibiting the use of such groundwater; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Nevada SB 140 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-11T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1b19004-12f8-4f22-95d1-278a03b91090"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6171/Overview"
source_hash: "3d4213b9bcb1ef4f4be838ee2dee52f60112560fdcdc05920a53a3f9f9ac1093"
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 SB 140 (80) — Revises provisions relating to the use of groundwater in certain basins. (BDR 48-541)

AN ACT relating to groundwater; requiring the State Engineer to reserve a certain percentage of the remaining groundwater available for use in certain basins; prohibiting the use of such groundwater; 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/SB/SB140.pdf)
2. **Amendment 340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB140_340.pdf)
3. **Amendment 753** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB140_R1_753.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB140_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB140_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB140_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 340.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. To committee.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 753.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 753 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 405. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1b19004-12f8-4f22-95d1-278a03b91090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).