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AB 424

Relating to: requirements for the rental of mobile and manufactured homes. (FE)

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Brent Jacobson and 8 co-sponsors

Modernizes Nevada parentage laws by adopting the Uniform Parentage Act, creating gender-neutral rules and clear procedures for acknowledgments, testing, and parental claims.

Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025
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Bill Summary · AB 424

AB 424 — Summary (2025)

Title: Makes various changes relating to parentage (BDR 11‑1081)
Status: Enacted — Approved by the Governor 10/03/2025; Chapter 261, Statutes of 2025

Main purpose

AB 424 modernizes and reorganizes Nevada’s parentage laws by adopting provisions modeled on the 2017 Uniform Parentage Act (UPA). The bill replaces many existing parentage provisions in chapter 126 of the NRS with a gender‑neutral, UPA‑based framework addressing how parent–child relationships are established, contested, and documented — including new rules for voluntary acknowledgments/denials, genetic testing, de facto parent claims, assisted reproduction, and gestational agreements.

Key provisions and changes

  • Definitions: Replaces/updates statutory definitions to mirror UPA terms (see Sections 4–27 of the bill).
  • Gender‑neutral framing: Recasts existing mother/father rules into gender‑neutral rules for establishing parentage (Sections ~35, 38).
  • Voluntary acknowledgment/denial of parentage (Sections ~39–52):
    • Sets requirements for acknowledgments and denials, procedures for rescission and challenge.
    • If properly executed, filed with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and not rescinded/challenged, an acknowledgment/denial is equivalent to a judicial adjudication.
    • The State Registrar is prohibited from charging a fee for filing such documents.
    • Authorizes the State Board of Health to adopt implementing regulations.
  • Genetic testing (Sections ~53–67):
    • Establishes limits on use of genetic testing, authority to order/facilitate/deny tests, testing standards, cost allocation, procedures for additional testing when contested.
    • Addresses testing when a specimen from an alleged genetic parent is unavailable, and testing of deceased persons or identical siblings.
    • Creates a misdemeanor for intentionally releasing an identifiable genetic specimen for an unrelated purpose (without proper authority).
  • Proceedings to adjudicate parentage (Sections ~68–88 and related):
    • Adopts UPA‑modeled procedures for parentage actions; removes prior statutory requirement for a mandatory pretrial informal hearing (repeals former provisions).
    • Allows a parentage proceeding to be commenced and a judgment entered before a child’s birth, but enforcement of orders/judgments must be stayed until after birth (Section ~83).
    • Time limits: a proceeding to establish parentage (for alleged genetic or presumed parents) may be brought after the child reaches adulthood only if the adult child initiates it (Sections ~74–75).
  • De facto parent and multiple parents:
    • Authorizes a person claiming de facto parent status to seek adjudication for a child under 18; requires adjudication as a parent by clear and convincing evidence when there is only one other parent or claimant (Section ~76).
    • Permits a court to adjudicate a child to have more than two legal parents in appropriate circumstances (Section ~80).
  • Assisted reproduction and gestational agreements:
    • Revises and establishes rules governing parentage resulting from assisted reproduction.
    • Confirms a gestational carrier’s right to make all health care decisions concerning her pregnancy.
  • Repeals and penalties:
    • Repeals various older parentage provisions inconsistent with the new scheme.
    • Includes penalty provisions for certain misconduct (e.g., unauthorized release of genetic specimens).

Who is affected

  • Children and their legal parents (including presumed, genetic, adjudicated, and de facto parents)
  • Individuals involved in assisted reproduction (intended parents, donors, gestational carriers)
  • Family law courts and practitioners handling parentage, custody, support, and related disputes
  • Vital records authorities (State Registrar) and the State Board of Health (rulemaking authority)
  • Entities handling genetic specimens (subject to new use and confidentiality rules)

Fiscal and procedural notes

  • Fiscal note: The bill indicates state fiscal effects; it may increase or create local jail sentences in some circumstances (per bill file).
  • Rulemaking: State Board of Health authorized to promulgate regulations related to acknowledgments/denials.
  • Legislative timeline: Introduced in early 2025, advanced through committees and both houses, enrolled 09/11/2025, approved by Governor and chaptered 10/03/2025.

Intended impact

AB 424 brings Nevada’s parentage law into alignment with contemporary family structures and reproductive technology practices, clarifies procedures for establishing and contesting parentage, strengthens protections and clarity around voluntary acknowledgments, and modernizes genetic testing rules to balance evidentiary needs with privacy and ethical concerns.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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