2023 Regular Session • Nevada Legislature
AB279: Revises provisions governing the waiver of tuition and registration and certain fees for students who are children of certain veterans. (BDR 34-531)
Legislative Summary
AN ACT relating to the Nevada System of Higher Education; prohibiting the assessment of tuition charges against certain students within the System with a parent who is a veteran who has been awarded the Purple Heart; requiring the waiver of the payment of registration fees and certain other fees assessed against such a student; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Bill History
3/9/2023
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.
Assembly
3/10/2023
From printer. To committee.
Assembly
3/14/2023
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
Assembly
4/19/2023
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Assembly
4/20/2023
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 372.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
Assembly
4/21/2023
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
Assembly
6/2/2023
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Assembly
6/2/2023
Placed on General File.
Assembly
6/2/2023
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 888.) To printer.
Assembly
6/3/2023
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
Assembly
6/3/2023
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
Assembly
6/3/2023
In Senate.
Senate
6/3/2023
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
Senate
6/4/2023
From committee: Do pass.
Senate
6/4/2023
Placed on Second Reading File.
Senate
6/4/2023
Read second time.
Senate
6/5/2023
Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
Senate
6/5/2023
Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File.
Senate
6/5/2023
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
Senate
6/5/2023
In Assembly. To enrollment.
Assembly
6/9/2023
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Assembly
6/15/2023
Approved by the Governor.
Assembly
6/16/2023
Chapter 471. (Effective July 1, 2023)
Assembly
Amendments
Assemebly Amendment 372
Assemebly Amendment 372
Adopted
Assemebly Amendment 888
Assemebly Amendment 888
Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Senate Final Passage
6/5/2023
21
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Assembly Final Passage
6/3/2023
42
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(6/16/2023)
Chamber
Assembly
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 11
Republican: 4
Primary Sponsor

Reuben D'Silva
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (14)
Ken Gray
Republican
Clara Thomas
Democrat
Patricia Spearman
Democrat
Edgar Flores
Democrat
Roberta Lange
Democrat
Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod
Democrat
Danielle Gallant
Republican
Bert Gurr
Republican
Selena La Rue Hatch
Democrat
Richard McArthur
Republican
Erica Mosca
Democrat
Shondra Summers-Armstrong
Democrat
AngelaTaylor
Democrat
Selena Torres-Fossett
Democrat