Nevada Politics 2011

A Guide to the
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76 Legislative Session
2 Nevada Politics 2011
76th Legislative Session • February 7 - June 6, 2011
nevada politics
table of contents
Constitutional Officers Steven Brooks 20 Capitol Bureau
Brian Sandoval 5 Irene Bustamante Adams 20 Geoff Dornan
Brian Krolicki 5 Maggie Carlton 20 Tel: 775.687.8750 • Fax: 775.687.8751
Kate Marshall 5 Richard Carrillo 20 gdornan@nevadaappeal.com
Catherine Cortez Masto 5 Marcus Conklin 21
Kim Wallin 5 Skip Daly 21 Main Office
Ross Miller 5 Olivia Diaz 21 580 Mallory Way
Marilyn Dondero Loop 21 Carson City, NV 89701
Senate John Ellison 21 Tel: 775.882.2111 • Fax: 775.887.2420
Shirley Breeden 7 Lucy Flores 21 editor@nevadaappeal.com
Greg Brower 7 Jason Frierson 22
Barbara Cegavske 7 Ed Goedhart 22 Publisher
Allison Copening 8 Pete Goicoechea 22 Niki Gladys
Mo Denis 8 Tom Grady 22
Donald Gustavson 8 John Hambrick 22 Managing Editor
Elizabeth Halseth 8 Scott Hammond 22 Peggy Santoro
Joe Hardy 8 Ira Hansen 23
Steven Horsford 8 Cresent Hardy 23 Advertising Director
Ben Kieckhefer 10 Pat Hickey 23 Rob Galloway
Ruben J. Kihuen 10 Joseph Hogan 23
John Lee 10 William Horne 23
Design and Layout
Rob Fair
Sheila Leslie 10 Marilyn Kirkpatrick 23
Mark Manendo 10 Randy Kirner 24
Cover Photography
Mike McGinness 10 Kelly Kite 24
Shannon Litz
David Parks 11 Pete Livermore 24
Dean Rhoads 11 April Mastroluca 24
Michael Roberson 11 Richard McArthur 24
Michael Schneider
James Settelmeyer
Valerie Wiener
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Harvey Munford
Dina Neal
John Oceguera
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We Help You Say
Assembly
Paul Aizley 19
James Ohrenschall
Peggy Pierce
Tick Segerblom
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It With Flowers
Elliot Anderson 19 Mark Sherwood 26 Legislators…
Kelvin Atkinson 19 Debbie Smith 26
Teresa Benitez-Thompson 20 Lynn Stewart 26 Don’t forget these dates:
David Bobzien 20 Melissa Woodbury 26
Valentine’s Day Feb. 14

Inside
Easter Apr. 24
Introduction to the 2011 Legislature 4 Secretaries’ Week Apr. 24-30
Senate Leadership and Committees 6
Map of Nevada Senatorial Districts 12 Mother’s Day May 8
Map of State Assembly Districts 14
Memorial Day May 30
Map of Las Vegas Area Assembly Districts 16
Assembly Leadership and Committees 18 Florist of choice for 2011 Inauguration
What’s a Bill? What’s a Resolution? 27 and 2009 & 2011 Senate Opening Session
Available Online Information 27
Location, Layout of Legislature Building 28
How a Bill Becomes a Law 29
120 Day Schedule 30
How to Read a Bill 32
How to Read a Fiscal Note 33
Legislative Counsel Bureau 34 7 Years Running
How to Lobby at the Nevada State Legislature 36
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Tools Available for Lobbyists 37
A Guide to the 76th Legislative Session 3

budget, redistricting are 2011 legislature’s top issues
The 2011 Legislature will revolve around two issues: Lawmakers have more flexibility in drawing their own
the budget and redistricting. district lines but must carefully consider protecting the
Lawmakers must either deal with the governor’s rights of racial and ethnic minorities such as Hispanic
proposed budget that includes massive spending cuts communities. They are also strongly encouraged to
— or find a way to increase revenues to restore some of protect communities of interest.
those programs. They are allowed, however, to consider incumbency
Due to rising costs in areas the state can’t control, in drawing those lines — which in the past has made
the end of stimulus funding and projected shortfalls in for some strange looking legislative districts to
existing state revenue streams, Nevada has about $3 accommodate the fact that several lawmakers live
billion less than the amount needed to fund existing relatively close to each other.
services and programs. The Economic Forum projects Because more than 70 percent of Nevadans live in
general fund revenues at $5.3 billion. The current the Las Vegas area, the south will dominate three of
budget spent about $8.3 billion. remainder of the state.
Add to that, Gov. Brian Sandoval has promised to The process just 20 years ago was mostly manual
veto any tax increase lawmakers send him and, with a with teams of employees painstakingly drawing
minimal 11-10 majority, Senate Democrats probably can’t maps according to the wishes of legislators. Making
find the 14 votes needed to override a veto. changes was a slow and laborious process. Now it’s
Local government is expected to show up in force to computerized, enabling almost anyone in the Legislature
argue against some of the revenue generators included to draw his or her own district map.
in the governor’s proposed budget since those pieces There is even a computer station on the second floor
of the puzzle take more than $500 million from their for the public to use to draw maps.
coffers. Local governments also go through a redistricting
Redistricting is the process of redrawing not only process to set the boundaries for their city council and
Nevada’s congressional districts but all state Senate county commission seats.
and Assembly districts. Reapportionment won Nevada
a fourth congressional seat this year and those districts
must be drawn as close to equal in population as
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CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
BRIAN SANDOVAL brian K. krolicki
Office: Governor Office: Lieutenant Governor,
Party: Republican President of the Senate
Office Phone: 775-684-5670 Party: Republican
Address: 101 S. Carson St., Carson City NV 89701 Office Phone: Capitol: 684-7111, Legislature: 684-1439
Public Service: Two terms Nevada Assembly, Address: 101 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701
member and chairman Nevada Gaming E-mail: ltgov@ltgov.nv.gov
Commission, at-large member Tahoe Regional Public Service History: State Treasurer 1999-2006,
Planning Agency Governing Board, Nevada elected lieutenant governor 2007-2010, re-elected
Attorney General, U.S. District Court judge 2011-2014, vice-chairman Douglas County Planning
Occupation: Lawyer DOB: Aug. 5, 1963 Commission 1991-1998, chief deputy state treasurer, 1990-1998.
Education: BA University of Nevada, Reno; law degree Ohio State DOB: 1960
University Moritz College of Law Education: B.A. Political Science, Stanford
Family: Wife Kathleen, children James, Maddy, Marisa Family: Wife Kelly, children Katherine, Caroline and Elizabeth.
Hobbies/Special Interests: Basketball, antique collecting, reading, fishing, Personal and professional achievements: Chairman Reno-Tahoe Winter
running, traveling. Games Coalition since 2007; president, National Association of State
Personal and professional achievements: Hispanics in Politics’ 1996 Treasurers, 2003; president, Western State Treasurer’s Association,
Broche de Oro Award, Anti-Defamation League’s 2003 Torch of Liberty 2000-2001; president, Nevada Government Finance Officers Association,
Award, Nevada State Bar’s 2004 Access to Justice Public Lawyer Award, 1997-1999; board of directors/secretary, American Cancer Society’s Nevada
Latino Coalition’s 2004 Most Influential Hispanic in the U.S. Award, 2004 Division; board of directors, Nevada Desert Research Institute; Unruh
University of Nevada Alumnus of the Year Award, Excellence in Leadership Award as Outstanding State Treasurer 2004; Lake Tahoe Community
Award from the Latino Coalition in 2010. College Foundation 1998-2005; governing board, Davidson Academy.
Kate Marshall catherine cortez masto
Office: Treasurer Office: Attorney General

Party: Democrat Party: Democrat
Office Phone: 775-684-7109 Office Phone: 775-684-1100
Address: 101 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701 Address: 100 N. Carson St. Carson City, NV 89701
E-mail: katemarshall@nevadatreasurer.gov E-mail: aginfo@ag.state.nv.us
Public Service History: Elected Treasurer Public Service History: Elected Attorney General
2007-2010, re-elected 2011-2014 2007-2010, re-elected 2011-2014
Occupation: Lawyer Occupation: Lawyer
DOB: July 1959 DOB: 1964
Education: A.B. UC Berkeley 1982, J.D. UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall, 1990 Education: B.S. Finance, UNR, J.D. Gonzaga University
Family: Children Anna and Molly Family: Husband Paul
Hobbies/Special Interests: Knitting, bicycling Hobbies/Special Interests: Hiking, golfing
Personal and professional achievements: Created anti-trust divison for Personal and professional achievements: Assistant county manager, Clark
Nevada Attorney General’s office with Frankie Sue Del Papa, Outstanding County; former chief of staff to Gov. Bob Miller, former criminal prosecutor
Achievement Award from the U.S. Department of Justice 1997. with the U.S. Attorney General’s office, Washington, D.C., and former civil
litigator.
Kim R. wallin ross miller

Office: Controller Office: Secretary of State
Office Phone: 775-684-5750 Office Phone: 775-684-5708
Address: 101 N. Carson St. #5, Address: 101 N. Carson St., Suite 3,
Carson City, NV 89701 Carson City, NV 89701
E-mail: kwallin@govmail.state.nv.us E-mail: sosexec@sos.nv.gov
Public service history: Elected controller Public Service History: Elected Secretary of
2007-2010, re-elected 2011-2014. State 2007-2010, re-elected 2011-2014
Occupation: Financial manager, consultant and CPA Occupation: Lawyer
DOB: 1956 DOB: March 1976
Education: B.S. Business Administration, major in accounting from UNLV, Education: B.A. Stanford, J.D. and M.B.A from Loyola Marymount
CPA, CMA, CFM University
Family: Husband Jim Noriega Family: Wife Lesley, daughters Cameron and Geneva
Hobbies/Special Interests: Wine tasting, golf, skiing, hiking, black belt in Hobbies/Special Interests: Basketball
aikido. Personal and professional achievements: Established Election Integrity
Personal and professional achievements: First CPA elected controller in Task Force, now a national model; developing Nevada Business Portal, the
50 years, member AGA partnership for Intergovernmental Management first of its kind in the country; executive board member and 2011 president
and Accountability Steering Committee, 2003 top 100 most influential of National Association of Secretaries of State; former criminal prosecutor,
people in accounting by Accounting Today, Woman CPA of the Year former president of Citizen Alert; board member HELP of Southern Nevada
2006 by the American Woman’s Society of CPAs, two years on ethics and Legacy Society of Boys & Girls Club.
committee, Nevada Society of CPA’s.
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Where: Room 2149 When: 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Friday
Majority leader: Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas Chairman: Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas Members: Vice Chairman Ruben
Kihuen, D-Las Vegas; Sheila Leslie, D-Reno; Valerie Wiener, D-Las Vegas;
President of the Senate: Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, R-Douglas County Greg Brower, R-Reno; Barbara Cegavske, R-Las Vegas; Don Gustavson,
R-Sparks.
President pro-tempore: Michael Schneider, D-Las Vegas
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Assistant majority leader: Valerie Wiener, D-Las Vegas Where: Room 2135 When: 8 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Chairman: John Lee, D-North Las Vegas Members: Vice Chairman
Majority whip: John Lee, D-North Las Vegas Mark Manendo, D-Las Vegas; Michael Schneider, D-Las Vegas; Joe Hardy,
R-Boulder City; James Settelmeyer, R-Gardnerville.
Assistant majority whips: Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas; Sheila Leslie, D-Reno
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Minority floor leader: Mike McGinness, R-Fallon Where: Room 2149 When: 3:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Chairman: Allison Copening, D-Las Vegas Members: Vice Chairman
Assistant minority floor leader: Barbara Cegavske, D-Las Vegas Valerie Wiener, D-Las Vegas; Ruben Kihuen, D-Las Vegas; Sheila Leslie,
D-Reno; Greg Brower, R-Reno; Don Gustavson, R-Sparks; Ben Kieckhefer,
Minority whip: James Settelmeyer, R-Gardnerville R-Reno.
JUDICIARY
SENATE COMMITTEES Where: Room 2149 When: 8 a.m. Monday-Friday
FINANCE Chairman: Valerie Wiener, D-Las Vegas Members: Vice Chairman
Where: Room 2134 When: 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Allison Copening, D-Las Vegas; Shirley Breeden, D-Las Vegas;
Chairman: Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas Members: Vice Chairman Ruben Kihuen, D-Las Vegas; Don Gustavson, R-Sparks; Mike McGinness,
Sheila Leslie, D-Reno; Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas; David Parks, D-Las Vegas; R-Fallon; Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas.
Barbara Cegavske, R-Las Vegas; Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno; Dean Rhoads,
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Where: Room 2144 When: 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday
COMMERCE, LABOR AND ENERGY Chairman: David Parks, D-Las Vegas Members: Vice Chairman Mo
Where: Room 2135 When: 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday Denis, D-Las Vegas; Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas; Barbara Cegavske,
Chairman: Michael Schneider, D-Las Vegas Members: Vice Chairman R-Las Vegas; James Settelmeyer, R-Gardnerville.
Shirley Breeden, D-Henderson; Allison Copening, D-Las Vegas; David
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Where: Room 2144 When: 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Friday
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Chairman: Mark Manendo, D-Las Vegas Members: Vice Chairman
David Parks, D-Las Vegas; John Lee, D-North Las Vegas; Dean Rhoads,
R-Tuscarora; Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas.
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Where: Room 2134 When: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday
Chairman: Sheila Leslie, D-Reno Members: Vice Chairman
Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas; Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas; Michael Schneider,
D-Las Vegas; Elizabeth Halseth, R-Las Vegas; Joe Hardy, R-Boulder City;
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shirley breeden
Office: Senate District 5, Las Vegas and
Henderson. District shared with
Sen. Joyce Woodhouse, D-Henderson
Party: Democrat
Legislative Assignments: Chair of
Transportation, vice chair of Commerce, Labor
and Energy, member of Judiciary committees
Office: 2126 Legislative Phone: 775-684-1457
Home Phone: 702-456-6192
Address: 291 Kershner Court, Henderson, NV 89074-4946
E-mail: sbreeden@sen.state.nv.us
Legislative Service: Elected Senate 2009-2012
Occupation: Retired DOB: 1955
Education: B.A. business administration, UNLV; Clark County School
District Professional Development Education Program, Leadership 2000
Family: Children Erik, Bryan and Jennifer, four grandchildren
Hobbies/Special Interests: Country dancing, volunteerism
Personal and professional achievements: Court Appointed Special
Advocate of the Year 2006, soccer team mother of the year 1987-1990,
Retired Public Employees of Nevada, American Legion Women’s Auxiliary,
National Organization of Women
greg brower
Office: Washoe Senate District 3
Party: Republican
Legislative Assignments: Member of Education,
Health and Human Services and
the Select Committee on Economic Growth
and Employment
Address: 200 S. Virginia St., 8th Floor,
Reno, NV 89501
E-mail: gbrower@sen.state.nv.us
Legislative Service: Elected Assembly 1999-2002, appointed Senate 2011-2012
Occupation: Lawyer
DOB: February 1964
Education: A.B. UC Berkeley, J.D. George Washington University
Family: Wife Loren, children Hayley and Kaitlin
Personal and professional achievements: U.S. Attorney for Nevada 2007-
2009, inspector general for U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-2006,
General Counsel 2006-2007, lieutenant U.S. Navy
barbara K. cegavske
Office: Senate District 8, Las Vegas
Party: Republican
Legislative assignments: Minority Whip, member
Health and Education, Legislative Operations
and Elections and Energy, Infastructure and
Transportation committees
Home/Office Phone: 702-873-0711
Address: 6465 Laredo St., Las Vegas, NV 89146-5272
E-mail: bcegavske@sen.state.nv.us
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 1997-2002, member Interim Finance
Committee 1997-2006, elected Senate 2004-2014
Occupation: Consultant Horizon Center for Children and Families
DOB: August 1951 Education: Clark County Community College
Family: Husband Tim, children Adam and Bret
Hobbies/Special Interests: Family travel, skiing, needlework, art, photography, baking
Personal and professional achievements: State Planning Commission for
the Construction, Design, Maintenance and Repair of School Facilities 1997-98,
Council of State Governments 1996-present, vice chair Education Commission
of the States 2000-01, Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public
Schools, American Legislative Exchange Council Education Task Force

