Guidebook to Nevada's State Legislators
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Guidebook to Nevada’s State Legislators: 78th Legislative Session February 2 - June 1, 2015 This guide was prepared as a joint project by the Nevada Insti- tute for Children’s Research and Policy at UNLV and the Chil- dren’s Advocacy Alliance. Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89145—3030 702-895-1040 http://nic.unlv.edu Prepared by: Children’s Advocacy Alliance 5258 S. Eastern Ave. #151 Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-228-1869 www.caanv.org http://nic.unlv.edu/ www.caanv.org 72 1 Legislative Committees Nevada State Legislature Assembly Standing Committees Contact Information Commerce and Labor: Mon/Wed/Fri at 1:30pm in Room 4100 Nevada Legislature Education:Mon/Wed at 3:15pm in Room 3142 401 S. Carson Street Government Affairs: Mon-Fri at 8:00am in Room 3143 Carson City, NV 89701-4747 Health and Human Services: Mon/Wed/Fri at 1:30pm in Room 3138 Judiciary: Mon at 9:00 am Tue-Fri at 8:00am in Room 3138 Phone Legislative Operations and Elections:Tue/Fri at 4:00pm in Room 1-775-684-6800 OR 3142 1-800-978-2878 Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining: Tue/Thu at 1:30pm in Room 3138 Fax Information Senate: 1-775-684-6522 Taxation: Tue/Thu at 1:30pm in Room 4100 Assembly: 1-775-684-8533 Transportation: Tue/Thu at 3:15pm in Room 3143 Toll Free: 1-866-543-9941 Ways and Means: Mon-Fri at 8:00am in Room 3137 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Senate Standing Committees Website: www.leg.state.nv.us/ Commerce and Labor: Mon/Wed/Fri at 8:00am in Room 2135 Education:Tue/Thu/Fri at 3:30pm in Room 2149 Southern Nevada Contact Information Finance: Mon-Fri at 8:00am in Room 2134 Nevada Legislature Government Affairs: Mon/Wed/Fri at 1:30pm in Room 2135 555 E. Washington Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89101 Health and Human Services: Mon/Wed at 3:30pm in Room 2149 Phone: 1-702-486-2626 Judiciary: Mon-Fri at 1:30pm in Room 2134 Legislative Operations and Elections:Mon/Wed at 3:30pm in Room 2144 Note: Information in this book was retrieved from Natural Resources: Tue/Thu at 1:30pm in Room 2144 the Nevada State Legislature Website, individual legislator websites, news articles, and in some Revenue and Economic Development: Tue/Thu/Fri at 3:30pm in cases direct communication with the legislators. Room 1214 Transportation: Tue/Thu at 8:00 am in Room 2135 2 71 Mark Manendo State Senate, District 21 Nevada State Assembly Elliot Anderson District 15 p. 43 Democrat Paul Anderson District 13 p. 19 Nelson Araujo District 3 p. 9 Senate Member since 2011 Derek Armstrong District 21 p. 27 Teresa Benitez-Thompson District 27 p. 33 3400 Cabana Drive, Unit 2039 Las Vegas, NV 89122-4243 Irene Bustamante Adams District 42 p. 48 Maggie Carlton District 14 p. 14 Phone: 702-451-8654 Richard Carrillo District 18 p. 24 Email: [email protected] Olivia Diaz District 11 p. 16 Legislative Office: Room 2103 Jill Dickman District 31 p. 37 Vicki Dooling District 41 p. 47 Standing Committees Meeting Times Chris Edwards District 19 p. 25 Commerce, Labor and Energy Mon/Wed/Fri 8:00am John Ellison District 33 p. 39 Natural Resources Tue/Thu 1:30pm Michele Fiore District 4 p. 10 Transportation Tue/Thu 8:00am Edgar Flores District 28 p. 34 David Gardner District 9 p. 15 John Hambrick District 2 p. 8 HIGHLIGHTS Assistant Director of Client Services, Collision Authority. Ira Hansen District 32 p. 38 Served in Assembly 1995-2009. Pat Hickey District 25 p. 31 Co-founder of the Southeast Valley Coalition of Concerned Amber Joiner District 24 p. 30 Citizens. Honorary Board Member for the Nevada Partnership for Brent Jones District 35 p. 41 Homeless Youth. Enjoys volunteer activities, basketball, music, and theater. 70 3 Michael Roberson State Senate, District 20 Nevada State Assembly, continued Majority Leader Marilyn Kirkpatrick District 1 p. 7 Randy Kirner District 26 p. 32 Republican John Moore District 8 p. 14 Senate Harvey Munford District 6 p. 12 Member since 2011 Dina Neal District 7 p. 13 P.O. Box 97251 Erven Nelson District 5 p. 11 Las Vegas, NV 89193-7251 Philip “PK” O’Neill District 40 p. 46 Phone: 702-612-6929 James Ohrenschall District 12 p. 18 Email: [email protected] James Oscarson District 36 p. 42 Legislative Office: Room 1222 Victoria Seaman District 34 p. 40 Shelly Shelton District 10 p. 16 Stephen Silberkraus District 29 p. 37 Standing Committees Meeting Times Ellen Spiegel District 20 p. 26 Finance (Vice Chair) Mon-Fri 8:00am Michael Sprinkle District 30 p. 36 Judiciary Mon-Fri 1:30pm Lynn Stewart District 22 p. 28 Revenue and Economic Development (Chair) Tue/Thu/Fri 3:30pm Heidi Swank District 16 p. 22 Tyrone Thompson District 17 p. 23 HIGHLIGHTS Attorney. Robin Titus District 38 p. 42 Married to Liberty Leavitt. Glenn Trowbridge District 37 p. 43 Received his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1996. Jim Wheeler District 39 p. 45 UNLV Rebels and Kansas Jayhawks football and basketball Melissa Woodbury District 23 p. 29 fan. Has two dogs, Winston and Franklin. 