Senator Kelvin Atkinson

Assistant Majority Leader
Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2013-Present (first elected November 2012)
  • Assistant Minority Leader, 2016
  • Co-Minority Whip, 2015
  • Nevada Assembly, 2003-2012 (first elected November 2002)
  • Senior Chief Deputy Whip, 2011-2012

Other Public Service

  • Vice Chairman, The Council of State Governments - National, 2015
  • Vice Chairman, The Council of State Governments - WEST, 2011
  • Chair (2009-2010) and Vice Chair (2007-2008), Water and Public Lands Committee, The Council of State Governments-WEST
  • Clark County Mediator
  • Member, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Recruitment Council
  • Member, Executive Committee, The Council of State Governments-WEST
  • Member, Transportation Committee, The Council of State Governments-WEST
  • Cleanup Leader, Washington, D.C.
  • Member, Transportation Committee, National Council of State Governments

Honors and Awards

  • Henry Toll Fellowship, 2005
  • Class President, Western Legislative Academy, The Council of State Governments-WEST, 2004
  • Graduate, Clark County Leadership Forum, 1996
  • Class President
  • Three Sports Letterman

Affiliations

  • National Conference of State Legislatures
  • Western Legislative Academy, The Council of State Governments-WEST
  • Nevada Black Elected Officials Caucus
  • National Black Caucus of State Legislators
  • Professionals and Youth Building A Committment (PAYBAC)
  • Black Public Administrators
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • Alliance for Retired Americans
  • Urban Development Caucus

Education

  • Culver City High School
  • Howard University
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Personal

Occupation: Small Business Owner
Recreation: Reading, watching the Raiders and Lakers, studying politics, traveling
Born: 1969 - Chicago, Illinois
Spouse: Sherwood
Children: Haley

Primary Sponsor

SJR9 Expresses support for continued enforcement action against voting discrimination. (BDR R-7)
SJR13* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to require the recognition of all marriages, regardless of gender. (BDR C-88)
SB111 Requires the use of portable event recording devices by certain peace officers employed by the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety. (BDR 43-618)
SB149 Provides for a program of matching grants to local governments for the maintenance and repair of public works. (BDR 43-669)
SB150 Provides for the creation of certain local improvement districts. (BDR 22-60)
SB151 Requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt regulations authorizing a natural gas utility to expand its infrastructure in a manner consistent with a program of economic development. (BDR 58-52)
SB152 Makes various changes to provisions governing public safety. (BDR 43-17)
AB155 Revises provisions governing the issuance of special license plates for retired professional firefighters. (BDR 43-619)
AB167 Authorizes the storage and carrying of firearms and ammunition on the premises of a family foster home or by certain persons who reside in a family foster home under certain circumstances. (BDR 38-234)
SB180 Requires a court to award certain relief to an employee injured by certain unlawful employment practices under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-863)
SB181 Provides for the licensure of certified anesthesiology assistants. (BDR 54-240)
SB204 Providing for protections from bullying in public schools. (BDR 34-51)
AB205 Requires the Legislative Committee on Education to consider matters relating to certain mentorship programs. (BDR S-116)
SB215 Makes various changes relating to student loans. (BDR 18-933)
SB222 Revises provisions relating to health insurance covering prescription drugs. (BDR 57-670)
AB225 Revises provisions governing programs for reentry of offenders and parolees into the community. (BDR 16-45)
SB225 Revises provisions relating to the sale and distribution of tobacco products, vapor products and alternative nicotine products. (BDR 15-796)
AB232 Revises provisions governing health districts. (BDR 40-694)
AB234 Enacts provisions related to multicultural education. (BDR 34-102)
AB235 Requires an employer to provide paid sick leave to each employee of the employer under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-1059)
AB236 Enacts provisions related to the promotion of public engagement by state agencies. (BDR 18-697)
SB236 Revises provisions relating to the Advisory Council on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. (BDR 34-655)
AB243 Revises provisions relating to testing for the human immunodeficiency virus. (BDR 40-117)
SB257 Revises provisions relating to child care facilities. (BDR 38-97)
SB259 Requires an employer to provide paid sick leave to each employee of the employer under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-973)
SB261 Makes various changes relating to certain research facilities. (BDR 50-56)
SB267 Revises provisions relating to the safe transportation of children. (BDR 43-686)
SB269 Establishes an interim study committee to research issues regarding the behavioral health and cognitive care of older persons. (BDR S-1035)
SB279 Revises various provisions relating to corrections. (BDR 16-428)
AB281 Creates a statutory subcommittee of the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice. (BDR 14-243)
SB284 Requires the State Plan for Medicaid to provide for certain nonmedical transportation. (BDR 38-974)
AB289 Directs the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to conduct an interim study concerning issues related to the provision of mental health services. (BDR S-693)
AB294 Enacts provisions relating to suicide prevention for veterans. (BDR 37-692)
SB316 Revises provisions relating to voter registration. (BDR 24-652)
SB319 Revises provisions governing the restoration of certain civil rights for ex-felons. (BDR 14-968)
SB321 Revises provisions concerning real property. (BDR 9-728)
SB343 Revises provisions relating to vital statistics. (BDR 40-141)
SB353 Enacts provisions relating to sexual orientation conversion therapy. (BDR 54-748)
SB358 Revises provisions governing the process for a change of name. (BDR 3-146)
SB363 Establishes a statewide mental health crisis hotline. (BDR 39-881)
SB369 Revises provisions relating to overcrowding in certain county jails. (BDR 16-1044)
SB370 Revises provisions relating to barbering. (BDR 54-673)
SB371 Revises provisions governing the use of apprentices on public works. (BDR 53-671)
SB379 Provides for the investigation of complaints concerning certain providers of services pursuant to the State Plan for Medicaid. (BDR 38-1019)
SB395 Revises provisions relating to marriage. (BDR 11-530)