allison copening moises “mo” denis
Office: Senate District 6, Las Vegas Office: Senate District 2, Las Vegas
Legislative Assignments: Chair of Health and Legislative assignments: Assistant majority
Human Services, Vice Chair of Judiciary and whip, chair of Education, member of Finance and
member of Commerce and Labor committees Legislative Operations and Elections
Office: 2129 Legislative Phone: 775-684-1475 Office: 2128 Legislative Phone: 775-684-1431
Home Phone: 702-869-9543 Home Phone: 702-743-3571
Address: 1821 Montvale Court, Address: 3204 Osage Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89101-1838
Las Vegas, NV 89134-6683 E-mail: mdenis@asm.state.nv.us
E-mail: acopening@sen.stte.nv.us Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2005-2010, Senate 2011-2014
Legislative Service: Elected 2008-2012 Occupation: Computer network technician
Occupation: Marketing and Public Relations Born: 1961 Education: B.A. in music from BYU
DOB: 1964 Family: Wife Susan Cook, children Diana Marie, Dustin Lee, Daniel Carlos,
Education: BA Communication Studies, UNLV Denae Virgilia, Dallin Moises
Hobbies/Special Interests: Volunteerism, racquetball, biking, reading Hobbies/Special Interests: Music, theater, camping, reading, basketball,
Personal and professional achievements: Top 40 Under 40 1998, volunteer work
Distinguished Women in Southern Nevada three years, trustee Desert Personal and professional achievements: Eagle Scout, Clark County
Research Institute Research Foundation, past president and member Child School District Parent Hall of Fame, past treasurer Nevada PTA, president
Focus Nevada, Seniors Unlimited, President’s Award Dr. Martin Luther Nevada PTA 2009, past chair Las Vegas/Clark County Library District, past
King Jr. Committee, Outstanding Volunteer Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, chair City of Las Vegas Community Development Block Grant Committee,
governor’s Workforce Investment Board, Nevada Commission on Aging Community Service Award Latin Chamber of Commerce, Council of State
Governments 2005 Western Legislative Academy
donald gary gustavson elizabeth halseth

Office: Washoe Senate District 2, north Washoe Office: Senate District 9, Clark County
and portions of Lyon and Storey counties. Party: Republican
Party: Republican Legislative Assignments: Member of Commerce
Legislative assignments: Member of Education, and Labor, Revenue and Transportation
Judiciary and the Select Committee on committees
Economic Growth and Employment. Office: 2102
Office: 2104 Legislative Phone: 684-1480 Legislative Phone: 775-684-1421
Address: P.O. Box 51601, Sparks, NV 89435-1601 Address: 8022 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 140,
E-mail: dgustavson@sen.state.nv.us Las Vegas, NV 89139-6477
Legislative service: elected Assembly 1997-2004, 2009-2010, E-mail: ehalseth@sen.state.nv.us
Senate 2011-2014 Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2014
Occupation: Retired truck driver Occupation: Business owner
Born: July 1943 DOB: 1983
Education: Santa Monica Junior College in Law Enforcement, Western Education: Corban University, Salem Oregon
Nevada College in Computer Science Family: Husband Daniel, children Dana, Jordan and Sierra
Family: Wife Cathy, children Donald G. II, Kerry Saulnier, Donna Stoller Hobbies/Special Interests: Family, hiking, sports, cooking, baking,
Hobbies/Special Interests: Model railroading, ballroom dancing volunteering
Personal and professional achievements: Board member My Journey Personal and professional achievements: None listed
Home; founding chair Northern Nevada Teen Challenge; Nevada
Republican Central Committee; National Rifle Association; past vice
chairman of Nevada Conservative Assembly.
joe P. hardy steven horsford

Office: Senate District 12, Clark County Office: Senate District 4, North Las Vegas
Party: Republican Party: Democrat
Legislative assignments: Member of Legislative assignments: Majority leader, Chair
Government Affairs, Revenue and Health and of Finance, vice chair of Revenue, member of
Human Services committees Legislative Operations and Elections
Home Phone: 702-293-7506 Office Phone: 702-985-7535
Address: P.O. Box 60306, Address: 3450 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 100,
Boulder City, NV 89006-0306 Las Vegas, NV 89032-8223
E-mail: jhardy@sen.state.nv.us E-mail: shorsford@sen.state.nv.us
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2003-2010, Senate 2011-2014 Legislative service: Elected Senate 2005-2012.
Occupation: Family physician Born: May 1949 Occupation: Chief Executive Officer, Culinary Training Academy
Education: UNR School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, DOB: 1973 Education: University of Nevada, Reno
Mo. School of Medicine, M.D. Family: Wife Sonya, children Benjamin, Bryson and Ella
Family: Wife Jill Sweningsen Hardy, children Joseph Paul Jr., Nicole, Emily, Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading, traveling and spending time with
Leah, Spencer, Dane, Jack, Ryan and 16 grandchildren family
Military: Major, U.S. Air Force Personal and professional achievements: Top 40 under 40 In Business,
Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading, church activities, patron of the arts Services to Youth Award, the Links; Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce;
Personal and professional achievements: Sparks High Student Body President, French Portrait of Pride Distinguished Men of Southern Nevada by KLAS-TV,
Mission Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, chief of staff Boulder City Hospital, president Community Leader Award, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, Friend
Nevada Academy of Family Practice, Nevada Family Physician of the Year 1998, Boulder City councilman of Working Families Award from the AFL-CIO, Vernon Jordan Community
and mayor pro tempore, vice president of Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition, Board of Champion Award from the Clark County Urban League, Non Profit
directors LDS Family Services (adoption agency), Clark County Debt Management Commission Professional of the Year by the Latin Chamber of Commerce.

ben kieckhefer ruben j. kihuen
Office: Washoe Senate District 4, Washoe County, Office: Clark Senate District 10, east central Las Vegas
north Lake Tahoe and parts of Carson City Party: Democrat
Party: Republican Legislative assignments: Chairman Select
Legislative Assignments: Member of Committee on Economic Growth and
Finance, Health and Human Services and the Employment, member Education, Health and
Select committee on Economic Growth and Human Services committees.
Employment Office: 2124 Legislative Phone: 775-684-1427
Office: 2145 Legislative Phone: 775-684-1450 Home Phone: 702-274-1707
Cell Phone: 775-223-9618 Address: P.O. Box 427, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0427
Address: 10045 Goler Wash Court, Reno, NV 89521-3029 E-mail: rkihuen@sen.state.nv.us
E-mail: bkieckhefer@sen.state.nv.us Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2007-2010, Senate 2011-2014
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2014 Occupation: Diversity Programs Manager, College of Southern Nevada
Occupation: Communications Born: 1980
DOB: 1977 Education: B.S. Education, UNLV, completing MPA University of Oklahoma
Education: M.A. Public Affairs Reporting, University of Illinois Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading, traveling, motivating youth, soccer,
Family: Wife April, children Aspen, Austin, Lincoln, Lucerne weightlifting and exercising, movies
Hobbies/Special Interests: Skiing, hunting, reading, family Personal and professional achievements: Former regional representative
Personal and professional achievements: None listed to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.; National Association of Latino Elected
and Appointed Officials; Latin Chamber of Commerce, National Council of
Hispanic State Legislators; board member Volunteer Center of Southern
Nevada.
john j. lee sheila leslie

Office: Clark County Senate District 1, North Las Vegas Office: Washoe Senate District 1, central Reno
Party: Democrat and Sparks.
Legislative assignments: Chairman of Party: Democrat
Government Affairs, Vice Chair of Select Legislative assignments: Chairman of Revenue,
Committee on Economic Growth and vice chair of Finance, member of Health and
Employment and member of Natural Resources. Human Services.
Office Phone: 702-647-3550 Address: 825 Humboldt St., Reno, NV 89509-2009
Address: 3216 Villa Pisani Court, North Las Vegas, NV 89031-7267 E-mail: sleslie@sen.state.nv.us
E-mail: jlee@sen.state.nv.us Legislative service: Elected Assembly 1999-2010, Senate 2011-2014,
Legislative service: Assembly 1997-2002. Elected Nevada Senate 2005-2012. Assembly Majority Whip 2007-2009.
Occupation: Businessman DOB: August 1955 Occupation: Specialty Courts Coordinator Born: November 1955
Education: Rancho High School Education: M.A. UNR Spanish Language and Literature
Family: Wife Marilyn Ruesch Lee, children Crystal Lueck, John Jason Family: Daughter Emma Fulkerson
(Buck), Summer Alger, Blake, Casey, Lacey, Alana Hobbies/Special Interests: Traveling, hiking, skiing
Hobbies/Special Interests: Mountain and road biking, hiking, swimming, Personal and professional achievements: Consumer Advocate of the year
traveling, reading, cooking 2008 from Nevada Justice Association, former Executive Director Children’s Cabinet,
Personal and professional achievements: Kennedy School at Harvard, graduate program Nevada Association of Social Workers Citizen of the Year 1994, National Commission
for senior executives in state and local government, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration on Children and Disasters, Peace Corps Volunteer Dominican Republic 1979-80, Shining
University of Virginia 2005, member Clark County Comprehensive Planning Steering Committee, Las Vegas Star Mohave Mental Health 2010, Veterans Hero Nevada Veterans Service Commission
Parks and Recreation Board; Las Vegas Parking and Traffic Commission; citizens advisory commission of Clark 2003, board of directors CASA Foundation, board of directors Court Appointed
County Water District; advisor Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout, founding director First Nevada Bank Special Advocates, Community Vision Award National Alliance on Mental Illness
mark A. manendo mike mcginness

