---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to carrying a loaded rifle or shotgun in or on a vehicle which is standing or being driven on or along a public highway or other way open to the public. (BDR 45-209)"
description: "AN ACT relating to firearms; revising provisions governing the carrying of a loaded rifle or shotgun in or on a vehicle which is standing or being driven on or along a public highway or other way open to the public; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Nevada SB 55 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREARMS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "HUNTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-19T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2df01951-eecd-4d15-b893-301609c18ab1"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/5974/Overview"
source_hash: "dd4e11e780aeb8f85e089d24f58d3538f7532d086a4d2a82a07eca6caa0cdf43"
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 55 (80) — Revises provisions relating to carrying a loaded rifle or shotgun in or on a vehicle which is standing or being driven on or along a public highway or other way open to the public. (BDR 45-209)

AN ACT relating to firearms; revising provisions governing the carrying of a loaded rifle or shotgun in or on a vehicle which is standing or being driven on or along a public highway or other way open to the public; 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/SB55.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB55_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-19T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **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 73. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2df01951-eecd-4d15-b893-301609c18ab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).