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NevadaAB46083rd Regular Session (2025)House
AN ACT relating to child welfare; establishing a form by which a parent or guardian may request to nominate a guardian of a minor; authorizing the filing of such a form in the Nevada Lockbox; removing the authority of the Secretary of State to charge and collect a fee for filing a form in the Nevada Lockbox; creating a presumption that temporary guardianship is in the best interest of a minor in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Cecelia González (Democratic), FabianDeputy Majority Whip Doñate (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
BDR 13-1060
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Easier temporary guardianship when parents absent
Courts presume temporary guardianship is in a child’s best interest when no parent had care, custody, and control for the last 6 months. Courts also apply this presumption when a parent is separated from the child by a federal immigration order.
Lockbox adds guardian forms, no fees, tighter access
You can register guardian nomination forms in the Nevada Lockbox, along with certain health care powers of attorney. The Secretary of State cannot charge a fee to register documents in the Lockbox. When someone checks for a guardian designation, the Secretary may release only the nomination form; other Lockbox documents stay private unless a court needs them to check for multiple designations. Access still requires the registration number and access code or another legal basis.
Child-welfare guardianships give custody, keep rights
In child-welfare cases, a guardian gets sole legal and physical custody and the powers and duties set in state law. Parental rights do not end, and the child’s inheritance and public benefits are not changed. The court must find the proposed guardian suitable and not disqualified. The court usually must also find the child lived with the proposed guardian for 6 months, unless the court waives this for good cause.
New form to name your child’s guardian
Nevada creates a standard form to nominate a guardian for a minor. You must sign it, get two impartial adult witnesses who say you have mental capacity and have no interest in your or your child’s estate, and have it notarized. A nominated person cannot act as guardian until the court appoints them. Courts must consider a parent’s nomination in a will, this form, or another written paper. The Secretary of State posts the form on its public website.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Cecelia González
Democratic • House
FabianDeputy Majority Whip Doñate
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/2/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 16 • No: 4
House vote • 5/28/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 429.
6/9/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/9/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureSenate Amendment No. 952 concurred in. To enrollment.
6/2/2025HouseIn Assembly.
6/2/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 4, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
6/2/2025SenateFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
6/1/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 952.) To printer.
6/1/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
6/1/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
6/1/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
5/29/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/29/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
5/28/2025HousePlaced on General File.
5/28/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass, as amended.
5/28/2025HouseTo committee.
4/23/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/23/2025HouseTo printer.
4/21/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.
4/21/2025HouseTaken from General File.
4/21/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 206.)
4/21/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025HouseFrom printer. To committee.
3/19/2025HouseNotice of eligibility for exemption.
3/18/2025House
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