---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for the issuance of a license by endorsement to certain teachers who have a license or equivalent issued in another country. (BDR 34-607)"
description: "AN ACT relating to education; providing for the issuance of a license by endorsement to teach to certain applicants who have an equivalent license or authorization issued in another country; authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into reciprocal agreements with appropriate officials of other countries concerning the licensing of teachers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 296"
citation: "Nevada SB 296 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION (See also EDUCATION", "DEPARTMENT OF)", "FOREIGN COUNTRIES", "SCHOOL PERSONNEL", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSION ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Scott Hammond"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d434411-12e5-402f-ba81-91e572d782a2"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6526/Overview"
source_hash: "2f6f58bc0a40fd32d63f9288d74b2d8b0acb5cb56c95b3eea2527b9cf5d6a12a"
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 296 (80) — Provides for the issuance of a license by endorsement to certain teachers who have a license or equivalent issued in another country. (BDR 34-607)

AN ACT relating to education; providing for the issuance of a license by endorsement to teach to certain applicants who have an equivalent license or authorization issued in another country; authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into reciprocal agreements with appropriate officials of other countries concerning the licensing of teachers; 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/SB296.pdf)
2. **Amendment 287** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB296_287.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB296_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB296_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator Scott Hammond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T07:00:00+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. 287.) 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. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **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. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 234.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d434411-12e5-402f-ba81-91e572d782a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).