Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB227: Revises provisions governing adoption. (BDR 11-928)
Status: Chaptered, June 3, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to adoption; repealing, reenacting, revising, reorganizing and establishing certain provisions relating to the adoption of children through agency adoptions, identified adoptions, close-family adoptions, confirmatory adoptions, readoptions and adoptions of children placed in the custody of agencies which provide child welfare services under certain circumstances; revising various provisions relating to the adoption of adults; requiring the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt various regulations…
From the enrolled text, May 27, 2025:
AN ACT relating to adoption; repealing, reenacting, revising, reorganizing and establishing certain provisions relating to the adoption of children through agency adoptions, identified adoptions, close-family adoptions, confirmatory adoptions, readoptions and adoptions of children placed in the custody of agencies which provide child welfare services under certain circumstances; revising various provisions relating to the adoption of adults; requiring the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt various regulations; directing the Legislative Counsel to make various organizational changes concerning the placement of certain compacts for adoption in the Nevada Revised Statutes; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law establishes various procedures relating to the adoption of children. (Chapter 127 of NRS) Sections 48-153, 156-215 and 239 of this bill remove, repeal, reenact, revise, reorganize and establish provisions related to the adoption of children. Specifically, sections 2-153 and 156-215 of this bill make various changes to provide: (1) general provisions applicable to the adoption of children, regardless of the type of adoption; (2) provisions governing the adoption of children in the custody of agencies which provide child welfare services; (3) provisions governing confirmatory adoptions and readoptions; (4) provisions governing close-family adoptions; and (5) provisions governing agency adoptions, identified adoptions and adult adoptions. Sections 2-46 encompass the general …