---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes variable-length renewal of charter contracts. (BDR 34-391)"
description: "AN ACT relating to education; authorizing a charter contract for a charter school to be renewed for a variable length of time within a certain timeframe; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "Nevada SB 451 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS", "CHARTER (See also SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1cdbc2d-9227-4fcb-bc65-8a7d572231fb"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6912/Overview"
source_hash: "34f02a174ef6d34363cf6854b6bb70b5aa870cd3963eec1e09ff1f9934d788d7"
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 451 (80) — Authorizes variable-length renewal of charter contracts. (BDR 34-391)

AN ACT relating to education; authorizing a charter contract for a charter school to be renewed for a variable length of time within a certain timeframe; 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/SB451.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB451_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-09T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+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 245.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1cdbc2d-9227-4fcb-bc65-8a7d572231fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).