4 69 Pete Goicoechea State Senate, District 19 Nevada State Senate Kelvin Atkinson District 4 p. 53 Republican Greg Brower District 15 p. 64 Mo Denis District 2 p. 51 Senate Member since 2012 Patricia Farley District 8 p. 57 Aaron Ford District 11 p. 60 P.O. Box 97 Eureka, NV 89316-0097 Pete Goicoechea District 19 p. 68 Don Gustavson District 14 p. 63 Phone: 775-237-5300 Scott Hammond District 18 p. 67 Email: [email protected] Joe Hardy District 12 p. 61 Legislative Office: Room 2128 Becky Harris District 9 p. 58 Ben Kieckhefer District 16 p. 65 Standing Committees Meeting Times Ruben Kihuen District 10 p. 59 Finance Mon-Fri 8:00am Mark Lipparelli District 6 p. 55 Government Affairs (Chair) Mon/Wed/Fri 3:30pm Mark Manendo District 21 p. 70 Natural Resources (Vice Chair) Tue/Thu 1:30pm David R. Parks District 7 p. 56 Michael Roberson District 20 p. 69 HIGHLIGHTS Tick Segerblom District 3 p. 52 Served in Assembly 2003-2011. James Settelmeyer District 17 p. 66 Rancher. Married to Glady Tognoni, with children J.J. Goicoechea, Debbie Smith District 13 p. 62 D.V.M, and Jolene Goicoechea-Lema. Patricia “Pat” Spearman District 1 p. 50 Affiliated with the Eureka Volunteer Fire Department, and Nevada Cattlemen’s Association. Joyce Woodhouse District 5 p. 60 Eureka County Commissioner for sixteen years. 68 5 Scott Hammond State Senate, District 18 Co-Majority Whip Republican Senate Member since 2012 NevadaNevada 8408 Gracious Pine Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89143-4608 StateState Phone: 702-523-9055 Email: [email protected] AssemblyAssembly Legislative Office: Room 2124 Standing Committees Meeting Times Education (Vice Chair) Tue/Thu/Fri 3:30pm Judiciary Mon-Fri 1:30pm Transportation (Chair) Tue/Thu 8:00am HIGHLIGHTS Teacher. Served in Assembly 2011-2012. Educator of the Year, Indian Springs High School, 2001- 2002. Founding Member of Somerset Academy of Las Vegas. Married to Tonya, with children Tomas, Olivia, and Sofia. Received a M.A. in Political Science from UNLV in 1997. 6 67 James Settelmeyer Marilyn Kirkpatrick State Senate, District 17 State Assembly, District 1 Co-Majority Whip Minority Floor Leader Republican Democrat Senate Assembly Member since 2011 Member since 2004 2388 Highway 395 4747 Showdown Drive Minden, NV 89423-8923 North Las Vegas, NV 89031-2133 Phone: 775-450-6114 Phone: 702-655-0332 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Legislative Office: Room 2125 Legislative Office: Room 3105 Standing Committees Meeting Times Standing Committees Meeting Times Commerce, Labor and Energy (Chair) Mon/Wed/Fri 8:00am Commerce and Labor Mon/Wed/Fri 1:30pm Legislative Operations and Elections (Vice Mon/Wed 3:30pm Taxation Tue/Thu 1:30pm Chair) Transportation Tue/Thu 3:15pm Natural Resources Tue/Thu 1:30pm Ways and Means Mon-Fri 8:00am HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS Served in Assembly 2007-2009. Food Sales Executive. Agriculturalist. Married to Mike, with children Jessica, Tamara, Destiny, Married to Sherese, with two daughters. Dalton, Sarah, and Tara; grandchildren Briana, Brett, Sierra, Ryan, Lexie, and Emma. Enjoys reading. Affiliations: Nevada Parent Teacher Association, Girl Scouts of America, National Rifle Association. Board Member, Chef for Kids, 2011-Present. 66 7 John Hambrick Ben Kieckhefer State Assembly, District 2 State Senate, District 16 Speaker Assistant Majority Leader Republican Republican Assembly Senate Member since 2008 Member since 2011 1930 Village Center Circle, Suite 3-419 10045 Goler Wash Court Las Vegas, NV 89134-6245 Reno, NV 89521-3029 Phone: 702-242-8580 Phone: 775-853-8320 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Legislative Office: Room 1104 Legislative Office: Room 1224 Standing Committees Meeting Times Standing Committees Meeting Times Health and Human Services Mon/Wed/Fri 1:30pm Finance (Chair) Mon-Fri 8:00am Taxation Tue/Thu 1:30pm Health and Human Services (Vice Chair) Mon/Wed 3:30pm Ways and Means (Vice Chair) Mon-Fri 8:00am Revenue and Economic Development Tue/Thu/Fri 3:30pm HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS Retired Investigator. Works in Communications. Married to Nancy, with children Laura Sullivan and John. Married to April, with children Aspen, Austin, Lincoln, and Affiliations: National Rifle Association, Clark County Repub- Lucerne.