Assemblymember Venise Karris

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2025 (first elected November 2024)—one regular session
  • 2025 SESSION COMMITTEES: Government Affairs; Growth and Infrastructure; Natural Resources

Education

  • University of Illinois, B.S., 1980
  • Electrical Joint Apprentice Training Center, Journeyman Wireman, 2001

Personal

Occupation: Retired Journeyman Wireman
Recreation: Reading, sewing, fingerloop knitting
Born: 1957, Chicago, Illinois
Children: Lauren, Samantha

Primary Sponsor

AB115 Authorizes certain state buildings to be used for certain purposes. (BDR 27-864)
AB200 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-862)

Co-Sponsor

SCR1 Memorializes esteemed native Nevadan and lobbyist Kathleen “Neena” Laxalt. (BDR R-1028)