republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/ab-83.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes various changes to provisions relating to wildlife. (BDR 45-210)"
description: "AN ACT relating to wildlife; authorizing an employee of the Department of Wildlife to take any wildlife in the interest of public safety under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to expend money from the Wildlife Heritage Account; providing certain protections to moose under certain circumstances; limiting a certain exemption that allowed a person to kill certain animals if necessary to protect property; revising provisions governing the issuance of a resident license, tag or permit; deleting the requirement that a person purchase a resource enhancement stamp to be eligible to participate in a Dream Tag raffle; authorizing a person to donate money voluntarily to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund by purchasing a resource enhancement stamp; expanding the circumstances considered unlawful harassment of wildlife; clarifying the exemption from the prohibition against placing or setting a trap, snare or similar device within a certain distance from a public road or highway within this State; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 83"
citation: "Nevada AB 83 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS AND BOATING", "DRONES", "WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT OF", "HARASSMENT", "MOOSE (See also WILDLIFE)", "GIFTS AND GRANTS", "PETS (See also ANIMALS)", "TRAPS AND TRAPPING", "RESIDENTS AND RESIDENCY", "FIREARMS", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "DOGS (See also ANIMALS)", "FISH AND FISHING", "LIVESTOCK (See also ANIMALS)", "LIGHTS AND LIGHTING", "WILDLIFE (See also specific kinds of animals)", "AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES", "HORSES (See also ANIMALS)", "FORFEITURE", "HUNTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-25T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e197ca6b-26c4-419e-82b4-ad9be568b02e"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6037/Overview"
source_hash: "41eb231e0687525615fc04f5aff3bf0308a2fd851bc855df4deff616ab32637b"
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 83 (80) — Makes various changes to provisions relating to wildlife. (BDR 45-210)

AN ACT relating to wildlife; authorizing an employee of the Department of Wildlife to take any wildlife in the interest of public safety under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to expend money from the Wildlife Heritage Account; providing certain protections to moose under certain circumstances; limiting a certain exemption that allowed a person to kill certain animals if necessary to protect property; revising provisions governing the issuance of a resident license, tag or permit; deleting the requirement that a person purchase a resource enhancement stamp to be eligible to participate in a Dream Tag raffle; authorizing a person to donate money voluntarily to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund by purchasing a resource enhancement stamp; expanding the circumstances considered unlawful harassment of wildlife; clarifying the exemption from the prohibition against placing or setting a trap, snare or similar device within a certain distance from a public road or highway within this State; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

## 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/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB83.pdf)
2. **Amendment 267** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB83_267.pdf)
3. **Amendment 97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB83_97.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB83_R1.pdf)
5. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB83_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-21T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-11-27T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day.
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. Nos. 97 and 267.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 139. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e197ca6b-26c4-419e-82b4-ad9be568b02e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).