---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing the waiver of tuition and registration and certain fees for students who are children of certain veterans. (BDR 34-531)"
description: "Revises provisions governing the waiver of tuition and registration and certain fees for students who are children of certain veterans. (BDR 34-531)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "82"
identifier: "AB 279"
citation: "Nevada AB 279 (82)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clara Thomas", "Edgar Flores", "Ken Gray", "Pat Spearman", "Reuben D'Silva", "Roberta Lange"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-09T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-16T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c84da7b7-e00e-4fcd-9fb2-f53d95e6b447"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/10063/Overview"
source_hash: "5fdff93c897c98a615c1f683f636f5a36dc213c9342c6e777ed7e20ea1d3b7f1"
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 279 (82) — Revises provisions governing the waiver of tuition and registration and certain fees for students who are children of certain veterans. (BDR 34-531)

## 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/AB279.pdf)
2. **Amendment 372** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/Amendments/A_AB279_372.pdf)
3. **Amendment 888** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/Amendments/A_AB279_R1_888.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB279_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB279_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/AB/AB279_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly (2nd Reprint) — **42–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate (2nd Reprint) — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clara Thomas — primary (person)
- Edgar Flores — primary (person)
- Ken Gray — primary (person)
- Pat Spearman — primary (person)
- Reuben D'Silva — primary (person)
- Roberta Lange — primary (person)
- Angie Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Bert Gurr — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Gallant — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Mosca — cosponsor (person)
- Richard McArthur — cosponsor (person)
- Selena La Rue Hatch — cosponsor (person)
- Selena Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — cosponsor (person)
- Shondra Summers-Armstrong — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2023-03-14T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2023-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 372.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- **2023-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 888.) To printer. `committee-passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee. `passage, reading-1, reading-3, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk. Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-09T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-15T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 471.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c84da7b7-e00e-4fcd-9fb2-f53d95e6b447`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).