Senator Marcia L. Washington

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate (Appointed March 15, 2019)

Other Public Service

  • Women's Democratic Party of Clark County
  • Past Vice President, NAACP
  • Past President, Member, Nevada State Board of Education, 2000 - 2008
  • Past Chair, Member, City of Las Vegas Community Block Grant Board, 2004 - 2006
  • Board Member, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, 1999 - 2006
  • Past Board Member, Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 1989

Honors and Awards

  • Clark County Black History Recognition Award, 2019
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Event Grand Marshall, 2008

Affiliations

  • Past Chair and At Large Member, Clark County Community Block Grant Board, 1989 - current
  • Member, Las Vegas FanciDancers
  • Evangelist Member, Victory Missionary Baptist Church, 1996

Personal

Occupation: Retired Fire Inspector
Recreation: Baking, Cooking, Line Dancing, Sewing
Born: 1953 - Tallulah, Louisiana
Spouse: David L. Washington
Children: April, Angel, Vernon, Amber

Primary Sponsor

SB440 Makes appropriations to pay certain costs relating to smoke alarms and home fire safety. (BDR S-1134)
SB491 Revises provisions concerning vehicles. (BDR 43-135)

Co-Sponsor

AJR4 Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to pass acts to combat illegal harvesting and trafficking of human organs. (BDR R-92)
SR5 Inducts Valerie Wiener into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1262)
SR6 Inducts Barbara Katherine Cegavske into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1261)
SCR7 Celebrates the sister state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan. (BDR R-1266)
SCR8 Memorializes former Nevada Attorney General and Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Springer. (BDR R-1259)
ACR9 Celebrates the Life of Assemblyman Odis “Tyrone” Thompson. (BDR R-1291)
AB170 Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage. (BDR 57-278)
AB174 Establishes the Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing. (BDR 18-94)
AB182 Designates neon as the official state element of the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-670)
AB316 Revises provisions relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or a prohibited substance. (BDR 43-312)
SB331 Designates the new Interstate Highway No. 11 as the Purple Heart Highway. (BDR S-78)
SB358 Revises provisions relating to the renewable energy portfolio standard. (BDR 58-301)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)
SB370 Revises the State Plan for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. (BDR 38-966)
AB403 Revises provisions relating to certain traffic offenses. (BDR 43-42)
SB416 Revises provisions relating to the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). (BDR 23-895)
SB489 Revises provisions relating to state and local business licenses. (BDR 7-137)
SB490 Requires the Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs to conduct a study related to disparities and unlawful discrimination in the awarding of certain contracts by the State or a local government. (BDR S-586)
SB493 Revises provisions relating to misclassification of employees. (BDR 53-1087)
AB499 Provides for a special license plate of limited duration commemorating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. (BDR 43-1265)
SB547 Revises provisions relating to providers of new electric resources. (BDR 58-913)
SB557 Revises provisions relating to campaign practices. (BDR 24-1272)