Office: Senate District 7, southeast quadrant of Office: Central Nevada Senatorial District,
the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area Churchill, Esmeralda, Mineral and parts of Nye,
Party: Democrat Douglas, Lyon and Clark counties
Legislative assignments: Chairman Natural Party: Republican
Resources, Vice Chair of Government Affairs Legislative assignments: Minority Leader
and member of Select Committee on Economic 2011, member of Judiciary, Revenue and
Development and Growth. Transportation committees
Address: 4629 Butterfly Circle, Las Vegas, NV 89122-6149 Address: 770 Wildes Road, Fallon, NV 89406-7843
E-mail: mmanendo@sen.state.nv.us E-mail: mmcginness@sen.state.nv.us
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 1995-2010, Senate 2011-2014 Legislative service: Elected Assembly 1989-91, Senate 1993-2012
Occupation: Assistant director of client services, Collision Authority Occupation: Manager, radio station KVLV-AM DOB: April 1947
Born: October 1966 Education: B.A. University of Nevada, Reno
Education: A.S. Resort Occupation and A.A. Hotel, Restaurant and Casino Family: Wife Deanna “Dee,” children Ryan, Brett and Shannon, three
Management College of Southern Nevada, Darden Executive Business grandchildren
Administration Course for Emerging Political Leaders, University of Virginia Hobbies/Special Interests: Hunting, fishing, camping
Hobbies/Special Interests: Basketball, volunteer activities, music, theater Personal and professional achievements: Member and past president
Personal and professional achievements: Mobile Home Owners League of the of Fallon Kiwanis Club, Churchill County Ducks Unlimited, past president
Silver State, Veterans in Politics, Outstanding Grass Roots Democrat of the Year from the Paradise of Nevada State Fair Board of Directors, past chairman Churchill County
Democratic Club 1994, past board member Seniors United, Clark County Public Education Parks and Recreation Commission, past chairman of Churchill County
Foundation board, board of directors Opportunity Village, 2004 National Commission Against Drunk School Board, 1986 Citizen of the Year by Fallon Board of Realtors and
Driving Legislative Leadership Award, Caring to Make a Difference Award from Stop DUI 1997-2009 Nevada Association of Realtors in 1987, Churchill Arts Advisory Committee,
past chairman Churchill County Republican Central Committee

david R. parks dean A. rhoads
Office: Senate District 7, Las Vegas. Office: Northern Nevada Senate District, Elko,
District shared with Terry Care, D-Las Vegas Humboldt, Lander, Eureka, Pershing, White Pine
Party: Democrat and Lincoln counties, part of Nye
Legislative assignments: Chair of Legislative Party: Republican
Operations and Elections, vice chair of Natural Legislative assignments: Member Finance,
Resources and member of Finance committees Natural Resources and Transportation committees
Address: P.O. Box 71887, Las Vegas, NV 89170-1887 Address: P.O. Box 8, Tuscarora, NV 89834-0008
E-mail: dparks@asm.state.nv.us E-mail: drhoads@sen.state.nv.us
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 1997-2008, Senate 2009-2012 Legislative service: Elected Assembly 1977-82, Senate 1985-2012,
Occupation: Consultant Interim Finance member 1979-82, 1987-90, 1992-96, 2003-8, Legislative
Born: December 1943 Commission 1993-94, 1999-2000, chairman Legislative Committee on
Education: MBA, UNLV Public Lands 1985-2004
Personal and professional achievements: U.S. Air Force, chairman Occupation: Rancher DOB: October 1935
Paradise Town Advisory Board 1992-1996; Community District 89109 Education: B.S. Agriculture Business Management from Cal-Poly SLO
Leadership Council; board of trustees for AIDS of Nevada, Inc., National Family: Wife Sharon Packer, children Shammy and Chandra
Conference for Community and Justice Southern Nevada Regional Hobbies/Special Interests: Hunting, fishing, skiing, golf
board, Education Technology Commission 2001-2003, Nevada Military Personal and professional achievements: Director American Legislative Exchange
Advocacy Commission 2004-present, director Las Vegas Office of Budget Council, member and director of Nevada Cattlemen’s Association and National Cattlemen’s
and Management 1979-1984, assistant director Regional Transportation Association, member and director of Nevada Taxpayers Association, past president of Elko County
Commission 1990-1999 Fair board, member Nevada State Grazing Board, BLM District Grazing Board, past member of
President Reagan’s Federalism Advisory Committee and past president Public Lands Council
michael roberson michael schneider

Office: Senate District 5, Las Vegas and part of Office: Senate District 11, Las Vegas
Henderson. District shared with Shirley Breeden, Party: Democrat
D-Henderson Legislative assignments: Chair of Commerce
Party: Republican and Labor and member of Revenue and
Legislative Assignments: Member of Commerce Government Affairs committees
and Labor, Judiciary and Natural Resources Office: 2125 Legislative Phone: 775-684-6502
Office: 2103 Home Phone: 702-876-5121
Legislative Phone: 775-684-1481 Address: 6381 Sandpiper Way,
Home Phone: 702-612-6929 Las Vegas, NV 89103-2110
Address: P.O. Box 97251, Las Vegas, NV 89193-7251 E-mail: mschneider@sen.state.nv.us
E-mail: mroberson@sen.state.nv.us Legislative service: Elected Assembly 1993-95, Senate 1997-2012,
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2014 President Pro Tempore 2011
Occupation: Lawyer Occupation: Real estate consultant, development and sales
DOB: 1970 DOB: April 1950
Education: B.A. Political Science University of Kansas, J.D. University of Education: UNLV in Hotel Administration, Southern Nevada School of Real Estate
Kansas School of Law Family: Wife Candice H. and son Andrew
Family: Wife Liberty Leavitt Hobbies/Special Interests: Basketball, traveling, cooking, gardening
Personal and professional achievements: None listed Personal and professional achievements: Board of Directors Opportunity
Village, Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, Southern Nevada
Homebuilders Association, finalist in Best of American Living housing
award, selected as Builder of the Show Homes, National Association of
Homebuilders Convention in 1992-94
james settelmeyer valerie wiener

Office: Capital Senate District, portions of Office: Clark County Senate District 3, south
Carson City, Douglas, Lyon and Storey counties central and west metropolitan Las Vegas
Legislative assignments: Member of Commerce Legislative assignments: Assistant majority floor
and Labor, Government Affairs, Legislative leader, chair of judiciary, member of Education,
Operations and Elections committees and the Select Committee on Economic Growth
Office: 2101 and Employment
Legislative Phone: 775-684-1470 Office: 1219 Legislative Phone: 775-684-1422
Home Phone: 775-265-7739 Office Phone: 702-871-6536
Address: 770 Highway 395 N., Gardnerville, NV 89410 Address: 3540 W. Sahara #352, Las Vegas, NV 89102-5816
E-mail: jsettelmeyer@sen.state.nv.us E-mail: vwiener@sen.state.nv.us DOB: October 1948
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2007-2010, Senate 2011-2014 Legislative service: Elected Senate 1997-2008, majority whip 2009,
Occupation: Agriculturist minority whip 2001-2006
Born: 1971 Occupation: Positioning strategist, author, publisher, consultant, speaker
Education: Cal Poly SLO, Agriculture Science Education: M.A. Journalism from the University of Missouri, M.A. University
Family: Wife Sherese, two daughters of Illinois, M.A. Contemporary Literature from UOP, McGeorge School of Law
Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading Hobbies/Special Interests: Community service, writing, reading, physical
Personal and professional achievements: Past chairman U.S. Small training and competition, hiking
Business Administration Region IX Regulatory Fairness Board, chair Personal and professional achievements: President and CEO Wiener Communications
Nevada State Conservation Commission, Nevada Tax Commission Blue Group, President and CEO PowerMark Publishing. Author of five books including Power Communications:
Ribbon Property Tax Committee, Outstanding Young Farmer for Nevada, Positioning Yourself for High Visibility and Gang Free, Outstanding Achievement Award from the National
Western Leadership Academy, Douglas County Republican Central Federation of Press Women in 1991, Nevada Senior Olympics Gold Medalist in fitness and weightlifting
Committee 1998-2002, gold medalist swimming in 2002, Distinguished Senior Athlete Nevada Senior Olympics 2000

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24 Bobzien, David
19* Brooks, Steven
33 42* Bustamante Adams, Irene
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18* Carrillo, Richard
37* Conklin, Marcus
31 Daly, Richard "Skip"
11* Diaz, Olivia
Assemblyman 5* Dondero Loop, Marilyn
Pershing John Ellison (R)
33 Ellison, John
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28* Flores, Lucy
8* Frierson, Jason
White Pine
Eureka 36 Goedhart, Ed
Lander 35 Goicoechea, Pete
Churchill
38 Grady, Tom
2* Hambrick, John
Assemblyman 13 Hammond, Scott
Pete Goicoechea (R)
32 Hansen, Ira
36 20 Hardy, Cresent
25 Hickey, Pat
Mineral Nye 10* Hogan, Joseph M.
34* Horne, William C.
1* Kirkpatrick, Marilyn
26 Kirner, Randy
Esmeralda 39 Kite, Kelly
Lincoln 40 Livermore, Pete
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James Ohrenschall (D)
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18 29 Mastroluca, April
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6 Munford, Harvey J.
7 Neal, Dina
16 Oceguera, John
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Melissa Woodbury (R)
21 Sherwood, Mark
April Mastroluca (D)
30* Smith, Debbie
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Mark Sherwood (R)
29 22 Stewart, Lynn D.
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assembly leadership & committees
Speaker: John Oceguera EDUCATION
Where: Room 3142 When: 3:15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday
Speaker pro tempore: Debbie Smith Chairman: David Bobzien
Members: Vice Chairman Marilyn Dondero Loop, D-Las Vegas; Paul Aizley,
Majority floor leader: Marcus L. Conklin D-Las Vegas; Elliot Anderson, D-Las Vegas; Olivia Diaz, D-Las Vegas;
Lucy Flores, D-North Las Vegas; April Mastroluca, D-Henderson;
Assistant majority floor leader: Marilyn Kirkpatrick Harvey Munford, D-North Las Vegas; Dina Neal, D-North Las Vegas;
Ira Hansen, R-Sparks; Randall Kirner, R-Reno; Richard McArthur,
Majority whip: William C. Horne R-Las Vegas; Lynn Stewart, R-Henderson; Melissa Woodbury,
R-Henderson.
Senior chief deputy whip: Kelvin Atkinson
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Chief deputy whip: Peggy Pierce Where: Room 3143 When: 9 a.m. Monday, 8 a.m. Wednesday, Friday
Chairman: Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas
Chief deputy whip: David Bobzien Members: Vice Chairman Irene Bustamante Adams, D-Las Vegas;
Elliot Anderson, D-Las Vegas; Teresa Benitez-Thompson, D-Reno;
Minority floor leader: Peter J. Goicoechea Lucy Flores, D-North Las Vegas; Harvey Munford, D-North Las Vegas;
Dina Neal, D-North Las Vegas; Peggy Pierce, D-Las Vegas; John Ellison,
Assistant minority floor leader: Lynn Stewart R-Elko; Ed Goedhart, R-Amargosa Valley; Pete Livermore, R-Carson City;
Lynn Stewart, R-Henderson; Melissa Woodbury, R-Henderson.
Minority whip: Tom Grady
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Minority whip: Mark Sherwood Where: Room 3138 When: 1:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Chairman: April Mastroluca, D-Henderson
COMMITTEES: Members: Vice Chairman Peggy Pierce, D-Las Vegas; Elliot Anderson,
D-Las Vegas; Teresa Benitez-Thompson, D-Reno; Steven Brooks,
COMMERCE AND LABOR
D-Las Vegas; Richard Carrillo, D-Las Vegas; Lucy Flores,
Where: Room 4100 When: 1:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday
D-North Las Vegas; Jason Frierson, D-Las Vegas; Debbie Smith,
Chairman: Kelvin Atkinson, D-Las Vegas
D-Sparks; Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka; John Hambrick, R-Las Vegas;
Members: Vice Chairman Marcus Conklin, D-Las Vegas; Irene Bustamante
Scott Hammond, R-Las Vegas; Pete Livermore, R-Carson City;
Adams, D-Las Vegas; Maggie Carlton, D-Las Vegas; Skip Daly, D-Reno;
Mark Sherwood, R-Henderson.
William Horne, D-Las Vegas; Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-Las Vegas;
John Oceguera, D-Las Vegas; James Ohrenschall, D-Las Vegas;
Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas; John Ellison, R-Elko; Ed Goedhart,
R-Amargosa Valley; Tom Grady, R-Yerington; Cresent Hardy, R-Mesquite;
Pat Hickey, R-Reno; Kelly Kite, R-Minden.
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JUDICIARY
Where: Room 3138 When: 8 a.m. Monday-Friday
Chairman: William Horne, D-Las Vegas
Members: Vice Chairman James Ohrenschall, D-Las Vegas; Steven
Brooks, D-Las Vegas; Richard Carrillo, D-Las Vegas; Skip Daly, D-Reno;
Olivia Diaz, D-North Las Vegas; Marilyn Dondero Loop, D-Las Vegas;
Jason Frierson, D-Las Vegas; Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas; Scott
Hammond, R-Las Vegas; Ira Hansen, R-Sparks; Kelly Kite, R-Minden;
Richard McArthur, R-Las Vegas; Mark Sherwood, R-Henderson.
LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS

