---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing urban and community forestry. (BDR 47-720)"
description: "Revises provisions governing urban and community forestry. (BDR 47-720)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "82"
identifier: "AB 131"
citation: "Nevada AB 131 (82)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Watts", "Lesley Cohen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e2a7544-80d2-4ad9-9bec-e474523ff284"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/9781/Overview"
source_hash: "6a6b69db4bb3d6ab31d28bfbf3f25328821f8968cff308f02990d38321ee2773"
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 131 (82) — Revises provisions governing urban and community forestry. (BDR 47-720)

## 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/AB131.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB131_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate (As Introduced) — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly (As Introduced) — **37–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard Watts — primary (person)
- Lesley Cohen — primary (person)
- Natha Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Sabra Newby — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Peters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2023-03-21T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 37, Nays: 4, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. 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: 20, Nays: None, 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 74. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e2a7544-80d2-4ad9-9bec-e474523ff284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).