Senator Ben Kieckhefer

Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Assistant Majority Floor Leader, 2015
  • Assistant Minority Floor Leader, 2013-2014
  • Nevada Senate, 2010 -Present (first elected in November 2010)

Education

  • DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, B.A., English
  • University of Illinois, Springfield, M.A., Public Affairs Reporting

Personal

Occupation: Communications
Recreation: Skiing, hunting, reading, family
Born: 1977 - Springfield, Illinois
Spouse: April
Children: Aspen, Austin, Lincoln, Lucerne

Primary Sponsor

SCR2 Directs the Legislative Commission to conduct an interim study concerning fire protection and related emergency services in Washoe County. (BDR R-155)
SB105 Revises provisions relating to the board of trustees of certain school districts. (BDR 34-156)
SB106 Revises provisions relating to required expenditures by schools on certain school supplies. (BDR 34-243)
SB144 Revises provisions relating to crimes committed with the use of a deadly weapon or tear gas. (BDR 15-261)
SB161 Revises provisions relating to certain financial businesses, products and services. (BDR 52-875)
SB162 Revises provisions relating to electronic transactions. (BDR 59-876)
SB163 Revises provisions relating to technology used by certain business entities. (BDR 7-877)
SB164 Recognizes certain virtual currencies as a form of intangible personal property for purposes of taxation. (BDR 32-878)
AB170 Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage. (BDR 57-278)
SB178 Creates the Council on Food Security and the Food for People, Not Landfills Program. (BDR 18-57)
AB194 Revises provisions governing the Nevada Early Childhood Advisory Council. (BDR 38-862)
AB214 Makes an appropriation for a feasibility study of the development of the historic structures, buildings and other property and any artifact resources of the Nevada State Prison. (BDR S-535)
AB240 Requires representatives from certain counties and cities to meet jointly and prepare reports addressing the orderly management of growth in their region. (BDR S-1043)
AB252 Revises provisions relating to providers of community-based living arrangement services. (BDR 39-656)
SB279 Revises provisions relating to general improvement districts. (BDR 25-246)
SB280 Revises provisions relating to state lands. (BDR 26-975)
AB319 Revises provisions governing professional licensing. (BDR 54-314)
SB327 Revises provisions relating to land use planning. (BDR 22-883)
AB338 Revises requirements for the operation of a motor vehicle by a young driver. (BDR 43-600)
SB386 Revises provisions governing certain tax exemptions for veterans. (BDR 32-737)
SB387 Revises provisions relating to anatomical gifts. (BDR 40-882)
SB410 Revises provisions relating to incentives for economic development. (BDR 32-881)
SB414 Makes various changes concerning the Kenny C. Guinn Memorial Millennium Scholarship. (BDR 34-884)
SB415 Revises provisions relating to economic development. (BDR 18-879)
SB529 Revises provisions relating to state financial administration. (BDR 31-1267)

Co-Sponsor

SJR2 Proposes an amendment to the Nevada Constitution that revises the provisions governing appointments of judicial officers to fill vacancies. (BDR C-766)
ACR3 Memorializes former Assemblyman Bob Price. (BDR R-971)
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)
AB174 Establishes the Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing. (BDR 18-94)
SB184 Revises provisions relating to the protection of children. (BDR 34-668)
SB188 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-632)
AB257 Provides for the establishment of the Nevada State Holocaust Museum. (BDR 33-1039)
SB265 Revises provisions relating to certain information and records concerning public safety. (BDR 14-1042)
SB282 Limiting the civil liability of crisis support centers under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-614)
SB287 Revises provisions governing public records. (BDR 19-648)
SB293 Makes various changes relating to children who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation. (BDR 38-517)
SB331 Designates the new Interstate Highway No. 11 as the Purple Heart Highway. (BDR S-78)
SB333 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-738)
SB335 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-161)
SB351 Makes certain changes relating to education. (BDR 34-247)
SB352 Revises provisions relating to motor vehicle registration. (BDR 43-51)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)
AB390 Revises provisions relating to equipment on motor vehicles. (BDR 43-1059)
SB404 Provides for the issuance of scholarships for certain career and technical education or early childhood education programs by scholarship organizations. (BDR 34-778)
SB411 Authorizes the possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle that is on certain governmental property under certain circumstances. (BDR 15-643)
SB477 Prohibits the release of a child to a parent or guardian in a child welfare proceeding in certain circumstances. (BDR 38-1005)