Nevada Assembly

Nevada Assembly
Nevada Assembly
Nevada Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	6 terms (12 years)
History
Preceded by	81st Nevada Legislature
New session started	February 6, 2023
Leadership
Speaker	Steve Yeager (D) ; since February 6, 2023
Speaker pro tempore	Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D) ; since February 6, 2023
Majority Leader	Sandra Jauregui (D) ; since February 6, 2023
Minority Leader	P. K. O'Neill (R) ; since February 6, 2023
Structure
Seats	42
Political groups	Majority Democratic (28); Minority Republican (14);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article 4, Constitution of Nevada
Salary	$146.90/day + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2022; (42 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2024; (42 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative control
Meeting place
	Assembly Chamber; Legislative Building; Carson City, Nevada
Website
	Nevada State Assembly

39°09′42″N 119°45′58″W / 39.161643°N 119.766139°W / 39.161643; -119.766139 The Nevada Assembly is the lower house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada, the upper house being the Nevada Senate. The body consists of 42 members, elected to two-year terms from single-member districts. Each district contained approximately 64,299 people as of the 2010 United States Census.^[1] Term limits, limiting assembly members to six 2-year terms (12 years), took effect in 2010. Twelve members of the Nevada Assembly were termed out with the 2010 election serving their last legislative session in 2011.

The Nevada Assembly met at the Nevada State Capitol in Carson City until 1971, when a separate Legislative Building was constructed south of the Capitol. The Legislative Building was expanded in 1997 to its current appearance to accommodate the growing Nevada Legislature. Since the 2012 session, Assembly districts have been formed by dividing the 21 Senate districts in half, so that each Assembly district is nested within a Senate district.

Meetings

The Assembly, like the Senate, is composed of citizen legislators, receiving a relatively small ($130) per diem fee for the first 60 days of a given session. This tends to self-selection, with legislative service difficult for those without flexible jobs and/or large outside incomes, such as doctors and lawyers. The Assembly, again like the Senate, meets however long is necessary for the completion of all its business, up to a maximum of 120 days, beginning the first Monday in February of every odd-numbered year. While this is designed to limit the amount of time a legislator is away from their first job, in recent years 120 days has often not been enough time to complete legislative business, and after four straight regular sessions, special sessions had been called to finish up legislative business. This trend ended in 2011, which was not followed by a special session.

Leadership of the Assembly

The Speaker of the Assembly presides over the Assembly in the chief leadership position, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus, followed by confirmation of the full Assembly on passage of a floor vote. Other Assembly leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber.

Assembly Chamber

The Nevada Assembly convenes in the south chamber of the Legislative Building. The carpet in the Assembly chamber is mainly red, in comparison to the Senate chamber, which is blue. The chamber galleries reflect the same carpet schemes. Many legislative documents and binders are colored red and blue to distinguish them between the Assembly and the Senate. Although the chamber is separated by a center aisle, the Assemblymen are not seated by party. Rather they are seated at the discretion of the Speaker. The Speaker's desk is always the first desk in the front row to the right, if you are looking out at the chamber from the Speaker's rostrum. Above the Speaker is a large gavel, which is engraved with the name of Speaker Joe Dini; the longest serving Speaker of the Nevada Assembly. Above the gavel is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, who was President when Nevada became a State in 1864. To the left of the main door to the chamber is a podium with a Bible, which is changed to different passages by the Assembly Sargeant-at-Arms.

Since 2003, one floor session has always been held in the Old Assembly Chambers in the State Capitol. The session usually begins with a presentation from the State Archivist regarding the history of the chamber, and then legislative business proceeds as usual. Because there are no screens or voting equipment in the old chamber, all business is hand-written on a chalk board, as it would have been done when the Assembly still met in the Capitol.

All joint-meetings and joint-sessions are held in the Assembly chamber, including the State of the State Address, the State of the Judiciary Address, and addresses from Nevada's federal delegation. Unlike in Congress, where the Speaker of the House presides over all joint-meetings and sessions (except when Congress counts the Electoral Votes after a Presidential election), the President of the Senate presides over joint-meetings and sessions instead of the Speaker of the Assembly.

Composition

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28	14
Democratic	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Democratic	Lib	Republican		Vacant
Begin 77th February 2013	27	0	15	42	0
End 77th November 2014	25	0	14	39	3

Begin 78th February 2015	17	0	25	42	0
End 78th November 2016	17	1	24	42	0

Begin 79th February 2017	27	0	15	42	0
September 22, 2017^[2]			14	41	1
End 79th November 2018			14	41	1

Begin 80th February 2019	29	0	13	42	0
May 4, 2019^[3]	28	0	13	41	1
Begin 81st February 2021	26	0	16	42	0
Begin 82nd February 2023	28	0	14	42	0
Latest voting share	67%	33%

Leadership of the Assembly

The Speaker of the Assembly presides over the Assembly in the chief leadership position, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus, followed by confirmation of the full Assembly on passage of a floor vote. Other Assembly leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber.

