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Nevada Legislative History

This guide provides a visual overview of performing legislative history research for Nevada Statutes.
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  • Step 1: Retrieve the Statute from the Nevada Revised Statutes on the Legislature's Website
  • Step 2: Review the Statute's History Note
  • Step 3: The Legislative History Search Template
  • Step 4: Review the Search Results
  • Step 5: Accessing Session Information
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1965 - 1991

If the bill's date falls between 1965 and 1991, you can use the Old Committees, Minutes, and Exhibits tab on the Research Library's homepage to locate relevant materials. Here's how:

  • Old Committees, Minutes and Exhibits

Step 1: Access the Indexes

  1. Navigate to the Old Committees, Minutes, and Exhibits section on the LCB's website.
  2. Select the year you are researching.
  3. You'll find:
    • Indexes of bills discussed in both the Assembly and Senate.
    • Links to the committee minutes.
  4. Start your research with the Indexes to identify when and where your bill was discussed.

Old committees, minutes and exhibits on LCB's website


Example (Step 1):

Using the 1971 Index of Bills Discussed in the Assembly, you can find:

  • A.B. 96 was discussed in the Assembly Committee on Agriculture on:
    • January 28
    • February 4
    • February 9
    • February 23

Make a note of all dates and the committee name.

1971 Index of of all measures heard in assembly committee on agriculture


Step 2: Locate the Minutes

  1. Return to the Old Committees, Minutes, and Exhibits page.
  2. Select the link for the relevant year and legislative body (e.g., 1971 Assembly Committees).
  3. Choose the committee your bill was assigned to (e.g., Assembly Committee on Agriculture).
  4. Locate the minutes for the dates your bill was discussed.
  5. The minutes are provided as PDFs, ready for download.

     

Example (Step 2):

By selecting the Assembly Committee on Agriculture and scrolling to the dates identified in Step 1, you can access the minutes as linked PDFs.

Minutes and exhibits for assembly committee on agriculture, 56th (1971) session


Important Notes:

  • Not all committee minutes and exhibits are available online.
  • For instance, 1987 materials are still unavailable online. However, the Law Library has these documents on microfiche for in-person access.

1987 Assembly Committees (not yet available), 1987 Senate Committees (not yet available)

 

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This information is provided as a courtesy only. The law library shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for direct, indirect, special or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing of this material. The law librarians are not members of the Nevada State Bar and nothing on this site should be considered as legal advice.