Senator John Ellison

Party: Republican

District: 19

County: Clark (Part), Elko (Part), Eureka (Part), Lincoln, Nye (Part), White Pine

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Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2024-Present (first elected November 2024)
  • Nevada Assembly, 2010-2022 (first elected November 2010)
  • Assembly Co-Deputy Minority Floor Leader (North), 2019
  • Assembly Minority Whip Rural, 2017
  • Assembly Speaker pro Tempore, 2015-2016

Personal

Occupation: Electrical Contractor
Recreation: Flying, shooting, spending time with family and friends
Born: 1953 - Elko, Nevada
Spouse: Wendy Ellison
Children: Billy, Michelle & Nicole

Primary Sponsor

SB122 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-606)
SB123 Prohibits local governments from enacting rent control. (BDR 20-723)
SB163 Revises provisions relating to bail. (BDR 14-725)
SB164 Revises provisions relating to permits to carry a concealed firearm. (BDR 15-607)
SB202 Revises provisions relating to housebreaking and unlawful occupancy. (BDR 15-729)
SB204 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 53-724)
SB209 Revises provisions relating to pharmacy benefit managers. (BDR 57-534)
AB240 Revises provisions relating to athletics. (BDR 34-179)

Co-Sponsor

SCR1 Memorializes esteemed native Nevadan and lobbyist Kathleen “Neena” Laxalt. (BDR R-1028)
SB96 Designates January 27 as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day” in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-604)
SB195 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-907)
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)
SB213 Revises provisions relating to the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image. (BDR 15-776)