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AB 520 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to adoption. (BDR 11-356)

AB 520 revises Nevada adoption laws to strengthen background checks for staff at child-placing agencies (nonprofits that place children for adoption). It requires all employees, volunteers, and contractors at these agencies to undergo background investigations every five years, mandates agencies to maintain records of these checks, and allows the Division of Child and Family Services to deny licenses to agencies that fail to comply. The bill also permits sharing information from the State Register for Adoptions without a natural parent’s consent in special situations and allows prospective adoptive parents to attend hearings remotely via technology if they live out of state. These changes directly affect adoption agencies, their staff, and individuals seeking adoption records or involved in adoption proceedings.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Signed Jun 5, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 5, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates the legislative text to reflect its final passage by removing committee-specific headers and adding official chapter formatting. Substantively, it codifies requirements for child-placing agencies to conduct background checks on applicants and staff every five years, authorizes the release of adoption records without parental consent in extenuating circumstances, and expands remote attendance options for adoption hearings.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on adoption procedures and child safety, but the procedural requirements for background checks are now explicitly codified in state law rather than just existing regulations.
REQUIREMENT

Mandates that background investigations for child-placing agency applicants and staff be repeated every five years.

Allows the Division to release adoption registry information to individuals without the natural parent's consent if extenuating circumstances exist.

Permits prospective adoptive parents and agency representatives to attend court hearings via any remote technology system, not just telephone.

TECHNICAL

Removed internal committee markup, dates, and draft labels to finalize the bill text for publication.

Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2025 · Assembly Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 23, 2025
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Jun 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendment No. 675 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 675.) To printer.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) To printer.
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 458.) Dispensed with reprinting.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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