republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/79/sb-144.md

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type: "Bill" title: "Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-300)" description: "Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-300)" jurisdiction: "us/states/nv" legislature: "Nevada Legislature" session: "79" identifier: "SB 144" citation: "Nevada SB 144 (79)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["MINORS", "NEWSPAPERS", "TELEPHONE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS", "SIGNATURES", "FOREIGN COUNTRIES", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS", "INTERNET", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "ARMED FORCES", "ELECTIONS", "CELL PHONES (See also TELEPHONE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS)", "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS", "RECORDS AND TRANSACTIONS", "ORDINANCES", "UNFUNDED MANDATES", "CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "DRIVER’S LICENSES"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Spearman"] version_count: 1 action_count: 32 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2017-06-12T07:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68eca6e0-5853-4cdd-ada6-457dea26f9e6" source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=387" source_hash: "69f0fe0ea2db5f2799a8e833a12c7065c732accf8418d619feebbaef3a69b62d" 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 SB 144 (79) — Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-300)

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Final Passage — 12–9 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Final Passage — 26–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Spearman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00 Prefiled.
• 2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-02-14T08:00:00+00:00 From printer. To committee.
• 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. 517.) 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: 12, Nays: 9.) To Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00 In Assembly.
• 2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. committee-passage
• 2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00 Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
• 2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00 Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
• 2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 892.) To printer. reading-3
• 2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint .
• 2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00 Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
• 2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00 Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 26, Nays: 15, Excused: 1.) To Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00 In Senate.
• 2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment No. 892 not concurred in. To Assembly.
• 2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00 In Assembly.
• 2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment No. 892 not receded from. Conference requested. Conference Committee appointed by Assembly. To Senate.
• 2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00 In Senate.
• 2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee appointed by Senate. To committee.
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Concur in Assembly Amendment No. 892 and further amend.
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 Conference report adopted by Senate.
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 Conference report adopted by Assembly.
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 (Conference Amend. No. CA6.)
• 2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00 To printer.
• 2017-06-06T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint .
• 2017-06-06T07:00:00+00:00 To enrollment.
• 2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-06-12T07:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor. Chapter 548. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68eca6e0-5853-4cdd-ada6-457dea26f9e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).