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AB 65 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to guardianship. (BDR 13-470)

AB 65 revises Nevada's guardianship laws to improve clarity and efficiency in court proceedings. It changes the name of the "State Guardianship Compliance Office" to "State Guardianship Office" and the "Compliance Officer" to "Guardianship Officer," expanding the officer's authority to hire staff as needed within budget limits. The bill also allows investigators in guardianship cases to obtain fingerprints and criminal history reports for certain individuals (forwarded to state and federal agencies) and prohibits government entities from charging fees for document copies requested by investigators. Additionally, it authorizes courts to appoint guardians for minors seeking special immigrant juvenile status (with guardianship ending at age 21) and updates procedures for serving legal documents in these cases.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Nov 20, 2024 Signed May 29, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 5 edits · May 29, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates the State Guardianship Compliance Office to the State Guardianship Office and expands the Officer's hiring authority from a fixed number of staff to an unlimited amount based on budget availability. It also removes the requirement to notify Medicaid officials about minor guardianship hearings and allows courts to use standard civil procedure methods for serving legal documents instead of requiring publication in a newspaper.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of the State Guardianship Officer's hiring powers and modifies procedural requirements for guardianship cases involving minors and service of process.
DEFINITION

Changed the name of the State Guardianship Compliance Office to the State Guardianship Office and the title of the State Guardianship Compliance Officer to the State Guardianship Officer.

FISCAL

Expanded the State Guardianship Officer's authority to hire accountants and investigators from a fixed limit of two of each to an unlimited number, limited only by available legislative funding.

REQUIREMENT

Eliminated the requirement for petition filers to notify the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the time and place of hearings if the minor receives Medicaid benefits.

Prohibited governmental entities, including courts, from charging fees to investigators for providing copies of documents needed for guardianship investigations.

ENFORCEMENT

Revised service of process rules to allow courts to use methods from the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure and to waive the requirement for publication in a newspaper under certain circumstances.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2025 · Assembly Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 21, 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
6
Committee
2
May 29, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 103.
executive
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
May 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) 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. 394.) Dispensed with reprinting.
lower
Nov 20, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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