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NevadaAB46083rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
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), Fabian Doñate (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
BDR 13-1060
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Bill Overview
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4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Clear rules for child-welfare guardianships
In child‑welfare cases, a court may appoint a guardian if the person is suitable and not disqualified. The child should have been in that person’s custody for six months, unless the court waives this for good cause. A child age 14 or older must consent. A guardianship gives the guardian sole legal and physical custody, does not end parental rights, and does not change the child’s inheritance or eligibility for federal, state, or local benefits.
Faster temporary guardianship after immigration orders
If a parent is separated from a child because of a federal immigration order, the court presumes a temporary guardianship is in the child’s best interest. This is in addition to the presumption when no parent had care, custody, and control for the past six months. This presumption can make short‑term guardianship faster to obtain.
Parents can name a child's guardian
The law creates a simple form for a parent or legal guardian to name someone to be the child’s guardian. The form must be signed, notarized, and witnessed by two impartial adults who attest you had capacity and have no stake in the estate. The person you name has no power until they file a petition and a court appoints them. When a court picks a guardian for a child, it must consider any guardian named in your will or in this new form.
Store guardian papers in Nevada Lockbox
You can register the new minor-guardian nomination form in the Nevada Lockbox. The Secretary of State gives access with the registrant’s number and code, a court order, a request by the registrant or their representative, or when a court, hospital, or law enforcement needs to check if a guardian was named. Those entities may see only the guardian nomination forms; a court may see more to check for multiple designations. The law removes any state fee to register a will or other document in the Lockbox.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Cecelia González
Democratic • House
Fabian 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
Bill Text
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As Introduced
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