---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to fictive kin caregivers. (BDR 38-452)"
description: "AN ACT relating to children; requiring, to the extent authorized by federal law, certain assistance to be provided to a person who provides certain care for a child to whom he or she is not related; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 498"
citation: "Nevada AB 498 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GUARDIANSHIPS", "TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "TANF", "FOSTER CARE", "KINDRED AND NEXT OF KIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/670c586a-dd22-4e43-99d6-306ea9dcdd4d"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6969/Overview"
source_hash: "93a459d2ed696f25a1970ecf603d7edf006f97c0df56f99b57b7ab5444721f41"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nv"]
---

# Nevada AB 498 (80) — Revises provisions relating to fictive kin caregivers. (BDR 38-452)

AN ACT relating to children; requiring, to the extent authorized by federal law, certain assistance to be provided to a person who provides certain care for a child to whom he or she is not related; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB498.pdf)
2. **Amendment 691** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB498_691.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB498_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB498_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Waiver granted effective: April 9, 2019. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
- **2019-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 691.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass, as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 385. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/670c586a-dd22-4e43-99d6-306ea9dcdd4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).