---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes provisions governing the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. (BDR 51-97)"
description: "Establishes provisions governing the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. (BDR 51-97)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "82"
identifier: "AB 162"
citation: "Nevada AB 162 (82)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Gorelow"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca14b080-2b2b-45e3-969a-6e1b7ff30c5d"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/9832/Overview"
source_hash: "7038b9df574c018e67a6bdc1f6dfca62e3ab7cf7dac8202f6e5e26208bb5e3d1"
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 162 (82) — Establishes provisions governing the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. (BDR 51-97)

## 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/AB162.pdf)
2. **Amendment 285** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/Amendments/A_AB162_285.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB162_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB162_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly (1st Reprint) — **42–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate (1st Reprint) — **17–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Gorelow — primary (person)
- Cecelia González — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Watts — cosponsor (person)
- Max Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Sabra Newby — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Selena La Rue Hatch — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Brown-May — cosponsor (person)
- Venicia Considine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2023-04-21T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 285.) To printer. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T07:00:00+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: 17, Nays: 3, 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 76. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca14b080-2b2b-45e3-969a-6e1b7ff30c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).