---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the Nevada System of Higher Education. (BDR 34-127)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to the Nevada System of Higher Education. (BDR 34-127)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "82"
identifier: "AB 118"
citation: "Nevada AB 118 (82)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fabian Doñate", "Howard Watts"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-03T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b3aa24f-f6ec-44e0-a4bc-4eba17008a47"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/9732/Overview"
source_hash: "1e2b76e575ae58c7a1a156c0e12ff4fa933f4e399d74ac4765bca143a0cfb2e8"
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 118 (82) — Revises provisions relating to the Nevada System of Higher Education. (BDR 34-127)

## 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/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB118.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB118_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly (As Introduced) — **30–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate (As Introduced) — **13–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fabian Doñate — primary (person)
- Howard Watts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 30, Nays: 12.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2023-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 7, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 72. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b3aa24f-f6ec-44e0-a4bc-4eba17008a47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).