paul aizley
Chairman: Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas Office: Assembly District 41,
Members: Vice Chairman Lucy Flores, D-North Las Vegas; southern part of Las Vegas Metropolitan Area
Marcus Conklin, D-Las Vegas; Skip Daly, R-Reno; William Horne, Party: Democrat
D-Las Vegas; Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas; John Oceguera, Legislative Assignments: Member of Education,
D-Las Vegas; James Ohrenschall, D-Las Vegas; Debbie Smith, D-Sparks; Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining and
Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka; Tom Grady, R-Yerington; Cresent Hardy, Ways and Means committees
R-Mesquite; Pat Hickey, R-Reno; Richard McArthur, R-Las Vegas; Office: Room 4118 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8821
Lynn Stewart, R-Henderson. Home Phone: 702-361-8262
Address: 237 E. Eldorado Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89123-1159
NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE AND MINING E-mail: paizley@asm.state.nv.us Legislative Service: Elected 2009-2012
Where: Room 3161 When: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday Occupation: Professor of mathematics Born: 1936
Chairman: Maggie Carlton, D-Las Vegas Education: Ph.D. Arizona State
Members: Vice Chairman Joseph Hogan, D- Las Vegas; Paul Aizley, Family: Wife Sari, children Adrianne Poch, Jody Strasser, Sophia Rasile,
D-Las Vegas; Elliot Anderson, D-Las Vegas; David Bobzien, D-Reno; David Phillips, Matthew Dillingham, Stephanie Cain and Jonathan
Irene Bustamante Adams, D-Las Vegas; Harvey Munford, Dillingham (deceased), eight grandchildren
D-North Las Vegas; Peggy Pierce, D-Las Vegas; John Ellison, R-Elko; Personal and professional achievements: President UNLV Faculty
Ed Goedhart, R-Amargosa Valley; Ira Hansen, R-Sparks; Kelly Kite, Alliance, Mathematics Association of America, Dean of Continuing
R-Minden; Pete Livermore, R-Carson City. Education and Summer Term, president Western Association of Summer
Session Administrators, founding chairman of Nevada Fair Housing,
TAXATION chairman of UNLV Faculty Senate.
Where: Room 4100 When: 8 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday
Chairman: Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas
Members: Vice Chairman Harvey Munford, D-North Las Vegas;
Elliot Anderson, D-Las Vegas; Teresa Benitez-Thompson, D-Reno; elliot T. anderson
Irene Bustamante Adams, D-Las Vegas; Lucy Flores, D-North Las Vegas;
Dina Neal, D-North Las Vegas; Peggy Pierce, D-Las Vegas; John Ellison,
Office: Assembly District 15, Las Vegas
R-Elko; Ed Goedhart, R-Amargosa Valley; Pete Livermore, R-Carson City;
Party: Democrat
Lynn Stewart, R-Henderson; Melissa Woodbury, R-Henderson.
Government Affairs Health and Human Services
TRANSPORTATION
and the Taxation committees
Where: Room 3143 When: 8 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday
Chairman: Marilyn Dondero Loop, D-Las Vegas
Home Phone: 702-733-4073
Members: Vice Chairman Jason Frierson, D-Las Vegas; Steven Brooks,
Address: 3135 S. Mojave Road,
D-Las Vegas; Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas;
Las Vegas, NV 89121-8315
Teresa Benitez-Thompson, R-Reno; Richard Carrillo, D-Las Vegas;
E-mail: eanderson@asm.state.nv.us
Olivia Diaz, D-North Las Vegas; Joseph Hogan, D-Las Vegas; Dina Neal,
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012
D-North Las Vegas; John Hambrick, R-Las Vegas; Scott Hammond,
Occupation: Security officer
R-Las Vegas; Randall Kirner, R-Reno; Mark Sherwood, R-Henderson;
DOB: 1982
Melissa Woodbury, R-Henderson
Education: B.A. Political Science, UNLV
Personal and professional achievements: Iraq-Afghanistan Veterans
WAYS AND MEANS
of America, Marine Corps League, Nevada Democratic Party Central
Where: Room 3137 When: 8 a.m. Monday-Friday
Committee, Combat Action Ribbon, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Chairman: Debbie Smith, D-Sparks
Members: Vice Chairman Marcus Conklin, D-Las Vegas; Paul Aizley,
D-Las Vegas; Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas; David Bobzien,
D-Reno; Maggie Carlton, D-Las Vegas; Joseph Hogan, D-Las Vegas;
April Mastroluca, D-Henderson; John Oceguera, D-Las Vegas;
Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka; Tom Grady, R-Yerington; John Hambrick,
R-Las Vegas; Cresent Hardy, R-Mesquite; Pat Hickey, R-Reno;
Randall Kirner, R-Reno. kelvin D. atkinson
Office: Clark County Assembly District 17, northeast
corner of Clark County and part of North Las Vegas
Give us your laundry list. Party: Democrat
Legislative assignments: Senior chief deputy
Then Relax! whip, chair of Commerce and Labor and member
of Transportation and Ways and Means committees.
Carpool your clothes! Office: 4108 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8577
Save gas, time, and money with Home Phone: 702-457-9995
Address: 5631 Indian Springs St., North Las Vegas, NV 89031-5078
our dry cleaning service! E-mail: katkinson@asm.state.nv.us
We pick up and deliver Legislative service: Elected Nevada Assembly 2003-2012
Occupation: Government management analyst Born: April 1969
your dry cleaning Education: B.A. Political Science, Howard University Family: Daughter Haley
Personal and professional achievements: Chairman Water and Public
Lands Committee, Council of State Governments West, Clark County
10116 Hwy 50 E. Ste. 105 Mediator, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Recruitment Council, National
Black Caucus of State Legislators, Black Public Administrators, NAACP,
Mound House Clark County Leadership Forum Graduate, college Class President and
Official drycleaner of letterman in three sports, 2005 graduate of Henry Toll Fellowship Program
busy people everywhere!™ 775.246.8877
teresa benitez-thompson david P. bobzien
Office: Assembly District 27, Reno Office: Assembly District 24 including northwest
Party: Democrat Reno and north valleys.
Legislative Assignments: Member of Party: Democrat
Government Affairs, Health and Human Services, Legislative assignments: Chief deputy whip,
Transportation and the Taxation committees chairman of Education, member Ways and Means
Office: 4107 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8845 and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining.
Cell Phone: 775-247-7665 Office: 4114 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8559
Address: 1201 Joshua Drive, Home Phone: 775-393-9709
Reno, NV 89509-2217 Address: 1605 Wesley Dr., Reno, NV 89503-2332
E-mail: tbenitezthompson@asm.state.nv.us E-mail: dbobzien@asm.state.nv.us
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012 Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2007-2012
Occupation: Licensed social worker Occupation: Web designer Born: 1972
DOB: 1978 Education: BA Government and Politics George Mason University; MPA
Education: B.A. University of Michigan Boise State with emphasis on natural resources and public lands policy
Family: Husband Jeff Thompson, children Lillian and Eli Family: Wife Lisa Kornze, children Luca Carson, Finnegan Walker
Hobbies/Special Interests: Family, volunteer activities Hobbies/Special Interests: Running, snowboarding, backpacking,
Personal and professional achievements: Adelante Award Nevada photography, fly fishing
Hispanic Services, National Center for Law and Economic Justice honors, Personal and professional achievements: Chairman 2002-03 Reno Parks
Miss Nevada and third runner-up Miss America 2002 and Recreation Commission, Nevada Commission on Aging, Washoe
School District Information Technology Advisory Group, Eagle Scout,
Alpha National Honor Society for Public Administration, studied abroad in
Chile in 2003, Washoe County Council on Career and Technical Education
steven j. brooks irene bustamante adams
Office: Assembly District 19, northeast Office: Assembly District 42, Las Vegas
metropolitan Las Vegas to Nellis Air Force Base Party: Democrat
Party: Democrat Legislative Assignments: Member of
Legislative Assignments: Member Health and Commerce and Labor, Government Affairs,
Human Services, Judiciary, and Transportation Natural Resources and Mining and the Taxation
committees committees
Office: 3159 Office: 4117
Legislative Phone: 775-684-8569 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8803
Address: 6007 Turtle River Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89156-4791 Address: 3800 Reflection Way, Las Vegas, NV 89147-4442
E-mail: sbrooks@asm.state.nv.us E-mail: ibustamanteadams@asm.state.nv.us
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012 Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012
Occupation: Las Vegas Community Land Trust Occupation: Consultant and business executive
DOB: 1972 DOB: 1968
Education: B.S. in Biology from U.C. Riverside, California Education: E.M.B.A., UNLV
Family: Four children Family: Husband Brad, children Olivia and Alaina
Hobbies/Special Interests: Fishing, football, baseball, jogging, horseback Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading, sports, community service
riding Personal and professional achievements: Minority Advocate of the Year by
Personal and professional achievements: Executive Board Las Vegas the Nevada Minority Business Council 2009, Top 40 under 40 in Business
Urban League, founding member Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Las Vegas magazine, Women Who Shaped Las Vegas, Wall of Women in
Board, Victory Baptist Church, developer of various math and science 2005
programs
maggie carlton richard carRillo

Office: Assembly District 14, Las Vegas Office: Assembly District 18, Las Vegas
Legislative assignments: Chair of Natural Legislative Assignments: Member of Health
Resources, Agriculture and Mining, member and Human Services, Judiciary and the
of Commerce and Labor and Ways and Means Transportation committees
committees Office: 3125
Office: 3158 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8597 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8801
Office Phone: 702-452-3619 Home Phone: 702-273-8786
Address: 5540 E. Cartwright Ave., Address: 4819 Diza Court,
Las Vegas, NV 89110-3802 Las Vegas, NV 89122-7574
E-mail: mcarlton@sen.state.nv.us E-mail: rcarrillo@asm.state.nv.us
Legislative service: Elected Nevada Senate 1999-2010, Assembly 2011-2012 Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012
Occupation: Community and Workforce Development, Great Basin Primary Occupation: Business representative
Care Association DOB: 1967
DOB: July 1957 Hobbies/Special Interests: Gardening Education: Belen High School, Belen, New Mexico
Family: Husband Merritt Carlton, Children M. Grace Gelzer and Lucy Family: Wife Annette Gunter, daughter Heather
Personal and professional achievements: National Labor Caucus of State Personal and professional achievements: Whitney Town Advisory Board
Legislators, Girl Scouts, Las Vegas Interfaith Council, Culinary Local #226 Shop 2009, licensed contractor
Steward, Southern Nevada Water Authority Citizens Advisory Committee,
Nevada Women’s Lobby Outstanding First Term Legislator, Governor’s
Fundamental Review Committee, Nevada Psychological Association Legislator
of the Year for 2003, Nevada Women’s Lobby Outstanding First Term
Legislator, Women Legislators Lobby state director 2006

marcus conklin richard “skip” daly
Office: Assembly District 37, Las Vegas Office: Assembly District 31, east Reno and Sparks
Legislative assignments: Majority leader, vice Legislative Assignments: Member of Commerce
chair Ways and Means, vice chair of Commerce and Labor, Judiciary and Legislative Operations
and Labor and member of Legislative Operations and Elections committees
and Elections committees Office: 4105
Legislative Phone: 775-684-8505 Home Phone: 775-359-0731
Home/Office Phone: 702-363-3885 Address: 2180 4th St., Sparks, NV 894431-2201
Address: 2251 N. Rampart Blvd. No. 305, Las Vegas, NV 89128-7640 E-mail: rdaly@asm.state.nv.us
E-mail: mconklin@asm.state.nv.us Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2003-2010 Occupation: Business manager, Laborers Union 169, Reno
Occupation: Economic Analyst/Consultant DOB: 1959
Born: November 1969 Education: Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno
Education: B.A. Economics and Political Science, University of Redlands; Family: Wife Lisa, children Sara and Brian
M.A. Political Science, Midwestern State University Hobbies/Special Interests: Travel, golf, hunting, sports
Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading, fly-fishing, swimming/water polo Personal and professional achievements: Chair Board of Trustees
Personal and professional achievements: Founding board member and Northern Nevada Laborers pension, health and welfare, vacation plan
former chairman of Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, NCAA post- and training trust funds, Washoe Schools Construction and Revitalization
graduate scholarship winner, University of Redlands Athletic Hall of Fame, Advisory Committee 2007-2008, Sparks Charter Committee 2002-2010,
University of Redlands Sparks Citizens Advisory Committee 2002-2010, board member United
Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra
olivia diaz marilyn dondero loop

Office: Assembly District 11, North Las Vegas Office: Assembly District 5, southwest Las Vegas
Legislative Assignments: Member of Education, Legislative Assignments: Chair of
Judiciary and Transportation committees Transportation, vice chair of Education,
Office: 4122 member of Judiciary
Legislative Phone: 775-684-8553 Office: 3119 Legislative Phone: 684-8833
Home Phone: 702-501-8994 Cell Phone: 702-556-0224
Address: P.O. Box 365072, Address: 3724 Emerald Bay Circle,
North Las Vegas, NV 89036 Las Vegas, NV 89147-6816
E-mail: odiaz@asm.state.nv.us E-mail: mdonderoloop@asm.state.nv.us
Legislative Service: elected 2011-2012 Legislative Service: Elected 2009-2012
Occupation: Elementary school teacher, English language learner specialist Occupation: Education consultant
DOB: 1978 Born: 1951
Education: MS bilingual education Education: Masters in education curriculum and instruction
Family: Husband Frank Alejandre, children Danny and Frankie Family: Children Lindsey, Heather, Amy, grandchildren Rylie and Noah
Hobbies/Special Interests: Jogging, hiking, travel, movies Hobbies/Special Interests: Cooking, reading, family
Personal and professional achievements: School improvement planning Personal and professional achievements: National Education Association
committee, Distinguished Educator of the Year, C.C. Ronnow Elementary Spread the Word Nevada, Southwest Region Distinguished Educator,
School Leapfrog Schoolhouse Award for Project Coordinator of the Year,
Southwest Region Distinguished Educator, Focus on Nevada’s Children
Project, retired teacher, mentor New Teacher Program
john C. ellison lucy flores

