republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/sb-543.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the funding of public schools. (BDR 34-1263)"
description: "AN ACT relating to education; creating the State Education Fund; revising the method for determining the amount of and distributing money to support the operation of the public schools in this State; establishing certain requirements for the accounting and use of such money; establishing requirements for the establishment of budgetary estimates relating to the public schools in this State; creating the Commission on School Funding and establishing its duties; establishing provisions relating to reports of expenditures by public schools; directing certain revenues to be deposited in the State Education Fund; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "Nevada SB 543 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE TREASURER", "LEGISLATURE", "MARIJUANA TAXES (See also TAXES AND TAXATION)", "GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES TAX", "SCHOOLS", "CHARTER (See also SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC)", "FINANCE", "OFFICE OF", "INTERNET", "SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION", "STATE CONTROLLER", "EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "STATE BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND SIMILAR BODIES", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION (See also EDUCATION", "DEPARTMENT OF)", "MARIJUANA (See also MEDICAL MARIJUANA)", "SCHOOL FUNDING", "COMMISSION ON", "APPROPRIATIONS", "COUNTIES (See also specific counties)", "EDUCATION", "DEPARTMENT OF", "SCHOOL PERSONNEL", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "NEVADA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS", "SUNSET LEGISLATION", "LEASES", "GOVERNOR", "SCHOOL PUPILS", "SCHOOL FINANCES AND FUNDS", "PUBLIC LANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86eea73e-96f3-42da-901d-9ac1207ba5ac"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/7052/Overview"
source_hash: "72a61d75d141cc4edb98c11fcae3407d54afcc9b0a42ad6064b68f367d5dcaee"
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 543 (80) — Revises provisions relating to the funding of public schools. (BDR 34-1263)

AN ACT relating to education; creating the State Education Fund; revising the method for determining the amount of and distributing money to support the operation of the public schools in this State; establishing certain requirements for the accounting and use of such money; establishing requirements for the establishment of budgetary estimates relating to the public schools in this State; creating the Commission on School Funding and establishing its duties; establishing provisions relating to reports of expenditures by public schools; directing certain revenues to be deposited in the State Education Fund; making an appropriation; 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/SB/SB543.pdf)
2. **Amendment 1135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB543_R1_1135.pdf)
3. **Amendment 986** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB543_986.pdf)
4. **Amendment 990** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB543_990.pdf)
5. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB543_R1.pdf)
6. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB543_R2.pdf)
7. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB543_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Finance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-13T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. Nos. 986 and 990.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 18, Nays: 3.) To Assembly.
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1135.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 34, Nays: 7, Vacant: 1.) To printer. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Assembly Amendment No. 1135 concurred in. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** To enrollment.
- **2019-06-07T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 624.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86eea73e-96f3-42da-901d-9ac1207ba5ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).