Co-Sponsor

ACR3 Honors Nevadans who have lost their lives in the Global War on Terrorism. (BDR R-202)
SR4 Inducts Dean Rhoads into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1268)
ACR4 Memorializes former Assemblyman Joseph “Joe” Michael Hogan, Sr. (BDR R-1260)
ACR5 Memorializes former Assemblyman Peter L. “Pete” Livermore. (BDR R-1259)
SR5 Inducts Terry Care into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1270)
SCR5 Directs the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to conduct an interim study relating to the working conditions at state correctional institutions and facilities and to the supervision of offenders. (BDR R-536)
SR6 Inducts Randolph J. Townsend into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1269)
SJR7 Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to provide certain rights to voters. (BDR C-403)
SCR8 Commemorates the 30th anniversary of the sister-state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan. (BDR R-1265)
SB154 Revises provisions relating to common-interest communities. (BDR 10-725)
SB164 Revises provisions prohibiting certain discriminatory acts. (BDR 18-59)
SB187 Revises provisions concerning the ownership, possession and control of firearms by certain persons. (BDR 3-871)
SB190 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 18-785)
AB208 Revises provisions governing certain sexual offenses. (BDR 14-233)
SB220 Requires instruction on financial literacy in public middle schools and junior high schools. (BDR 34-654)
SB226 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-790)
AB237 Revises provisions governing motor vehicle registration. (BDR 43-396)
SB237 Makes certain changes relating to elections. (BDR 24-664)
AB261 Authorizes local governments to establish programs for the managed care of feral cat colonies. (BDR 20-1002)
SB265 Makes various changes concerning health care. (BDR 18-94)
SB268 Temporarily provides certain services for veterans. (BDR 37-1042)
SB323 Establishes a program to provide loans to certain small businesses owned by minorities and women. (BDR 18-956)
SB331 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-969)
SB336 Revises provisions governing prescribing, dispensing and administering controlled substances designed to end the life of a patient. (BDR 40-32)
SB338 Revises provisions relating to safety in or at a public school. (BDR 34-870)
SB339 Authorizes the Nevada System of Higher Education to impose additional restrictions relating to the use of tobacco. (BDR 15-873)
SB340 Revises provisions governing public works. (BDR 28-255)
SB341 Revises provisions relating to dentists. (BDR 57-261)
SB342 Revises provisions relating to the regulation and taxation of hard cider. (BDR 32-875)
SB344 Establishes an entrepreneur-in-residence program. (BDR 18-142)
SB345 Expands full-day kindergarten in public schools. (BDR 34-868)
SB346 Authorizes certain credits against the taxes imposed on financial institutions and other businesses for certain costs incurred by employers relating to the provision of day care to the children of their employees. (BDR 32-1015)
SB347 Makes an appropriation to enable junior high schools and middle schools that are low performing academically to provide programs and services to certain pupils. (BDR S-219)
AB348 Revises provisions governing the consideration of the criminal history of an applicant for employment by the State or a county or city. (BDR 23-1053)
SB349 Revises provisions governing mortgages. (BDR 54-99)
AB350 Provides for certain credits against the modified business tax for taxpayers who donate money to an early childhood education scholarship organization. (BDR 38-1057)
SB356 Revises provisions governing the Public Employees' Retirement System. (BDR 23-1092)
SB357 Revises provisions relating to pharmacists. (BDR 54-869)
SB359 Requires a child care facility to grant priority in admission to certain children. (BDR 38-1014)
SB361 Makes various changes relating to health care facilities that employ nurses. (BDR 40-18)
SB362 Authorizes the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a program regarding the prevention of domestic violence under certain circumstances. (BDR 18-112)
SB364 Establishes a pilot program to provide financial assistance to certain persons to pay the cost of child care. (BDR S-880)
AB364 Revises provisions relating to the state business portal. (BDR 7-696)
SB365 Exempts certain offers or sales of securities from registration requirements for securities. (BDR 7-878)
SB366 Revises provisions governing the possession of marijuana. (BDR 40-884)
SB367 Revises provisions governing controlled substances. (BDR 40-883)
SB368 Revises provisions concerning elections. (BDR 24-885)
SB373* Makes various changes relating to judgments. (BDR 2-932)
SB380 Revises provisions governing ethics in government. (BDR 23-19)
SB381 Creates the Nevada Task Force on Financial Security. (BDR S-1037)
SB382 Revises provisions relating to sales and use taxes. (BDR 32-660)
SB386 Revises provisions relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 40-675)
SB391 Revises provisions governing educational instruction in the subject of reading. (BDR 34-644)
SB397 Revises provisions relating to the funding formula for K-12 public education. (BDR 34-563)
SB405 Expands the program of Zoom schools and the provision of programs and services to children who are limited English proficient in certain other schools. (BDR S-887)