Nevada Assembly

Nevada Assembly
Nevada Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
 6 terms (12 years)
History
New session started
 February 6, 2017
Leadership
Speaker of the Nevada Assembly
Jason Frierson (D)
Since February 6, 2017
Majority Floor Leader
Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D)
Since November 9, 2016
Minority Leader
Paul Anderson (R)
Since November 9, 2016
Structure
Seats 42
Political groups

Majority

Minority

Vacant (1)
Length of term
 2 years
Authority Article 4, Nevada Constitution
Salary $146.90/day + per diem
Elections
Last election
 November 8, 2016
(42 seats)
Next election
 November 6, 2018
(42 seats)
Redistricting Legislative Control
Meeting place
Assembly Chamber
Nevada State Capitol
Carson City, Nevada
Website
Nevada Legislature

Coordinates: 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 US state of Nevada. The body consists of 42 members, elected to two-year terms from single-member districts. Each Assembly district contained approximately 64,299 people as of the 2010 census.[1] Term limits, limiting assembly members to six 2-year terms (12 years), took effect in 2010. Twelve members of the Assembly were termed out with the 2010 election serving their last legislative session in 2011.

The 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 Legislature. The lower house of the Legislature is referred to as an "Assembly" rather than the more common "House of Representatives."

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

Midpoint
27 14
Democratic Republican
Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Republican Libertarian Vacant
Begin 77th Legislative Session 2012 27 15 0 42 0
End 25 14 39 3
Begin 78th Legislative Session 2015 17 25 0 42 0
End 78th 24 1 42 0
Begin 79th Legislative Session 2017 27 15 0 42 0
September 22, 2017[2] 14 41 1
Latest voting share 65.9% 34.1%

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.

Members

DistrictNamePartyResidenceFirst elected/appointedTerm
1Daniele Monroe-MorenoDemocraticNorth Las Vegas20161st
2John HambrickRepublicanLas Vegas20085th
3Nelson AraujoDemocraticLas Vegas20142nd
4Richard McArthurRepublicanLas Vegas20083rd
5Brittney MillerDemocraticLas Vegas20161st
6William McCurdyDemocraticLas Vegas20161st
7Dina NealDemocraticNorth Las Vegas20104th
8Jason FriersonDemocraticLas Vegas20103rd
9Steve YeagerDemocraticLas Vegas20161st
10Chris BrooksDemocraticLas Vegas20161st
11Olivia DiazDemocraticNorth Las Vegas20104th
12James OhrenschallDemocraticSunrise Manor20066th
13Vacant
14Maggie CarltonDemocraticSunrise Manor20104th
15Elliot AndersonDemocraticWinchester20104th
16Heidi SwankDemocraticLas Vegas20123rd
17Tyrone ThompsonDemocraticNorth Las Vegas20133rd
18Richard CarrilloDemocraticWhitney20104th
19Chris EdwardsRepublicanSunrise Manor20142nd
20Ellen SpiegelDemocraticHenderson20084th
21Ozzie FumoDemocraticLas Vegas20161st
22Keith PickardRepublicanHenderson20161st
23Melissa WoodburyRepublicanHenderson20085th
24Amber JoinerDemocraticReno20142nd
25Jill TollesRepublicanReno20161st
26Lisa KrasnerRepublicanReno20161st
27Teresa Benitez-ThompsonDemocraticReno20104th
28Edgar FloresDemocraticLas Vegas20142nd
29Lesley CohenDemocraticHenderson20122nd
30Michael SprinkleDemocraticSparks20123rd
31Skip DalyDemocraticSparks20103rd
32Ira HansenRepublicanSparks20104th
33John EllisonRepublicanElko20104th
34Shannon Bilbray-AxelrodDemocraticLas Vegas20161st
35Justin WatkinsDemocraticLas Vegas20161st
36James OscarsonRepublicanPahrump20123rd
37Jim MarchantRepublicanLas Vegas20161st
38Robin L. TitusRepublicanWellington20142nd
39Jim WheelerRepublicanMinden20123rd
40Al KramerRepublicanCarson City20161st
41Sandra JaureguiDemocraticLas Vegas20161st
42Irene Bustamante AdamsDemocraticSpring Valley20104th

Past composition of the Assembly

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nevada State Assembly - 2011 Districts : Population Report" (PDF). Leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  2. ↑ Republican Paul Anderson (District 13) resigned to take another job.
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