---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises certain definitions of affordable housing for the purpose of consistency. (BDR 22-377)"
description: "AN ACT relating to affordable housing; revising certain definitions relating to affordable housing to establish a consistent definition of the term “affordable housing” across various provisions of existing law; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 473"
citation: "Nevada SB 473 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "AFFORDABLE HOUSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
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/bb7e0f8f-c008-47f5-8b2a-82467e8bd1af"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6906/Overview"
source_hash: "a4be4314e6f8bc4e1687147463c957a96d43365f82e574f15c1a554ab80969ec"
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 473 (80) — Revises certain definitions of affordable housing for the purpose of consistency. (BDR 22-377)

AN ACT relating to affordable housing; revising certain definitions relating to affordable housing to establish a consistent definition of the term “affordable housing” across various provisions of existing law; 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/SB473.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB473_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Government Affairs — 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 Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** 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. 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 248.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb7e0f8f-c008-47f5-8b2a-82467e8bd1af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).