---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing higher education. (BDR 34-745)"
description: "Revises provisions governing higher education. (BDR 34-745)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 169"
citation: "Nevada AB 169 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION", "POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "PRIVATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Watts", "Natha Anderson", "Venicia Considine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-23T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-28T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e89b1091-6d6c-4775-9aa4-cd10292d9b64"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7518/Overview"
source_hash: "292bbfad8f0975d5b0623ccb1f5c68c699ccb73b2e5bca4ab0cd199ad31088b6"
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 169 (81) — Revises provisions governing higher education. (BDR 34-745)

## 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/AB169.pdf)
2. **Amendment 96** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB169_96.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB169_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB169_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Howard Watts — primary (person)
- Natha Anderson — primary (person)
- Venicia Considine — primary (person)
- Elaine Marzola — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Brown-May — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 96.) Dispensed with reprinting. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To printer. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate.
- **2021-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2021-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage`
- **2021-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 123.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e89b1091-6d6c-4775-9aa4-cd10292d9b64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).