Assemblywoman Melissa Hardy

Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2019-2021 (first elected November 2018)—two regular sessions and two special sessions
  • 2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Education; Judiciary
  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Education; Government Affairs
  • 2019-2020 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Committee to Conduct an Interim Study Concerning the Costs of Prescription Drugs; Committee to Review Child Support Guidelines; Nevada Veterans' Services Commission

Other Achievements

  • Port of Subs Corporation, Top Performing Store, 2005–2010
  • Real Estate Agent, 1993–2007
  • Vocal Performer, National Anthem, UNLV, 1983–1993; Naturalization Ceremonies, 1983–1990
  • Nevada Cherry Blossom Princess, 1990

Affiliations

  • Henderson Chamber of Commerce, Member
  • Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, 1993–2007
  • National Honor Society

Education

  • Las Vegas High School, with High Honors, 1987
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Hotel/Business Administration, B.S.

Personal

Occupation: Small Business Owner, Port of Subs
Recreation: Singing, piano, tennis, interior decoration, reading, water skiing, travel, sports fan
Born: 1969, Las Vegas, Nevada
Spouse: Damon S. Hardy
Children: Celssie, Cydnie

Primary Sponsor

SB139 Creates the Program to Develop Leadership Skills for Public School Pupils. (BDR 34-283)
AB141 Prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager from imposing certain limitations on the conduct of a pharmacist or pharmacy. (BDR 57-947)
AB199 Revises provisions relating to career and technical education. (BDR 34-954)
AB204 Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 54-932)
SB230 Revises provisions relating to certain real estate professions. (BDR 54-311)
AB233 Revises provisions related to water. (BDR 48-45)
SB247 Requires informed consent of a parent or guardian before certain services related to mental health are provided to a child. (BDR 39-626)
SB282 Limiting the civil liability of crisis support centers under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-614)
SB285 Makes certain changes relating to school safety. (BDR S-282)
AB318 Revises provisions relating to workforce development. (BDR 34-315)
SB343 Requires training for certain members of certain educational governing bodies and requires additional transparency for school expenditures. (BDR 34-548)
SB351 Makes certain changes relating to education. (BDR 34-247)
AB352 Revises provisions governing certain mortgages. (BDR 52-698)
SB359 Provides for continued coverage for health care for certain chronic health conditions. (BDR 57-627)
SB360 Enacts the Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act. (BDR 15-11)
SB389 Prohibits a person from owning or possessing an apiary within certain areas of this State. (BDR 49-1018)
AB392 Encourages employers to provide work-based learning opportunities for pupils. (BDR 34-952)
SB404 Provides for the issuance of scholarships for certain career and technical education or early childhood education programs by scholarship organizations. (BDR 34-778)
AB407 Revises provisions governing the administration of laws relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 43-1032)
AB408 Revises provisions relating to animals in certain public places. (BDR 54-689)

Co-Sponsor

ACR3 Memorializes former Assemblyman Bob Price. (BDR R-971)
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)
AB142 Eliminates the statute of limitations for the prosecution of sexual assault in certain circumstances. (BDR 14-175)
AB147 Authorizes a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to perform certain services. (BDR 40-85)
AB154 Revises certain requirements relating to secondhand dealers. (BDR 54-625)
AB161 Revises provisions governing common-interest communities. (BDR 10-705)
AB167 Authorizes the possession of a handgun in a motor vehicle that is on the property of certain educational entities or child care facilities in certain circumstances. (BDR 15-97)
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)
AB194 Revises provisions governing the Nevada Early Childhood Advisory Council. (BDR 38-862)
AB198 Revises provisions governing the sale or lease of certain real property owned by the Department of Transportation. (BDR 35-953)
AB216 Requires the establishment of a database of information relating to funding opportunities for higher education. (BDR 18-858)
SB217 Revises provisions relating to renewable energy. (BDR 58-76)
AB218 Revises provisions relating to education savings accounts. (BDR 31-850)
AB246 Revises provisions relating to business entities. (BDR 18-996)
AB255 Revises provisions relating to permits to carry concealed firearms. (BDR 15-84)
SB260 Revises provisions relating to domestic relations. (BDR 11-40)
AB260 Revises provisions governing mental health. (BDR 4-1031)
AB261 Revises provisions relating to the safety of children in public schools. (BDR S-590)
AB264 Makes various changes relating to relations between state agencies and Indian nations or tribes. (BDR 18-671)
SB265 Revises provisions relating to certain information and records concerning public safety. (BDR 14-1042)
AB283 Authorizes the board of county commissioners of certain counties to provide for reimbursements to be made to retailers of motor vehicle fuel and special fuel for certain fuel taxes imposed in those counties. (BDR 32-955)
AB306 Enacts provisions to assist veteran-owned businesses to create cooperatives. (BDR 7-288)
AB319 Revises provisions governing professional licensing. (BDR 54-314)
SB325 Establishes the Nevada Child Adoption Grant Program to provide grants to assist certain prospective adoptive parents with certain costs of adoption. (BDR 11-163)
SB336 Requires the Governor to annually proclaim July 28 as Buffalo Soldiers Day in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-791)
AB338 Revises requirements for the operation of a motor vehicle by a young driver. (BDR 43-600)
AB351 Revises provisions relating to shampoo technologists. (BDR 54-174)
AB358 Makes certain changes to attract certain health professionals to practice in Nevada. (BDR 34-851)
AB359 Revises provisions relating to work-based learning programs. (BDR 34-853)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)
AB380 Revises provisions governing safety in K-12 public schools. (BDR 31-41)
AB405 Requires the State Treasurer to establish a student loan program for postsecondary education. (BDR 18-276)
AB435 Requires certain children committed to a facility for the detention of children to be enrolled in a program of distance education in certain circumstances. (BDR 5-995)
AB436 Revises provisions governing certain tax exemptions for veterans. (BDR 32-998)
AB441 Creates the Joint Legislative Committee on Federalism. (BDR 17-993)
AB499 Provides for a special license plate of limited duration commemorating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. (BDR 43-1265)
AB544 Revises provisions governing the age at which certain tobacco and vapor products may be purchased. (BDR 32-1294)