On April 20, the Nevada Senate Legislative Operations & Elections Committee amended SB 499 and passed it. As amended, the bill does not create a top-two system. Instead, it improves the petition deadlines for newly-qualifying parties and non-presidential independent candidates. It moves the deadline for new parties from April to June, and moves the deadline for non-presidential independent candidates from February to June.

If the bill passes, the deadline for both types of petition will be June 3, 2016.