Office: Assembly District 33, Elko and Humboldt Office: Assembly District 28, northeast
counties metropolitan Las Vegas
Legislative Assignments: Member of Legislative Assignments: Member of Education,
Commerce and Labor, Government Affairs, Government Affairs and Health and Human
Natural Resources and Mining and the Taxation Services
committees Office: 4110
Legislative Phone: 775-684-8831 Office Phone: 702-437-0587
Home Phone: 775-738-6284 Address: 420 N. Nellis Blvd. Suite A3-87, Las Vegas, NV 89110-5365
Address: P.O. Box 683, Elko, NV 89803-0683 E-mail: lflores@asm.state.nv.us
E-mail: jellison@asm.state.nv.us Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012 Occupation: Public relations/media consultant
Occupation: Electrical contractor DOB: 1979
DOB: 1953 Education: B.A. from USC, J.D. Boyd School of Law UNLV
Education: Elko High School Personal and professional achievements: Excellence in Legal Clinics
Family: wife Cindy, children Billy, Michelle and Nicole Award; Dean’s Award Boyd School of Law; Hubbard Award Mexican
Hobbies/Special Interests: Flying, shooting, spending time with family and American Alumni Association; Scholar, Unruh Institute of Politics, USC
friends
Personal and professional achievements: President Elko County
Commission, Elko Planning Commission, Elko City Council

jason m. frierson ed goedhart
Office: Assembly District 8, central southwest Office: Assembly District 36, Esmeralda, Lincoln,
Las Vegas west of Valley View Mineral and Nye counties and portions of Churchill
Party: Democrat Party: Republican
Legislative Assignments: Vice Chairman of Legislative assignments: Member of Commerce
Transportation, member of Health and Human and Labor, Government Affairs and Taxation
Services and Judiciary. committees
Office: 3134 Office: 3116 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8805
Legislative Phone: 775-684-8537 Home Phone: 702-682-3339
Cell Phone: 702-280-2981 Address: P.O. Box 70, Amargosa Valley, NV 89020
Address: P.O. Box 31623, Las Vegas, NV 89173-1623 E-mail: egoedhart@asm.state.nv.us
E-mail: jfrierson@asm.state.nv.us Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2007-2012
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012 Occupation: Commodities Procurement and Alternative Energy Programs
Occupation: Lawyer Manager
DOB: 1970 Born: 1962
Education: B.S. Health Science UNLV, J.D. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas Education: MS Accounting and Business, Calvin College, Michigan
Hobbies/Special Interests: Family, traveling, weightlifting, youth sports Family: Wife Renae, children Rachelle and Brandon
Personal and professional achievements: President Las Vegas Chapter Hobbies/Special Interests: Traveling, fishing, 4x4 off roading, current
National Bar Association 2005, Roosevelt Fitzgerald Outstanding Student events
Award 2001, president Associated Students of the University of Nevada Personal and professional achievements: Three terms, Amargosa Valley
1994-1995, running back UNR 1988-1992 Town Advisory Board, Science and Technology Development Corporation
Board Member 2002-2005, Southern Nye County Conservation District
Board Member 1998-2002, National Merit Finalist 1980
pete goicoechea tom grady

Office: Assembly District 35, White Pine, Eureka Office: Assembly District 38 including Lyon and
and Pershing counties and parts of Washoe, Storey counties and portions of Carson City and
Humboldt, Churchill and Lander counties Churchill County
Party: Republican Party: Republican
Legislative assignments: Minority floor leader, Legislative assignments: Member of Commerce
member of Health and Human Services, and Labor, Legislative Operations and Elections
Legislative Operations and Elections and Ways and Ways and Means committees
and Means committees Office: 3105 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8507
Home Phone: 775-237-5300 Office Phone: 775-237-7383 Address: 43 Fairway Drive, Yerington, 89447-2170
Address: P.O. Box 97, Eureka, NV 89316-0097 E-mail: tgrady@asm.state.nv.us
E-mail: pgoicoechea@asm.state.nv.us Legislative Service: Elected Assembly 2003-2012
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2003-2012 Occupation: Retired banker, retired Executive Director Nevada League of Cities
Occupation: Rancher Born: October 1939
Born: September 1949 Education: Washington State Bankers School, Washington State University
Education: Graduated Eureka County High, attended Utah State University Family: Wife Patricia and children Tina Cordes, Tim Grady, Tami Harmon,
Family: Wife Gladys Tognoni, children J.J. and Jolene seven grandchildren
Personal and professional achievements: Eureka Volunteer Fire Hobbies/Special Interests: Travel, golf and grandchildren
Department, Eureka High School Rodeo Club, Nevada Cattlemen’s Personal and professional achievements: Mayor of Yerington 1981-1993,
Association, State Land Use Planning Council, director of Nevada Water Yerington City Council 1979-1981. Executive Director Nevada League of
Resource Association, 16 year Eureka County Commissioner, Humboldt Cities 1993-2001, Nevada League of Cities Board of Directors, 30 years of
River Basin Authority, Central Committee of Nevada State Grazing Boards agriculture banking.
john hambrick scott hammond

Office: Assembly District 2, western Office: Assembly District 13, Clark County
metropolitan Las Vegas Party: Republican
Party: Republican Legislative Assignments: Member of Health and
Legislative Assignments: Member of Health and Human Services, Judiciary and Transportation
Human Services, Transportation and Ways and committees
Means committees Office: 4111
Legislative Phone: 775-684-8827 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8853
Address: 1930 Village Center Circle, Suite 3-419, Address: 8408 Gracious Pine Ave.,
Las Vegas, NV 89134-6245 Las Vegas, NV 89143-4608
E-mail: jhambrick@asm.state.nv.us E-mail: shammond@asm.state.nv.us
Legislative Service: Elected 2009-2012 Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012
Occupation: Retired Secret Service investigator Born: 1945 Occupation: Teacher
Education: Certified fraud examiner from University of Minnesota, Federal DOB: 1966
Law Enforcement Training Center, Border Patrol Academy, Advanced Education: M.A. Political Science, UNLV
Treasury School. Family: Wife Tonya, children Thomas Olivia, Sofia
Family: Wife Nancy, children Laura Sullivan, John Personal and professional achievements: Educator of the Year, Indian
Hobbies/Special Interests: Baseball, shooting, volunteering Springs High School 2001-2002
Personal and professional achievements: Youth Services Board, Prince
William County Virginia; chairman Nevada Juvenile Justice Commission;
Advisory Council, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court; National Rifle
Association; Clark County Citizen Review Board; Workers Compensation
Fraud Task Force Award.

ira hansen cresent hardy
Office: Assembly District 32, Humboldt, Office: Assemblyman District 20, northeastern
Lander and Washoe counties and southeastern Clark County
Legislative Assignments: Member of Education, Legislative Assignments: Member of Commerce
Judiciary and the Natural, Agriculture and Mining and Labor, Legislative Operations and Elections
committees and Ways and Means committees
Office: 3156 Office: 3131 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8857
Legislative Phone: 775-684-8851 Cell Phone: 702-378-8310
Cell Phone: 775-221-2502 Address: P.O.Box 601, Mesquite, NV 89024-0601
Address: 68 Amigo Court, Sparks, NV 89441-6213 E-mail: chardy@asm.state.nv.us
E-mail: ihansen@asm.state.nv.us Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012 Occupation: General engineering contractor DOB: 1957
Occupation: Business owner Education: Dixie State College, St. George, Utah
DOB: 1960 Family: Wife Peri Jean and children Kagen, Archer, Stacha and Vonae
Education: Sparks High School Hobbies/Special Interests: Hunting and fishing
Family: Wife Alexis (Lloyd) and children Daniel, Rachel, Jacob, Sarah, Ian, Personal and professional achievements: Co-founder Mesquite Builders
Forrest, Mallory, Larissa and four grandchildren and Contractors Association, Mesquite Golf Fore Kids founder and director,
Hobbies/Special Interests: Nevada history, reading, hunting/fishing, nature public works director for City of Mesquite 1986-1993, vice chair Clark
study, camping County Regional Flood Control District 1997-2002, board of directors
Personal and professional achievements: Owner Ira Hansen and Sons Virgin Valley Water District 1990-1996, businessman of the year by
Plumbing and Heating, licensed master plumber, licensed mechanical Mesquite Chamber of Commerce 2003, Distinguished Citizen of the Year,
contractor, licensed general contractor, Eagle Scout city of Mesquite 2002.
pat hickey joseph M. hogan

Office: Assembly District 25, west and southwest Reno Office: Assembly District 10,
Party: Republican south-central Las Vegas
Legislative Assignments: Member of Commerce Party: Democrat
and Labor, Legislative Operations and Elections Legislative assignments: Vice chairman of
and Ways and Means committees Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining,
Office: 4112 member of Transportation and Ways and Means
Legislative Phone: 775-684-8837 committees
Cell Phone: 775-762-8006 Office: 3153 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8541
Address: 1180 Forest St., Reno, NV 89509-2707 Home Phone: 702-365-0505
E-mail: phickey@asm.state.nv.us Address: 2208 Plaza Del La Candela, Las Vegas, NV 89102-4043
Legislative Service: Elected 1997-1998, 2011-2012 E-mail: jhogan@asm.state.nv.us
Occupation: Painting contractor, journalist, college instructor Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2005-2012
DOB: 1950 Occupation: Retired federal official Born: 1937
Education: B.S. Regents College of New York; M.S. Journalism UNR Education: B.S. Business Administration, Notre Dame; J.D. Georgetown
Family: Wife Shin, children Johnmin, Shinae, Daemin, Hannah University Law Center
Hobbies/Special Interests: Fishing, writing, skiing, family holidays Family: Wife Sandy, children Kathleen, J. Michael, David, Alan Wilt
Personal and professional achievements: Owner Pat Hickey Painting, Hobbies/Special Interests: International travel, rockhounding, snorkeling,
journalism instructor Western Nevada College, radio and newspaper hiking
reporter, patent coordinator Family Support Council, Citizen’s Police Personal and professional achievements: State chair of Common Sense
Academy; National Federation of Independent Business; volunteer Boys Maryland, National Urban League, Common Cause, Nature Conservancy,
and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows League of Women Voters, ACLU, board member Las Vegas-Clark County
Urban League
william c. horne marilyn kirkpatrick

Office: Assembly District 34, Las Vegas Office: Assembly District 1, northeast quadrant
Legislative assignments: Majority Whip, of Las Vegas
chairman of Judiciary, member of Commerce Party: Democrat
and Labor and Legislative Operations and Legislative assignments: Chair of Taxation and
Elections of Government Affairs, member of Commerce
Office: 3127 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8847 and Labor and Legislative Operations and
Home Phone: 702-457-6963 Elections committees
Address: 2251 N. Rampart #357, Office: 4115 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8509
Las Vegas, NV 89128-7640 Home Phone: 702-655-0332
E-mail: whorne@asm.state.nv.us Address: 4747 Showdown Dr., North Las Vegas, NV 89031-2133
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2003-2012 E-mail: mkirkpatrick@asm.state.nv.us
Occupation: Lawyer Born: February 1962 Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2005-2012
Education: J.D. Boyd School of Law, UNLV Occupation: Food sales executive
Family: Wife Brenda, children Kayla, Chelsey, Henry, Chloe Born: 1967
Hobbies/Special Interests: Golf, weight lifting/exercise Education: Western High School, Krolak Business School
Personal and professional achievements: Board member Bridge Family: Husband Mike, children Jessica, Tamara, Destiny, Dalton, Sarah,
Counseling Associates, Women’s Democratic Club, Hispanics in Politics, Tara, five grandchildren
Western Legislative Academy Graduate 2003, National Conference of Personal and professional achievements: Girl Scout Spirit Award 2008,
State Legislatures Leadership Institute Graduate 2003, 2003 Outstanding Dinosaur Award Cultural Visionary 2008, past president Girl Scouts of America,
Freshman Legislator, past president Phi Alpha Delta, adjunct professor Parent Hall of Fame, North Las Vegas Planning Commission 2001-2004
UNLV, National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Nevada Council for
Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, Nevada Council for Interstate
Juvenile Supervision

randy kirner kelly kite
Office: Assembly District 26, western Washoe Office: Assembly District 39, Douglas County
County from Bordertown to Incline Village and portions of Carson City and Washoe County
Legislative Assignments: Member of Education, Legislative Assignments: member of Commerce
Transportation and Ways and Means committees and Labor, Judiciary and Natural Resources,
Office: 3130 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8848 Agriculture and Mining committees
Home Phone: 775-852-3857 Office: 4121
Address: P.O. Box 17388, Reno, NV 89511-7388 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8843
E-mail: rkirner@asm.state.nv.us Cell Phone: 775-450-6962
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012 Address: P.O. Box 2251, Minden, NV 89423-2251
Occupation: Retired business executive E-mail: kkite@asm.state.nv.us
DOB: 1946 Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012
Education: M.B.A. Georgia State University in Atlanta, M.S. in information Occupation: Retired
systems management from West Coast University in Los Angeles, Ed.D. La DOB: 1947
Verne University, California Education: Rocky Comfort High School, Missouri
Family: Wife Peggy, children Jim and Karen, three grandchildren Family: Wife Cathie, children Denise and Dianna
Hobbies/Special Interests: Travel Hobbies/Special Interests: Golf and hunting
Personal and professional achievements: Member and chairman Personal and professional achievements: Licensed insurance agent,
Public Employees Benefits Program board 2008-2010, State and Local Nevada Association of Counties, Carson Water Subconservancy District,
Government Benefits Association 2005-2010, certification program board Douglas County Commissioner
of directors U.C.L.A, U.S. Army paratrooper and ranger 1969-1972, awarded
Bronze Star 1970, Combat Infantryman’s Badge 1970.
pete livermore april mastroluca

