---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the prevention of natural disasters. (BDR 58-1132)"
description: "AN ACT relating to the prevention of natural disasters; requiring an electric utility to submit a natural disaster protection plan to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; setting forth the requirements for such a plan; authorizing an electric utility to recover costs relating to the development and implementation of a natural disaster protection plan; prohibiting, with certain exceptions, a person who is not a qualified electrical worker from performing certain work on the electric infrastructure of an electric utility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 329"
citation: "Nevada SB 329 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA", "TREES", "PUBLIC UTILITIES", "RIGHTS‑OF‑WAY", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "FIRE PROTECTION", "EASEMENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Chris Brooks"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f51fdac-d103-474c-a46a-eb4b9d56a5fc"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6598/Overview"
source_hash: "1dc662e224ef4d672c06a3cc8c5693918a26f31d5344a193cc94de4a9bac5fe5"
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 329 (80) — Revises provisions relating to the prevention of natural disasters. (BDR 58-1132)

AN ACT relating to the prevention of natural disasters; requiring an electric utility to submit a natural disaster protection plan to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; setting forth the requirements for such a plan; authorizing an electric utility to recover costs relating to the development and implementation of a natural disaster protection plan; prohibiting, with certain exceptions, a person who is not a qualified electrical worker from performing certain work on the electric infrastructure of an electric utility; 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/SB329.pdf)
2. **Amendment 239** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB329_239.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB329_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB329_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator Chris Brooks — 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 Growth and Infrastructure. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 239.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+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.
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.
- **2019-05-10T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 38, Nays: 2, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 102. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f51fdac-d103-474c-a46a-eb4b9d56a5fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).