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker	Steve Yeager	Democratic	9
Speaker pro tempore	Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic	1
Majority Leader	Sandra Jauregui	Democratic	41
Assistant Majority Floor Leader	Vacant	Democratic
Majority Whip	Howard Watts III	Democratic	15
Assistant Majority Whip (North)	Sarah Peters	Democratic	24
Assistant Majority Whip (South)	Selena Torres	Democratic	3
Minority Leader	P. K. O'Neill	Republican	40
Assistant Minority Leader (North)	Jill Dickman	Republican	31
Assistant Minority Leader (South)	Danielle Gallant	Republican	23
Minority Whip	Rich DeLong	Republican	26

Members

District	Name	Party	Residence	First elected/appointed	Term
1	Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic	North Las Vegas	2016	4th
2	Heidi Kasama	Republican	Las Vegas	2020	2nd
3	Selena Torres	Democratic	Las Vegas	2018	3rd
4	Richard McArthur	Republican	Las Vegas	2008, 2016, 2020^[a]	5th
5	Brittney Miller	Democratic	Las Vegas	2016	4th
6	Shondra Summers-Armstrong	Democratic	Las Vegas	2020	2nd
7	Vacant^[4]
8	Duy Nguyen	Democratic	Las Vegas	2022	1st
9	Steve Yeager	Democratic	Las Vegas	2016	4th
10	Vacant^[5]
11	Bea Duran	Democratic	North Las Vegas	2018†	3rd
12	Max Carter	Democratic	Las Vegas	2022	1st
13	Brian Hibbetts	Republican	Las Vegas	2022	1st
14	Erica Mosca	Democratic	Las Vegas	2022	1st
15	Howard Watts III	Democratic	Las Vegas	2018	3rd
16	Cecelia González	Democratic	Las Vegas	2020	2nd
17	Clara Thomas	Democratic	North Las Vegas	2020	2nd
18	Venicia Considine	Democratic	Las Vegas	2020	2nd
19	Toby Yurek	Republican	Henderson	2022	1st
20	David Orentlicher	Democratic	Las Vegas	2020	2nd
21	Elaine Marzola	Democratic	Henderson	2020	2nd
22	Melissa Hardy	Republican	Henderson	2018	3rd
23	Danielle Gallant	Republican	Las Vegas	2022	1st
24	Sarah Peters	Democratic	Reno	2018	3rd
25	Selena La Rue Hatch	Democratic	Reno	2022	1st
26	Rich DeLong	Republican	Reno	2022	1st
27	Angie Taylor	Democratic	Reno	2022	1st
28	Reuben D'Silva	Democratic	Las Vegas	2022	1st
29	Lesley Cohen	Democratic	Henderson	2012†, 2016^[b]	5th
30	Natha Anderson	Democratic	Sparks	2020	2nd
31	Jill Dickman	Republican	Sparks	2014, 2020^[c]	3rd
32	Alexis Hansen	Republican	Sparks	2018	3rd
33	Bert Gurr	Republican	Elko	2022	1st
34	Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod	Democratic	Las Vegas	2016	4th
35	Michelle Gorelow	Democratic	Las Vegas	2018	3rd
36	Gregory Hafen II	Republican	Pahrump	2018†	3rd
37	Shea Backus	Democratic	Las Vegas	2018, 2022^[d]	2nd
38	Gregory Koenig	Republican	Fallon	2022	1st
39	Ken Gray	Republican	Dayton	2022	1st
40	P. K. O'Neill	Republican	Carson City	2014, 2020^[e]	3rd
41	Sandra Jauregui	Democratic	Las Vegas	2016	4th
42	Tracy Brown-May	Democratic	Las Vegas	2021†	2nd

† Member was originally appointed.

Past composition of the Assembly

Notes

^ McArthur served nonconsecutive terms between 2008-2012 and 2016-2018.
^ Cohen served a nonconsecutive term between 2012-2014.
^ Dickman served a nonconsecutive term between 2014-2016.
^ Backus served a nonconsecutive term between 2018-2020.
^ O'Neill served a nonconsecutive term between 2014-2016.

References

^ "Nevada State Assembly - 2011 Districts : Population Report" (PDF). Leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
^ Republican Paul Anderson (District 13) resigned to take another job. [1]
^ Democrat Tyrone Thompson (District 17) died. [2]
^ Cameron Miller resigned on October 30, 2023 to run for a seat on the Las Vegas City Council. [3]
^ Sabra Newby resigned on September 6, 2023 after being appointed as a deputy city manager of Las Vegas. [4]