Senator Lisa Krasner

Minority Whip
Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2022-Present (first elected November 2022)
  • Co-Minority Whip, 2023
  • 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)
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)