---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the Western Regional Education Compact. (BDR 34-472)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to the Western Regional Education Compact. (BDR 34-472)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "81"
identifier: "AB 247"
citation: "Nevada AB 247 (81)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINES", "GIFTS OR BEQUESTS", "GRANTS", "GUAM", "INSURANCE", "LOANS", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "WESTERN INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION", "WESTERN REGIONAL EDUCATION COMPACT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa Benitez-Thompson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-12T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b66010dc-be21-4103-894c-341572787b6e"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7707/Overview"
source_hash: "4ea0ead722479c7e8e3c750d053ec1e019e5b77eaa5f468271b6eabeb287897d"
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 247 (81) — Revises provisions relating to the Western Regional Education Compact. (BDR 34-472)

## 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/AB247.pdf)
2. **Amendment 98** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB247_98.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB247_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB247_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Teresa Benitez-Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2021-03-19T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2021-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 98.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- **2021-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass, as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee. `committee-passage`
- **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 407. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b66010dc-be21-4103-894c-341572787b6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).