Office: Assembly District 40, Office: Assembly District 29,
Carson City and south Washoe County southeast Las Vegas
Legislative Assignments: Member of Legislative Assignments: Chair of Health and
Government Affairs, Health and Human Services, Human Services, member of Education and Ways
Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining and and Means committees
Taxation committees Legislative Phone: 775-684-8855
Office: 3124 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8825 Cell Phone: 702-286-8568
Home Phone: 775-882-5056 E-mail: amastroluca@asm.state.nv.us
Address: 4 Raglan Circle, Carson City, NV 89701-6507 Address: 265 Copper Glow Court, Henderson, NV 89074-8744
E-mail: plivermore@asm.state.nv.us Legislative Service: Elected 2009-2012
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012 Occupation: Supervisor and aervice representative, National PTA
Occupation: Retired restaurant owner DOB: 1968
DOB: 1941 Education: Student, Lincoln Christian College, Las Vegas
Education: Reybourn High School, New Orleans Family: Husband Dan, children Kelsey and Nicholas
Family: Wife Laurie, children Richard, Sheri, Jackie and four grandchildren Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading, crochet
Hobbies/Special Interests: Hunting, fishing, exploring the outdoors, Personal and professional achievements: Vice president Community
camping Council, Nevada PTA Board, president Safe Haven Task Force, Girl Scout
Personal and professional achievements: Carson City Board of leader
Supervisors 1999-2010, trustee Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center,
State Lands Division Land Use Planning Advisory Council, Carson Water
Subconservancy District, veteran U.S. Marine Corps
richard mcarthur harvey munford

Office: Assembly District 4, northeast Las Vegas Office: Assembly District 6, North Las Vegas
metropolitan area Party: Democrat
Party: Republican Legislative assignments: Member of Education,
Legislative Assignments: Member of Education, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining and
Judiciary and the Legislative Operations and Government Affairs committees
Elections committees Office: 3140 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8545
Office: 4123 Home Phone: 702-646-4265
Legislative Phone: 775-684-8829 Address: 809 Sunny Place,
Home Phone: 702-396-1065 Las Vegas, NV 89106-3637
Address: 4640 Panoramic Court, Las Vegas, NV 89129-1617 E-mail: hmunford@asm.state.nv.us
E-mail: rmcarthur@asm.state.nv.us Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2005-2012
Legislative Service: Elected 2009-2012 Occupation: Retired school teacher
Occupation: Retired FBI special agent Born: 1940
Born: 1943 Education: BA Biology, MA Guidance and Counseling and Political Science
Education: BA economics, UC Davis from Montana State University
Family: Wife Trish, children Kimberly and Michele, three grandchildren Family: Wife Viviana, children Vivian, Helen, Donna, Jamila, Steve
Hobbies/Special Interests: Dirt biking Hobbies/Special Interests: Horseback riding, watching old Western
Personal and professional achievements: Western Legislative Academy, movies, dancing, playing the organ
Council of State Governments West Personal and professional achievements: NAIA basketball All American
two years, Montana State Hall of Fame with record for shooting
percentage and blocked shots, drafted as free agent by both the Los
Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Rams, first black man to attend and
graduate from Montana State University at Billings

dina neal Welcome Legislators and Staff!
Office: Assembly District 7,
North Las Vegas and Las Vegas Kathy Tatro
Party: Democrat 775-721-1848
Government Affairs and Taxation committees
Adrienne Jordan
Home Phone: 702-738-5870
775-315-2832
Address: 3217 Brautigan Court,
North Las Vegas, NV 89032-6030
Shermie
E-mail: dneal@asm.stte.nv.us (No phone)
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012
Occupation: Contract administrator and adjunct professor
DOB: 1972 TEAM TATRO
Education: B.A. Political science A&M College, Baton Rouge, La., J.D.
Southern University Law Center
Family: Children Alexandra, Tuwaski
Real Bulldogs in Real Estate
Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading, swimming, education
Personal and professional achievements: Grant writer Project Save,
voluntary adult literacy programs, extern Ninth Circuit Court 2001
112 Rice Street
Carson City, NV 89706
Wi-Fi Access
john oceguera
Office: Assembly District 16, North Las Vegas
Party: Democrat
Legislative assignments: Assembly Speaker,
member of Commerce and Labor, Legislative Operations
and Elections and Ways and Means committees
Home Phone: 702-452-4800 775.884.4666
Address: 7655 Chaumont, Las Vegas, NV 89123-1491
E-mail: joceguera@asm.state.nv.us
thetapshack@att.net
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2000-2012
Occupation: Assistant chief, North Las Vegas Fire Department
Education: B.S. Fire Administration Cogswell College, M.P.A. from UNLV
and J.D. Boyd School of Law, UNLV
Born: June 1968 Family: Wife Janie, son Jackson
Because you
Hobbies/Special Interests: Volunteer activities, outdoor activities, firefighter competitions
Personal and professional achievements: Author of several articles on fire service
can’t stop
and public service, Ambassador for Autism Award 2010, Leadership Las Vegas 2008, Top
40 Under 40, Consumer Advocate of the Year from Nevada Trial Lawyer’s Association, even when
International Association of Firefighters, Alpha Tau Omega, Firefighter Combat Challenge
World Championships 1995-2000, World Firefighter Games 1992,1994, 1997; American your computer
Heart Association Elected Official of the Year 2004, Nevada Association of Social Workers
Elected Official of the Year 2003, Friend of the Latin Chamber Award 2006 decides to…
james ohrenschall
Office: Assembly District 12, Las Vegas
Party: Democrat
Legislative assignments: Vice chair of Judiciary,
member of Commerce and Labor and Legislative
Operations and Elections committees Computer Solutions for:
Office: 3128 Corporations • Home Businesses
Legislative Phone: 775-684-8819 Families • Students
Home/Office Phone: 702-432-6999 Repair Services
Address: P.O. Box 97741, Las Vegas, NV 891193 Networking Services
E-mail: johrenschall@asm.state.nv.us
Hardware Services
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2007-2010
Occupation: Attorney …and so much more!
Born: 1972
Education: B.A. Economics from UNLV, J.D. Boyd School of Law, UNLV
Personal and professional achievements: Dean’s honor list College of
Business and College of Engineering at UNLV, William S. Boyd School
of Law Dean’s Honor List, former member International Brotherhood
of Teamsters Local 631 in Las Vegas, former state vice president Young
Democrats of Nevada, delegate to National Young Democrats Convention,
Grass Roots Democrat of the Year Award, Paradise Democratic Club of
Clark County 775-841-7118
www.nevadageek.net

peggy pierce tick segerblom
Office: Assembly District 3, west Las Vegas Office: Assembly District 9, Las Vegas
Party: Democrat metropolitan area
Legislative assignments: Chief deputy whip, vice Party: Democrat
chair of Health and Human Services, member of Legislative assignments: Chairman Legislative
Government Affairs and Taxation committees Operations and Elections, member of Judiciary
Office: 3123 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8599 and Commerce and Labor committees
Home Phone: 702-631-8036 Office: 4109 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8549
Address: 5304 Gypsy Avenue, Office Phone: 702-388-9600
Las Vegas, NV 89107-3847 Address: 700 S. Third St., Las Vegas, NV 89101-6703
E-mail: ppierce@asm.state.nv.us E-mail: tsegerblom@asm.state.nv.us
Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2003-2012 Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2007-2012
Occupation: Resources coordinator, United Labor Agency of Nevada Occupation: Lawyer Born: 1948
Born: August 1954 Education: B.A. Pomona College, J.D. University of Denver
Education: Course work at San Francisco Community College Family: Wife Sharon, children Mary Clare, Eva, Carl
Personal and professional achievements: Sierra Club, ACLU, former Personal and professional achievements: Democratic National Committee
member of Clark County Air Quality Forum and of Clark County Air 1978-79, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
Pollution Hearing Board, Amnesty International, coordinated charity golf 2008, Most Valuable Athlete Nevada AA football 1965, Vista Volunteer
tournament which raised $100,000 for Nevada Cancer Institute, Culinary 1968, Western Regional Director Democratic National Committee 1978-
Union Local 226. 1979, Member Colorado River Commission 1988-1990, State Chair Nevada
Democratic Party 1990-1994, ACLU Civil Libertarian of the Year 1992,
Las Vegas Planning Commission 1991-1995, Chair Las Vegas Historical
Preservation Commission 1996-2000
mark sherwood debbie smith

Office: Assembly District 21, Las Vegas Office: Assembly District 30, Sparks
Legislative Assignments: Member of Health and Legislative assignments: Speaker pro tempore,
Human Services, Judiciary and Transportation chair of Ways and Means, member of Legislative
committees Operations and Elections and Health and Human
Office: 4104 Services committees
Legislative Phone: 774-684-8839 Office: 3313 Legislative Phone: 775-684-8841
Home Phone: 702-624-6600 Cell Phone: 775-233-2905
Address: 2397 Brockton Way, Address: 3270 Wilma Drive, Sparks, NV 89431-1173
Henderson, NV 89074-5462 E-mail: dsmith@asm.state.nv.us
E-mail: Sherwood@asm.state.nv.us Legislative service: Elected Assembly 2001-2002, 2005-2012
Legislative Service: Elected 2011-2012 Occupation: Benefits representative
Occupation: Magazine publisher Born: January 1956
DOB: 1970 Education: Battle Mountain High School
Education: B.A. Broadcast Communications University of Missouri Family: Husband Greg and children Olivia and David Bouch, Ian and Erin
Family: Wife Audrey, four children Hobbies/Special Interests: Reading, walking, scrapbooking
Personal and professional achievements: Las Vegas Rotary Club, Personal and professional achievements: Board of directors National
Henderson Chamber of Commerce, youth basketball coach, Ronald PTA, past president Nevada PTA, chairman of state Council to Establish
McDonald House charities Academic Standards, former member of Lander County School Board
and Sparks Charter Commission, Council of State Governments Western
Legislative Academy 2002, PORAN Freshman Lawmaker of the Year 2001,
former chair Council to Establish Academic Standards
lynn D. stewart melissa woodbury

Office: Assembly District 22, Boulder City and Office: District 23, Henderson
southeast Clark County Party: Republican
Party: Republican Legislative Assignments: Member of Education,
Legislative assignments: Assistant Minority Government Affairs and Transportation
Floor Leader and member of Education, committees
Government Affairs and the Legislative Office: 4103
Operations and Elections committees Legislative Phone: 775-684-8503
Home Phone: 702-370-2185 Address: 9500 West Flamingo Road, Suite 203,
Address: 2720 Cool Lilac Ave., Henderson, NV 89052 Las Vegas, NV 89147-5721
E-mail: lstewart@asm.state.nv.us E-mail: mwoodbury@asm.state.nv.us
Legislative service: Nevada Assembly 2007-2012 Legislative Service: Elected 2009-2012
Occupation: Retired high school teacher, University Student Teaching Occupation: Special needs elementary school teacher
Supervisor at BYU Born: 1969
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what’s a bill? what’s a resolution?
Every official action the Nevada Legislature takes is • Simple resolutions, labeled AR or SR followed by
in the form of either a bill or a resolution. their number, are used by each house to set its own
Bills are legislation that add to, delete or amend state rules, set its own committee membership and leadership
law dealing with anything and everything from criminal or take another action that is completely within the
penalties to business licensing. jurisdiction of that house. Simple resolutions require
Senate bills are labeled “SB,” Assembly bills “AB” approval by only the house where they originate.
according to house of origin. They are numbered in • Concurrent resolutions are designated ACR or SCR
order of their introduction. followed by their number. They are used for purposes
To become law, a bill must be approved by both such as urging other governmental entities to take
houses of the Legislature and signed by the governor. In action or make change in an area where the Legislature
Nevada, the governor can allow legislation to become may not have specific power.
law by not signing it for 10 days — the opposite to the They are also often used to memorialize a deceased
U.S. Constitution, which interprets the president’s failure public figure or civic leader in Nevada. And they are
to sign legislation within 10 days as a veto. used to amend joint rules of the Legislature.
If the governor actually vetoes a bill, it requires a Concurrent resolutions must be approved by both
two-thirds vote of each house to override that veto. the Assembly and Senate.
Nearly all other business is handled by resolutions, • Joint resolutions are labeled AJR or SJR and are
which do everything from commemorating an most often used for more weighty matters. They are the
individual’s contributions to society and setting vehicle for proposing changes to the state constitution
Senate and Assembly operating rules to proposing or calling for action by the U.S. Congress.
constitutional amendments for voters to consider. Like concurrent resolutions and bills, joint resolutions
The three types of resolutions are: simple, concurrent must be approved by both the Senate and Assembly.
and joint. Unlike bills, resolutions don’t require the governor’s
approval.
up-to-the-minute information available online

