AB227 · NV 83rd Session
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 cust
Fiscal effect: state
Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (2nd Reprint): Passed on 2025-05-23
NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 12229.
Sponsorship
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Roll-call summary
| Vote | Count |
|---|---|
| Yea | 23 |
Party breakdown
| Party | Yea | Nay |
|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | 23 | 0 |
Per-legislator votes
| Legislator | Party | Vote | Chamber | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Hansen | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Bert Gurr | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Brian Hibbetts | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Carrie Buck | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 23, 2025 |
| Danielle Gallant | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Gregory Hafen II | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Gregory Koenig | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Heidi Kasama | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 23, 2025 |
| Jeff Stone | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 23, 2025 |
| Jill Dickman | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| John Ellison | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 23, 2025 |
| John Steinbeck | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 23, 2025 |
| Ken Gray | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Lisa Cole | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Lisa Krasner | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 23, 2025 |
| Lori Rogich | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 23, 2025 |
| Melissa Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Philip O'Neill | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Rebecca Edgeworth | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Richard DeLong | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
| Robin Titus | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 23, 2025 |
| Thaddeus Yurek III | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
Bill history (15 actions)
Chronological legislative actions taken on this bill, sourced from NELIS. Journal links open the daily Assembly or Senate journal PDF where the action was recorded — public record per NRS 218D.
| Date | Action | Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 03, 2025 | Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. | Assembly Journal |
| Feb 04, 2025 | Read first time. To printer. | Assembly Journal |
| Feb 06, 2025 | From printer. To committee. | |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Notice of eligibility for exemption. | Assembly Journal |
| Apr 21, 2025 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 225.) Dispensed with reprinting. | Assembly Journal |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) To printer. | Assembly Journal |
| Apr 25, 2025 | From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. | |
| Apr 28, 2025 | In Senate. | Senate Journal |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. | Senate Journal |
| May 22, 2025 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 671.) To printer. | Senate Journal |
| May 23, 2025 | From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk. Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. | Senate Journal |
| May 26, 2025 | In Assembly. | Assembly Journal |
| May 27, 2025 | Senate Amendment No. 671 concurred in. To enrollment. | Assembly Journal |
| May 29, 2025 | Enrolled and delivered to Governor. | |
| Jun 03, 2025 | Approved by the Governor. Chapter 239. |
Exhibits, testimony & documents (3 on file)
Exhibits, testimony, amendments, and supporting documents collected by the NV Legislature on this bill. Submissions are public record per NRS 218D. Sources cite back to NELIS.
Amendment (2)
| Document type | Submitted by | File |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | Kimberly Surratt | |
| Amendment | Kim Surratt, Board Member, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproductive Attorneys |
Support (1)
| Document type | Submitted by | File |
|---|---|---|
| Letter | Theresa Yancy-Benson |