All Roll Calls
Yes: 59 • No: 0
NevadaSB27583rd Regular Session (2025)Senate
AN ACT relating to domestic relations; prohibiting a court with jurisdiction over a child custody proceeding from taking certain actions for the sole purpose of improving a deficient relationship between a child and a parent of the child under certain circumstances; prohibiting any such court from ordering a child to receive reunification treatment under certain circumstances; requiring any such court to consider certain evidence in making certain findings relating to allegations of domestic violence or child abuse; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide ongoing training regarding domestic violence, child abuse and best practices in family court in the regular education provided by the Office to judges; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Nicole J.Majority Leader Cannizzaro (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
BDR 11-541
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Domestic violence training for family courts
Beginning July 1, 2025, the Administrative Office of the Courts provides ongoing training for judges on domestic violence, child abuse, and family court best practices. If money is available, the same training is offered to other judicial officers and court staff who work with custody cases. The training follows the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022.
Limits on forced reunification in custody cases
Beginning July 1, 2025, courts in custody cases cannot remove a child from a parent or cut contact just to fix a weak bond with the other parent. This applies when that parent can meet the child’s needs, is protective, has not physically or sexually abused or neglected the child, and the child is bonded to that parent. Courts cannot order reunification therapy unless they make specific findings that accepted, scientifically valid proof shows it is safe, effective, therapeutic, and will not harm the child. Courts also cannot order therapy that isolates the child from, or blocks contact with, a parent who meets those protective and bonding criteria. In cases with alleged domestic violence or child abuse, any order to address a child’s resistance must first require the parent the child resists to change their behavior before the other parent must act.
Stronger evidence rules in abuse claims
Beginning July 1, 2025, when a court decides claims of domestic violence or child abuse in a custody case, it must consider all relevant and admissible past evidence. That includes arrests, convictions, and protection orders. Expert evidence on those claims may come only from professionals with proven expertise and substantial clinical experience that is not mainly forensic.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Nicole J.Majority Leader Cannizzaro
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/31/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 39 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/26/2025
Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)
Yes: 20 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 414.
6/9/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/4/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/2/2025SenateIn Senate.
6/1/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate.
5/31/2025HouseRead second time.
5/30/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/30/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
5/30/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
5/26/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/26/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.
5/26/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
5/26/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/26/2025SenateRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 754.)
5/26/2025SenatePlaced on General File.
5/26/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/26/2025SenateTaken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To committee.
4/14/2025SenateRead second time.
4/14/2025SenateNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/14/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/14/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
4/14/2025SenateFrom printer. To committee.
3/5/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
3/4/2025Senate
Bill Text
As Enrolled
As Introduced
Reprint 1
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