---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing mining. (BDR 46-134)"
description: "Revises provisions governing mining. (BDR 46-134)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 148"
citation: "Nevada AB 148 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF", "MINES AND MINERALS", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS (See also specific agency or department)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Watts", "Sarah Peters", "Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-18T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f7a57d8-75b1-4b74-84fe-a9008ba38fd7"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7477/Overview"
source_hash: "6aab1a81359d1b41e222222f4e24f8a1fec4a39e8087ef3c6b2d0ae8f122c421"
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 AB 148 (81) — Revises provisions governing mining. (BDR 46-134)

## 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/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB148.pdf)
2. **Amendment 235** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB148_235.pdf)
3. **Amendment 577** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB148_R1_577.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB148_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB148_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB148_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Howard Watts — primary (person)
- Sarah Peters — primary (person)
- Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — primary (person)
- Lesley Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Maggie Carlton — cosponsor (person)
- Natha Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Rochelle Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Selena Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Susie Martinez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 235.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 26, Nays: 16.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 577.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 7, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2021-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 577 concurred in. To enrollment. `passage`
- **2021-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 385. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f7a57d8-75b1-4b74-84fe-a9008ba38fd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).