Nevada Assembly
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The Nevada Assembly is the lower house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada. The body consists of 42 members from an equal amount of districts, elected to serve two-year terms without term limits. Each member of the Assembly represents around 47,400 people per distrct. As in neighboring California, the lower house of the legislature is refered to as an "Assembly" rather than the more common "House of Representatives."
The Assembly meets at the Nevada State Capitol in Carson City.
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[edit] Meetings
The Assembly, like the Senate, is composed of "citizen legislators", receiving a relatively small per diem fee for the first 60 days of a given session. This tends to self-select legislators to those with 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 not been enough to complete legislative business, and after the last four regular sessions, special sessions have been called to finish up legislative business.
[edit] 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.
The current Speaker is (Democrat Barbara Buckley of the Clark 8 District (Las Vegas). The Majority Leader is John Oceguera of the Clark 12 District (Las Vegas). The Minority Leader is Republican Garn Mabey of the Clark 2 District (Las Vegas).
[edit] Leadership information
| Position | Name | Party | Residence | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Barbara Buckley | Democrat | Las Vegas | Clark 8 |
| Majority Leader | John Oceguera | Democrat | Las Vegas | Clark 12 |
| Minority Leader | Garn Mabey | Republican | Las Vegas | Clark 2 |
[edit] Current composition
| Affiliation | Members |
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| Democratic Party | 27 | |
| Republican Party | 15 | |
| Total |
42 | |
| Majority |
12 | |
[edit] Current Members
| Name | Party | Location | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marilyn Kirkpatrick | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 1 |
| Garn Mabey | Rep | Las Vegas | Clark 2 |
| Peggy Pierce | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 3 |
| Frances Allen | Rep | Las Vegas | Clark 4 |
| Valerie Weber | Rep | Las Vegas | Clark 5 |
| Harvey Munford | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 6 |
| Morse Arberry | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 7 |
| Barbara Buckley | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 8 |
| Tick Segerblom | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 9 |
| Joe Hogan | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 10 |
| Ruben Kihuen | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 11 |
| Genie Ohrenschall | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 12 |
| Chad Christensen | Rep | Las Vegas | Clark 13 |
| Ellen Koivisto | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 14 |
| Kathy McClain | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 15 |
| John Oceguera | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 16 |
| Kelvin Atkinson | Dem | North Las Vegas | Clark 17 |
| Mark Manendo | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 18 |
| Jerry Claborn | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 19 |
| Joe Hardy | Rep | Boulder City | Clark 20 |
| Bob Beers | Rep | Henderson | Clark 21 |
| Lynn Stewart | Rep | Henderson | Clark 22 |
| RoseMary Womack | Dem | Henderson | Clark 23 |
| David Bobzien | Dem | Reno | Washoe 24 |
| Heidi Gansert | Rep | Reno | Washoe 25 |
| Ty Cobb | Rep | Reno | Washoe 26 |
| Sheila Leslie | Dem | Reno | Washoe 27 |
| Mo Denis | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 28 |
| Susan Gerhardt | Dem | Henderson | Clark 29 |
| Debbie Smith | Dem | Sparks | Washoe 30 |
| Bernie Anderson | Dem | Sparks | Washoe 31 |
| John Marvel | Rep | Battle Mountain | Lander, Humboldt, Washoe 32 |
| John Carpenter | Rep | Elko | Elko, Humboldt 33 |
| William Horne | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 34 |
| Pete Goicoechea | Rep | Eureka | Churchill, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe, White Pine 35 |
| Ed Goedhart | Rep | Amargosa Valley | Churchill, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Mineral, Nye 36 |
| Marcus Conklin | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 37 |
| Tom Grady | Rep | Yerlington | Carson City, Churchill, Lyon, Storey 38 |
| James Settelmeyer | Rep | Gardnerville | Douglas, Carson City, Washoe 39 |
| Bonnie Parnell | Dem | Carson City | Carson City, Washoe 40 |
| David Parks | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 41 |
| Harry Mortenson | Dem | Las Vegas | Clark 42 |
- Notes: Assemblyman Bob Beers of Henderson is not related to Senator Bob Beers of Las Vegas, another member of the Nevada Legislature.
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