---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing tuition for veterans. (BDR 34-681)"
description: "Revises provisions governing tuition for veterans. (BDR 34-681)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 165"
citation: "Nevada AB 165 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie Buck", "Jim Wheeler", "John Ellison", "Joseph Hardy", "Melissa Hardy", "Philip P.K. O’Neill", "Tom Roberts"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-22T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/651f8aad-3922-4d43-8ce0-24ad70b945c9"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7512/Overview"
source_hash: "3b9a80bf8082016cf3b55de75f842aed09e1cabf556b6761743fe62a7fedcda0"
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 165 (81) — Revises provisions governing tuition for veterans. (BDR 34-681)

## 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/AB165.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB165_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carrie Buck — primary (person)
- Jim Wheeler — primary (person)
- John Ellison — primary (person)
- Joseph Hardy — primary (person)
- Melissa Hardy — primary (person)
- Philip P.K. O’Neill — primary (person)
- Tom Roberts — primary (person)
- Alexis Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Brittney Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Clara Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Elaine Marzola — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Dickman — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Tolles — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Krasner — cosponsor (person)
- Richard McArthur — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Titus — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Hammond — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee. Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2021-04-05T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee. `committee-passage, passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 397. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/651f8aad-3922-4d43-8ce0-24ad70b945c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).