republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/79/ab-21.md

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type: "Bill" title: "Makes various changes relating to elections. (BDR 24-2)" description: "Makes various changes relating to elections. (BDR 24-2)" jurisdiction: "us/states/nv" legislature: "Nevada Legislature" session: "79" identifier: "AB 21" citation: "Nevada AB 21 (79)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS", "POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ELECTIONS", "LEGISLATURE", "ATTORNEY’S FEES", "CAMPAIGN PRACTICES", "CITY ATTORNEYS"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Legislative Operations and Elections"] version_count: 4 action_count: 20 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3027101-4fd7-455b-bf05-d773267c2de3" source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=57" source_hash: "ced8fff2f38f31d760f7a911d699c406d65d1fd4720f43c43a635c67e389ed10" 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 21 (79) — Makes various changes relating to elections. (BDR 24-2)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. 1st Reprint (committee substitute) — source
3. 2nd Reprint (committee substitute) — source
4. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Senate Final Passage — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Final Passage — 42–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Legislative Operations and Elections — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00 Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer. introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-11-21T08:00:00+00:00 From printer.
• 2017-02-06T08:00:00+00:00 Read first time. To committee. reading-1
• 2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. committee-passage
• 2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 Placed on Second Reading File.
• 2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 557.) To printer. reading-2
• 2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
• 2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00 In Senate.
• 2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00 Waiver granted effective: May 19, 2017.
• 2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. committee-passage
• 2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00 Placed on Second Reading File.
• 2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00 Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 946.) To printer. reading-2
• 2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint .
• 2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Absent: 1.) To Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00 In Assembly.
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment No. 946 concurred in. To enrollment.
• 2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-06-09T07:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor. Chapter 502. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3027101-4fd7-455b-bf05-d773267c2de3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).