Assemblyman William C. Horne

Majority Floor Leader
Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2003-2014 (first elected November 2002)—six regular and nine special sessions
  • Majority Leader 2013-2014
  • Majority Whip, 2011
  • Assistant Majority Whip, 2007-2009
  • 2013 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Taxation; Ways and Means
  • 2011 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2009 SESSION COMMITTEES: Corrections, Parole, and Probation (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Elections, Procedures, Ethics, and Constitutional Amendments; Judiciary
  • 2013-2014 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Interim Finance Committee; Committee to Conduct an Interim Study Concerning the Impact of Technology Upon Gaming
  • 2011-2012 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice (Chair)
  • 2009-2010 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice (Chair); Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice Steering Committee (Chair); Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice’s Subcommittee on the Reclassification of Crimes
  • 2007-2008 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Commission’s Committee on High-Level Radioactive Waste; Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Study the Benefits, Costs, and Feasibility of the Implementation of Courts of Chancery
  • 2005-2006 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Study Sentencing and Pardons, and Parole and Probation (Chair)
  • Chair, Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), 2011-2012
  • Member, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 2005-2012

Other Public Service

  • Member, Gaming Policy Committee, 2011-2012
  • Member, Nevada Commission on Homeland Security, 2003-2004, 2011-2012
  • Member, Nevada State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2009-2010
  • Member, Nevada State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision, 2009-2010

Other Achievements

  • Flemming Fellow, Arthur S. Flemming Fellows Association, 2005
  • Outstanding Freshman, 2003
  • Graduate, Western Legislative Academy, The Council of State Governments–WEST, 2003
  • Leadership Institute Graduate, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), 2003
  • Past President, Phi Alpha Delta
  • Past Class Representative, William S. Boyd Student Bar Association
  • Member, Society of Advocates

Affiliations

  • National Black Caucus of State Legislators
  • Nevada Black Elected Officials Caucus
  • Advisory Board, Bridge Counseling Associates
  • Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity
  • Tau Kappa Epsilon
  • Advisory Committee, College of Urban Affairs, UNLV
  • Adjunct Professor, UNLV

Education

  • Western High School
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), B.A., Criminal Justice
  • William S. Boyd School of Law, J.D.

Personal

Occupation: Attorney
Recreation: Golf, weight lifting/exercise, martial arts
Born: 1962, Wichita Falls, Texas
Children: Kayla, Chelsey, Henry, Chloe