Probably the most valuable tool available to In the center of the page below the photo is a
those who want to follow the Legislature is the link for the public to make suggestions on proposed
Web site which can be accessed either through budget reductions. Serious suggestions will be
nevadalegislature.com or directly at leg.state.nv.us. forwarded to the appropriate committees.
The site is one of the most comprehensive in On the left side are links to session information,
the nation and, in fact, won a national award for the the law library — including a searchable copy of
information it provides from the Center for Digital Nevada Revised Statutes — Nevada agency regulations
Government. Even better, everything except for fancy and even Supreme Court opinions as well as general
personalized bill and issue tracking is free. information. LCB is expanding the information available
The list of features on the right side of the page and now provides bills, their histories and committee
gives access to a continuously updated calendar of all minutes all the way back to 1985 under session
legislative meetings and, below that, a link to listen or information. Plans are to post records back to the 1965
watch and listen to ongoing meetings live. If you don’t session in the near future.
have a high-speed connection, better stick with just Search functions allow users to find bills past and
listening. Another link allows people to find out who present dealing with certain subjects, bills changing
represents them in the Senate and Assembly. specific sections of law and bills containing a specific
Most of the links are self-explanatory but those phrase among others.
interested in one or more specific issues should take a If you have Internet, especially high speed, the
look at personalized bill tracking. There are five options site is well worth spending some time exploring. It is
ranging from an account that allows unlimited tracking updated continuously — often within minutes after an
and notification services to free accounts for people action occurs.
who just need to track a few bills.
For those of you who want to make your voice DAILY COVERAGE OF LEGISLATURE
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how a bill becomes a law
Bills begin with a problem, which leads to an idea designed General File
to cure that problem. They may come from an interim study, This is where the bill is voted on in each house. Supporters
a state agency, school district or local government. Many address its merits, opponents its negatives. Most votes are
come from individual lawmakers in response to requests from unanimous with little debate. If there’s a problem or question,
special interest groups, businesses or citizens. Some are from a lawmaker can have the bill put on the Assembly chief clerk’s
needs or problems perceived by the individual lawmaker. or Senate secretary’s desk until the next day.
A bill draft is the idea put into legal form by the Legislative That request is normally granted as a courtesy to the
Counsel’s staff of lawyers. Then it goes back to the lawmaker, lawmaker but is occasionally protested when supporters think
committee or other requester for review. the move is political. In that case a vote is taken on the delay.
Very often, the proposed bill will undergo its first At the end of session, the desk is where many proposals are
“amendments” at this stage. The lawmaker or agency talks it held for bargaining purposes or go to die.
over with potential supporters and opponents to make sure
Passage
it will do what was intended and to spot potential problems.
Passage normally requires a simple majority — 22 in the
If it’s a committee bill, everyone gets to participate in the
Assembly and 11 in the Senate.
debate during a public hearing.
However, votes to override the governor’s veto and
In many cases, the resulting amendments eliminate most
measures that create or increase taxes and fees must be
opposition even before the bill is introduced.
approved by two-thirds of each house — 28 in the Assembly
Introduction and 14 in the Senate.
Bills can start in either the Senate or Assembly. Unlike Any member voting with the prevailing side can ask
Congress, there is no requirement that budget bills start in the for reconsideration the next legislative day. Sometimes, a
lower house. lawmaker seeing his bill headed for defeat or one he opposes
At introduction, the bill summary describing what on the way to narrow approval will vote against his desires so
the proposal does is read and the bill is referred to the he can seek reconsideration. That gives him and others on his
appropriate committee and copies made available to the side a day to convince a few more lawmakers and change the
public. Some copies are put in racks outside the Senate and outcome.
Assembly chambers. But bills now appear on the Internet just This session, all bills must clear the house of origin by April
minutes after introduction. 21 or they automatically die. The deadline to clear the second
Individual lawmakers must introduce their bills by March house is May 22. These deadlines don’t apply to budget bills
16, committees by March 23. Budget bills are exempt from and legislation given an exemption by leadership.
those deadlines. Leadership can also exempt other major
Action in the Second House
legislation from deadlines.
After winning approval from the house of origin, the bill
The Committee Process is transmitted to the other house where it must go through
The committee, with staff help, studies the bill, hears from the same process. In most cases, the committee process is
supporters and opponents, considers possible amendments more compressed since each house relies somewhat on the
and recommends what to do to the full house. work done by the other. And many bills are worked out in joint
Which committee a bill goes to was once the source of hearings so not much debate is needed in the second house.
heated debate as supporters sought a friendly panel while On non-controversial bills, there may not even be a committee
opponents tried to put the proposal in hostile hands. hearing.
Now, both houses have rules that assign bills to committee If the measure passed by the second house is identical to
according to the section of law or subject matter they deal that approved by the house of origin, it goes to the governor.
with. But there are still debates each session over which If the Assembly and Senate versions are different because of
committee should handle a controversial proposal. amendments, the differences must be resolved.
The money committees — Senate Finance and Assembly
Resolving Differences
Ways and Means — are often the burial ground for
First, the house where the bill originated votes whether
controversial measures since those committees can claim
to accept the changes. They usually do what the bill sponsor
jurisdiction over everything with a fiscal impact.
wants. If they do, the bill goes to the governor. If the
Normally, hearings are scheduled and notice given so
amendments are rejected, the second house votes on whether
supporters and opponents can testify. But the Legislature
to withdraw its amendments.
is not bound by the open meeting law’s three-day notice
If the second house refuses to “recede,” the bill goes to a
differences from federal process

Nevada’s system has several key
requirement and, especially late in the session, bills can come
conference committee, usually made up of supporters of the
up for a committee vote with little or no warning.
original measure and authors of the contested amendments
This session, leadership revamped the names and
— three from each house.
jurisdiction of several committees in the Senate to more
Their job is to find common ground. If the first conference
closely mirror the Assembly’s committee structure and further
committee can’t agree, sometimes a second committee is
reduce debate over which committee to refer measures to.
appointed. If they find common ground, normally both houses
Committee Options accept the compromise and the bill goes to the governor.
The committee can recommend to pass the bill, or If two conference committees fail to agree, the bill dies.
to amend the bill and pass it. The committee can refer
The Governor
the measure to another committee with or without a
The governor must act on a bill within five days of
recommendation. An example would be Commerce sending a
receiving it if the Legislature is still in session — 10 days if the
measure to Ways and Means because hearings reveal it could
session has ended. If he doesn’t sign it, the bill becomes law
have budgetary impact.
without his signature. That is opposite the federal system
Finally, the committee can vote to indefinitely postpone,
where a bill dies if the president doesn’t sign it in 10 days
or take no action at all. Either of those options kill the bill.
— called a “pocket veto.”
The committee in the house where the bill started must act on
If the governor wants the bill but with a few changes, he
it by April 10 or get an exemption or else it dies. In the second
can send it back to lawmakers and ask for those changes.
house, the deadline for committee action is May 15.
That’s an informal process.
Second Reading If the governor vetoes the bill, it goes back to the
Bills passed out of committee return to the floor of the Legislature, which can override the veto by a two-thirds
Senate or Assembly where they receive a second reading. vote in each house. If the veto comes after the Legislature
Those with no amendments then move to the General File. If adjourns, the bill is taken up the first day or two of the next
there are amendments, those must be voted on by the body, Nevada Legislature.
and the final version of the bill reprinted before it moves to
General File for final action. This process serves notice to
opponents and supporters that the bill may be different than
the original version.

120 day schedule
Key Deadlines for the 2011 Legislature
March 28 — Deadline for introduction of
committee bills.
April 5 — Money committees begin closing budgets.
April 15 — Deadline for committee action on

bills in the house of origin.
April 26 — Deadline for passage of

legislation by the house of origin.
May 2 — Economic Forum sets final revenue

Assemblyman Joe Hogan, D-Las Vegas, in glasses, speaks with
Assistant Majority Floor Leader Marcus Conklin, D-Las Vegas,
projections for biennial budget.
in the Assembly Chambers during the 2009 Legislature.
(Nevada Appeal File Photo) May 6 — Money committees begin work
resolving budget differences.
Feb. 7 — First day of the 2011 Legislature. May 20 — Deadline for committee action on
bills in the second house.
Feb. 14 — Deadline for bill draft requests
from individual legislators. May 26 — Finish budget differences.
Feb. 15 — Joint subcommittees of Ways and May 27 — Deadline for passage of legislation
Means and Senate Finance start. by the second house.
Feb. 25 — Deadline for bill draft requests June 1 — Budget bills and “exempt bills”
from committees. introduced.
March 21 — Deadline for introduction of bills June 6 — Day 120, the final day of the 2011
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how to read a bill
Bill Number Fiscal note
Each bill is designated either SB for Senate Bill Fiscal notes analyze the effect of the measure
or AB for Assembly Bill, followed by a number. on state and local government budgets. They don’t
The first bill introduced in the Senate each session analyze the impact on business or the public. See
is SB1, the first in the Assembly is AB1 and so on. page 33.
In a normal session, there will be 550 to 600 bills
introduced in each house. Body of the Bill
The body of the bill begins with a statement of
Sponsor what the bill would do, beginning with AN ACT
After the bill number is the name of the relating to...
lawmaker or the legislative committee that
introduced the proposal. Usually, the first legislator Legislative Counsel’s digest:
listed is the author and prime supporter of the The digest is designed to highlight the
bill, although some are requested on behalf of a important changes to existing law contained in
group of constituents. In that case, the bill says “by a bill and help readers understand the impact of
request.” proposed legislation.
Lawmakers often send their bills around the The digest first explains existing law directly
room asking other lawmakers if they wish to join related to the legislation and then explains how
in sponsoring the proposal. In legislation involving that law is changed by the bill as proposed. It
popular issues, most if not all will sign on to the is designed to help the average person easily
bill. understand legislation.
The rules also permit joint sponsorship of bills
S.B. 000
by members of both the Assembly and Senate.
SENATE BILL NO. 000–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
That might be used, for example, by Carson City
(ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH
Senate and Assembly members to jointly sponsor AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES )
a popular measure on behalf of the Capital. The
MARCH 24, 2004
chief benefit is that, politically, they share the ____________
credit. Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Committee introductions can be the product of SUMMARY—Limits liability of certain persons, corporations and
associations that contract to provide medical services
an interim study, requested by the governor or a for Division of Mental Health and Developmental
Services of Department of Human Resources.
state agency, or the product of discussion during (BDR 3-000)
a hearing that revealed the need for legislation. FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.
Limited numbers of bills also come directly ~
from sources such as the Nevada Association of EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Counties, League of Cities, attorney general, Board

AN ACT relating to tort actions; limiting the liability of certain
of Regents and other groups. persons, corporations and associations that contract to
provide medical services for the Division of Mental
Incumbent senators can request 26 bills. New Health and Developmental Services of the Department of
Human Resources; and providing other matters properly
senators — because the first deadline is before the relating thereto.
sample legislation
election — are limited to 14. Incumbent and new 1

Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law limits the civil liability of employees, public officers and certain
2
Assembly members each get half that number. 3
independent contractors of the State of Nevada and provides certain protections
against civil liability for such persons (NRS 41.0305-41.039). The only
4 independent contractors to whom this limitation and protection currently applies are
Members of leadership can request and introduce 5
6
those who contract to provide medical services for the Department of Corrections,
which are defined in existing law as “immune contractors” (NRS 41.0307).
more pieces of legislation, as can committee 7
8
Existing law provides total immunity from liability for certain acts or omissions of
immune contractors, meaning that no damages may be recovered for those acts or
9 omissions of immune contractors (NRS 41.032, 41.0321, 41.03365). In addition,
chairs. Occasionally, a lawmaker will ask a 10
11
existing law provides a maximum of $50,000 that may be recovered as damages
against an immune contractor in a civil action based on other acts or omissions of
– 2 – law further requires the State to
committee to introduce a bill to keep his or her 12
13
the immune contractor (NRS 41.035). Existing
provide representation to and, in certain circumstances, indemnification of an
14 immune contractor by the State if a civil action is brought against the immune
name off the measure for political reasons. 15
16
contractor (NRS 41.0338-41.0349, 41.745).
This bill amends the definition of “immune contractor” to include independent
The executive branch, agencies and all outside 17
18
19
contractors who contract to provide medical services for the Division of Mental
Health and Developmental Services of the Department of Human Resources.
Therefore, this bill provides these independent contractors with the same limitations
*SB000*
organizations also are limited in the number of bills 20
21
on civil liability and protections afforded to independent contractors who provide
medical services for the Department of Corrections.
they can request.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Introduction and Referral 1 Section 1. NRS 41.0307 is hereby amended to read as follows:
2 41.0307 As used in NRS 41.0305 to 41.039, inclusive:
Below the sponsor is the date the measure 3 1. “Employee” includes an employee of a:
4 (a) Part-time or full-time board, commission or similar body of
was introduced, followed by the committee it was 5 the State or a political subdivision of the State which is created by
6 law.
referred to for study. The date allows you to look in 7 (b) Charter school.
8 2. “Employment” includes any services performed by an
the journal for that day and see whether there was 9 immune contractor.
10 3. “Immune contractor” means any natural person, professional
any discussion about the measure on the floor. 11 corporation or professional association [which:] that:
12 (a) Is an independent contractor with the State pursuant to NRS
13 284.173; and
14 (b) Contracts to provide medical services for the Department of
Summary 15
16
Corrections [.] or the Division of Mental Health and
Developmental Services of the Department of Human Resources.
The summary gives a synopsis of what the bill 17
18
As used in this subsection, “professional corporation” and
“professional association” have the meanings ascribed to them in
is intended to do and, in parentheses, which bill 19
20
NRS 89.020.
4. “Public officer” or “officer” includes:
draft request it came from. That allows you to 21
22
(a) A member of a part-time or full-time board, commission or
similar body of the State or a political subdivision of the State which
compare with the original proposal and see if it 23
24
is created by law.
(b) A public defender and any deputy or assistant attorney of a
was changed before introduction. The summary 25
26
public defender or an attorney appointed to defend a person for a
limited duration with limited jurisdiction.
doesn’t include every detail of what the bill would 27
28
(c) A district attorney and any deputy or assistant district
attorney or an attorney appointed to prosecute a person for a limited
do. 29
30
duration with limited jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

