---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises certain provisions related to irrigation districts. (BDR 48-644)"
description: "AN ACT relating to irrigation districts; authorizing the trustee or trustees to designate a beneficiary of a trust to vote in certain elections, sign certain petitions and run for certain offices of an irrigation district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Nevada SB 232 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (See also DISTRICTS)", "TRUSTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator James Settelmeyer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-19T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9857a3-596c-4e89-8423-485ab468eaf8"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6382/Overview"
source_hash: "0a1764e253e03e255e445fc83cb8a577dc9f71a3983f3a7bc2ae10ce41f95197"
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 232 (80) — Revises certain provisions related to irrigation districts. (BDR 48-644)

AN ACT relating to irrigation districts; authorizing the trustee or trustees to designate a beneficiary of a trust to vote in certain elections, sign certain petitions and run for certain offices of an irrigation district; 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/SB232.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB232_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator James Settelmeyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. To committee.
- **2019-05-07T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-10T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 80. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b9857a3-596c-4e89-8423-485ab468eaf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).