Senator Lisa Krasner

Minority Whip
Party: Republican

District: 16

County: Carson City, Storey, Washoe (Part)

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Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2022-Present (first elected November 2022)
  • Senate Minority Whip, 2025 NV Legislative Session
  • 2025 SESSION COMMITTEES - Senate Judiciary, Senate Government Affairs, Senate Legislative Operations and Elections
  • Senate Co-Minority Whip, 2023 NV Legislative Session
  • 2023 SESSION COMMITTEES - Senate Judiciary, Senate Government Affairs, Senate Legislative Operations and Elections
  • Nevada Assembly, 2017-2022 (first elected November 2016)—three regular sessions and three special sessions
  • 2021-2022 Interim Committees: Legislative Commission, Judiciary Committee, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Committee
  • 2021 Legislative Session- Assembly Assistant Minority Whip- North
  • 2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education; Health and Human Services; Judiciary
  • 2019-2020 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice; Legislative Commission
  • 2019 Legislative Session- Assembly Minority Whip
  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education; Health and Human Services; Judiciary
  • 2017-2018 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Legislative Committee on Senior Citizens, Veterans and Adults with Special Needs; Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice
  • 2017 SESSION COMMITTEES: Corrections, Parole, and Probation; Education; Judiciary; Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

Other Public Service

  • Alliance with Washoe County Medical Society- Board Member
  • State of Nevada P.T.A- Board Member
  • Women in Government, Western Regional Director and State Director
  • National Foundation for Women Legislators, State Director
  • State of Nevada Commission on Aging, Commissioner, 2013-2016
  • City of Reno, Recreation and Parks Commission, Commissioner, 2005-2012
  • Reno Philharmonic Guild, President
  • Reno Philharmonic Board of Trustees, Trustee
  • Junior Achievement, Instructor
  • P.T.A., Hunsberger Elementary School, Vice President
  • P.T.O. Boosters, Galena High School, Member
  • We the People, Civics Competition, Judge
  • Junior League of Reno, Advocacy and Legislative Committee, Chairman

Honors and Awards

  • Boy Scouts of Reno, NV- Hometown Hero Award
  • Council Of State Governments- Fellow- Class of 2018
  • Governing.com- “Extraordinary Elected Woman” Award, Leadership Program
  • National Foundation for Women Legislators, Woman of Excellence/Rising Star Award

Affiliations

  • Washoe County Republican Central Committee, Member
  • Incline Village Republican Women, Member
  • Mt. Rose Republican Women, Associate Member
  • Republican Women of Reno, Associate Member
  • Washoe Republican Women, Associate Member
  • Republican Men’s Club, Associate Member

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.
  • University of LaVerne, College of Law, J.D.

Personal

Occupation: Adjunct Professor, Political Science Department, Truckee Meadows Community College
Recreation: Reading
Born: California
Spouse: Charles
Children: Two

Primary Sponsor

SJR1 Urges Congress to enact legislation allowing the surviving spouse of a veteran to receive the military retirement pay of the veteran after the veteran's death. (BDR R-55)
SJR11 Recognizes the strategic partnership and bond of friendship with, and expresses the Nevada Legislature's support for, the State of Israel. (BDR R-1014)
SB95 Revises provisions governing military justice. (BDR 36-11)
SB96 Designates January 27 as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day” in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-604)
SB103 Revises provisions relating to mail ballots. (BDR 24-56)
SB110 Revises provisions relating to sex trafficking. (BDR 15-57)
SB127 Revises provisions relating to certain training for first responders. (BDR 40-30)
SB130 Increases the value of certain work a licensed contractor may perform for which the contractor does not have the proper license. (BDR 54-628)
SB148 Provides for the issuance of special license plates indicating service on a military unit that was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. (BDR 43-545)
SB162 Revises provisions relating to state financing. (BDR 31-789)
SB174 Revises provisions relating to pupils with autism spectrum disorder. (BDR 34-53)
SB179 Revises provisions relating to discrimination. (BDR 18-35)
SB201 Prohibits certain restrictions on the display of religious items in common-interest communities. (BDR 10-122)
SB205 Revises provisions relating to the statewide voter registration list. (BDR 24-579)
SB206 Revises provisions relating to the efficacy of state programs. (BDR 17-552)
SB209 Revises provisions relating to pharmacy benefit managers. (BDR 57-534)
SB212 Makes an appropriation to City of Hope to establish an outpatient cancer treatment clinic in this State. (BDR S-220)
SB213 Revises provisions relating to the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image. (BDR 15-776)
SB231 Establishes provisions relating to the collection and destruction of unused drugs. (BDR 54-564)
SB232 Makes an appropriation for the construction of a veterans and community center in Virginia City, Nevada. (BDR S-1055)
SB236 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 3-222)
SB238 Revises provisions relating to the crime of hazing. (BDR 15-1043)
SB248 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-638)
SB257 Revises provisions relating to autism. (BDR 38-106)
SB261 Revises provisions relating to housing. (BDR 3-581)
SB264 Revises provisions relating to crimes against property. (BDR 15-219)
AB267 Revises provisions relating to the Legislature. (BDR 17-1001)
SB272 Revises provisions relating to interscholastic activities. (BDR 34-602)
SB276 Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 40-750)
AB289 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-320)
SB304 Revises provisions relating to the crime of vehicular homicide. (BDR 43-370)
SB335 Prohibits the provision of electroconvulsive therapy to a minor. (BDR 54-59)
SB357 Revises provisions relating to the education of pupils with disabilities. (BDR 34-73)
SB366 Revises provisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR S-1040)
SB399 Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-1046)

Co-Sponsor

SCR1 Memorializes esteemed native Nevadan and lobbyist Kathleen “Neena” Laxalt. (BDR R-1028)
ACR3 Expresses gratitude to the National Conference of State Legislatures for 50 years of service. (BDR R-986)
SB114 Revises provisions governing certain landlords. (BDR 10-125)
SB140 Revises provisions governing certain programs of treatment established by the juvenile court. (BDR 5-62)
SB146 Makes an appropriation to the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra for the United Readers Program. (BDR S-761)
SB167 Prohibits the importation and sale of household cleaning products for which animal testing was performed. (BDR 52-892)
SB185 Revises provisions relating to Medicaid reimbursement for care of disabled or chronically ill children. (BDR 38-760)
SB195 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-907)
SB237 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-542)
SB240 Revises provisions relating to state business licenses. (BDR 7-126)
SB258 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-594)
SB280 Makes an appropriation to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Dental Medicine for cleft and craniofacial health care. (BDR S-746)
SB316 Revises provisions relating to insurance. (BDR 57-777)
SB325 Requires certain counties and cities and certain nonprofit organizations to establish a program relating to the adoption of certain animals. (BDR 20-1004)
SB386 Revises provisions relating to massage therapy. (BDR 54-891)