Text of the bill: would be involved, such as a complete rewrite of
The text of the bill itself begins: criminal sentencing laws or the restructuring of an
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, agency.
REPRESENTED IN THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, That allows the basic idea to be referred to
DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: committee for hearings and development. The
In the body of the bill, the words [in brackets] are committee works it out in detail with all the
those the legislation would delete from existing parties involved before ordering the bill drafted for
law. The words in italics would be added to the committee review.
law. To understand the changes, read through The rules prohibit using an amendment to
a section as it is now — reading the bracketed completely replace any bill with legislation on a
language but not what is italicized. Then read the different subject, but that rule is often ignored or
section again as it would be if the measure passes skirted, especially late in the session.
— reading the italicized language but not the parts
in brackets. Effective Date
how to read a fiscal note

If the bill is designed to repeal an entire The last section of the bill is normally the
section of law, the measure normally includes the date it would take effect if passed. Sometimes a
complete text of the section to be repealed. specific date is given. Sometimes the bill becomes
“effective upon passage and approval” — meaning
Skeleton Bills when the governor signs it.
In some cases when a proposal is expected Common effective dates are July 1 and Jan. 1.
to be controversial or require extensive research If no date is specified, the bill takes effect Oct.
and hearings, it will be drafted as a “skeleton 1 following the end of the legislative session in
bill.” Skeleton bills are used in situations where which it passed.
sweeping changes to a number of NRS sections
Legislative fiscal analysts Russell

Guindon, left, and Mark Stevens,
center, and Legislative Counsel
Brenda Erdoes answer questions
from lawmakers in 2009.
Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley,
D-Las Vegas, is at rear.
(Nevada Appeal File Photo)
Fiscal notes are attached to all bills that Normally, the first estimate contains the
will have a financial impact on state or local projection of direct costs resulting from the bill to
governments. state agencies. The costs are listed by fiscal year.
The system was created to prevent legislation The column labeled “Continuing” lists the ongoing
from becoming law without knowing what it would annual costs that will never go away if the measure
cost. is passed.
But they do not attempt to estimate the Sometimes explanation sheets are attached by
financial impact a bill will have on businesses or the agency.
individuals. Other sections of the fiscal note may be
The fiscal note was intended to give state and authored by the Department of Administration
local agencies a chance to tell lawmakers what (Budget Office) or Legislative Counsel Bureau
the cost of a bill would be before enacting it. But analysts themselves who often talk to local officials
in many cases, fiscal notes are educated guesses — including school districts — to see what cost a
and, occasionally, have been dramatically wrong. bill would have to those entities. Those sections,
Sometimes fiscal notes are offset by savings too, can have explanation sheets attached.
the bill will generate. Those savings are sometimes And entities such as the Public Employees
pointed out in the explanations agencies or Retirement System and Public Employee Benefits
legislative analysts attach to the fiscal note. Program occasionally are consulted for potential
The note is divided into sections, each impacts of legislation.
containing a different entity’s estimate.

legislative counsel bureau provides research, analysis
The Legislative Counsel Bureau was created in Krmpotic as Senate Fiscal Analyst. But below them,
1945 when lawmakers recognized they needed help the analysts assigned to different agencies and
getting the information necessary to understand functions of government report to both parties and
and act on the requests by the governor and state houses.
agencies. But for most of its history, it had only a few The director of LCB, the heads of the different
employees. divisions and the employees are required to maintain
“It was in the 1970s when legislative staffs around neutrality and do not participate in partisan activities
the country increased dramatically,” said LCB Director or groups.
Lorne Malkiewich. “Then legislators no longer had to “The rules of the counsel bureau seriously restrict
rely on the attorney general, the governor’s office or political activities and we cannot urge or oppose
executive branch for information.” legislation,” said Malkiewich. “We can’t have bumper
Now there are 300 permanent employees in LCB. stickers. We can’t have yard signs. And that applies to
But unlike some states where not only each house all employees.”
but each party has its own staff, LCB is non-partisan “It’s not that you can’t have opinions, you just
and provides research, assistance and analysis to all check them at the door,” he said.
members of the Legislature. The design of LCB is intended to discourage
“We are the non-partisan, central staff for the interference and limit political pressure on employees.
Legislature. We have absolutely no paid political Malkiewich is appointed by the Legislative
staff,” said Malkiewich. Commission, which consists of legislative leadership.
LCB is divided into five divisions: Administration, Malkiewich appoints the division heads, and the
Audit, Legal, Research and Fiscal Analysis. The state commission reviews those appointments. After that,
printing office is tied to the Legal Division, which is however, involvement by lawmakers in operations of
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When registration is complete, there will be nearly a dozen legislation would do, they can help. Most often they’re glad to
lobbyists for each member of the 2011 Nevada Legislature — one do so because you’ll add another voice to their cause — one of
of the highest ratios in the nation. those “real people” voices.
Legislative staff expect more than 700 of them working to
convince lawmakers to support their clients’ needs and wishes. Making your point
Some even prepare draft statutory language. Every Nevadan is represented by an assemblyman and a
Professional lobbyists wear blue badges with yellow lettering. senator. Your representative is one of the best places to start
They are paid to represent a corporation, group or other special making your point of view known. You can search for yours by
interest, tracking issues, interpreting legislation, doing research zip code on the legislative website.
and testifying. Call your senator and/or assembly member. In a state where
Those wearing blue badges with white lettering do the same many races are decided by just a handful of votes, they pay
only they aren’t paid a salary to do it. Most of them represent attention to those phone calls.
one specific organization or cause.
The difference is whether the lobbyist is being paid, not the The committee hearing
type of company, group or cause they represent. Lawmakers welcome citizen testimony in committee hearings.
Both types of lobbyists are required to file monthly reports They complain that they don’t hear enough from regular folks.
detailing what they spent and who they spent it on. Those When testifying, give your name and the city where you live
reports are public, free and list spending both by lobbyist and by or what group you’re with. Keep to the subject and try to add
organization. to the testimony instead of repeating what everyone else said. If
Gray badges identify representatives of state agencies your testimony is the same as a previous speaker, say that and let
assigned to lobby for their department or division at the the next witness speak.
Legislature. Unlike the corporate and nonprofit lobbyists, they Lawmakers want real-life examples of why you support or
aren’t required to wear a badge. Most do. oppose a bill — what will it do for or to you. If you bring written
Finally, there are the members of the press who, in what has materials, try to have at least one copy for each committee
become the Legislative Counsel Bureau’s little joke, wear yellow member and one for the committee secretary. If possible, bring a
badges. few extras for press and others.
Individual citizens don’t have to register or file periodic Be polite. Those who are loud, rude or threatening at best
spending reports to push for their particular cause. They just hurt their cause and, at worst, wind up talking to the Legislative
show up and make their case. But those who represent a group Police.
should check with the Legislative Counsel Bureau to make sure Complaining about how they never listen and how big money
they’re exempt. runs the show won’t help your case either.
Lobbyists are hired because they know how the Legislature
works and how to get things done. They have established The hearing was yesterday
relationships with lawmakers, which gives them access and If you miss the committee hearing, find out what happened
produces results. That knowledge and access means they can from those on your side. If you need detail, the committee staff
charge for their services — usually a lot more than individuals, prepares minutes of every hearing but they may not be done for
small businessmen and nonprofit groups can afford. a month. All hearings are video and audio taped, and the tapes
But that doesn’t mean you can’t get results lobbying on your are a matter of public record. You can’t listen to them when the
own. Many lawmakers would really rather hear from individuals, secretary is using them, but you can buy a copy on tape or disc.
who they often refer to as “real people.”
Success depends a great deal on how persuasive you are. Your lobbying efforts failed
Remember that even if all efforts fail at one end of the
A few basic rules building, each bill has to go through the same process in the
Almost all legislation has people lobbying both for and other house. You might find more sympathetic ears there.
against. It’s usually pretty obvious who that would be. Look them Also remember the press. Politicians are very sensitive to
up in the list of lobbyists published by the Legislature. publicity. When dealing with the press, many of the same rules
The Lobbyist Report is alphabetized in two different ways: apply. We’re looking for stories that impact people. Tell us your
By the name of the lobbyist and by the name of the company or story and stick to the facts. It may bring more attention and
political group. Find and call the lobbyist representing those on support for your cause.
your side. If you aren’t sure you understand what the proposed NOTE: Lying during testimony is, legally, perjury. A bad idea.
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tools available for lobbyists
If you’re going to be your own lobbyist, here are some of the Copies of bills
tools available to you: Get copies of your bills from the Legislative Bill Room
(ground floor, central hallway) or print them off the Internet.
Internet Then find your bill in the Daily History.
Practically everything you need is available on the legislative
website: leg.state.nv.us or nevadalegislature.com. The Daily History
Learn to use the legislative website and you’ll save a lot of The Assembly Daily History and Senate Daily History track
legwork and frustration. the progress of every bill and resolution. They also give the
You can search for legislation and track issues, check what’s daily agenda for each committee as well as which bills are up
already happened to specific bills, see when a specific subject or for amendment, debate or a final vote in each house. They’re
bill is scheduled a committee hearing and who is sponsoring it updated daily.
all. The history includes the sponsor’s name, the same summary
You can even look back at what happened to similar that appears on the bill itself and a synopsis of the fiscal note
proposals in previous legislative sessions. — how much it would cost the state or local governments.
The history lists each step each bill or resolution has taken in its
Bill drafts progress through the Legislature, ending with its current status.
The list of bill drafts requested is printed weekly as well as
posted on the net. They are listed in chronological order by the Finding more information
date they were requested. Weekly schedules are posted outside each legislative
If the bill draft request (BDR) begins with a number, that is committee room, on the ground floor outside the Senate and
the Title or Chapter of Nevada Revised Statutes the measure Assembly chambers, on the Internet and in the Daily History.
would change. NRS is available on the net as well. Staff tries to post at least three days in advance, but the
BDRs beginning with “C” are proposed constitutional Legislature is exempt from that requirement. In the final days,
amendments. “R” stands for resolution and “S” for a special act. there may be only an hour or two notice of a hearing. At that
The number after the dash is the number of the request and has point in the session, the Internet is the most up-to-date source of
nothing to do with the bill number, which is assigned sequentially information.
when the legislation is introduced. If no hearing is set for your bill, ask the committee chairman
The bill draft entry usually names the legislator, committee, or someone else involved for its status.
state agency or local government which requested it. But
legislators can ask that their name not be listed, leaving you with The Daily Journal
“Requested by Legislator.” Or it may say “By Request,” which If you miss something on the floor of the Assembly or Senate,
means the lawmaker asked for the bill on behalf of someone. It you can find a synopsis in the Daily Journal — a sampling of all
could also mean the lawmaker doesn’t necessarily support it. business on that day, from the prayer and miscellaneous remarks
The entry then gives a very brief description of the bill’s to amendments and votes taken.
purpose. Journals include who said what during floor debates and are
Ask the sponsor for more specifics. If the requester isn’t printed by the following morning. A caution, however: Senators
named, you have to wait until it’s introduced. Bills are now and assemblymen are allowed to edit their remarks after each
posted on the Internet within minutes after they are introduced. day’s session, so what appears in the journal may be more
refined and logical than what they actually said. It’s designed
The index to let the lawmaker cure unintentional slips, bad grammar and
Throughout the session, the Legislature publishes a 6-by-9- clumsy sentences. Leadership is supposed to — but doesn’t
inch booklet called Index and Tables of Bills and Resolutions. always — prevent substantive changes.
It’s just that — an index of bills by subject. Like most legislative
materials, it’s free.
Look up a subject and you’ll find a one-line description of
what the bill or resolution is about and its number. Then you can
look up the bill itself for details.
The back of the index includes everything the bill amends,
arranged by the section of law it would amend. There you can
find every bill that would change the law you’re worried about.
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