Assemblymember Steve Yeager

Speaker
Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2017-2025 (first elected November 2016)—five regular sessions and five special sessions
  • 2025 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Ways and Means
  • 2023 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Legislative Operations and Elections; Ways and Means
  • 2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary (Chair); Growth and Infrastructure; Revenue
  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary (Chair); Growth and Infrastructure (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor
  • 2017 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary (Chair); Corrections, Parole, and Probation (Vice Chair); Health and Human Services; Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining
  • 2019-2020 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Committee to Conduct an Interim Study of Issues Relating to Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana (Chair); Committee to Consult with the Director; Gaming Policy Committee; Southern Regional Behavioral Health Policy Board; Technological Crime Advisory Board
  • 2017-2018 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Committee to Conduct an Interim Study Concerning the Advisability and Feasibility of Treating Certain Traffic and Related Violations as Civil Infractions (Chair); Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice; Gaming Policy Committee; Nevada State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision; Southern Regional Behavioral Health Policy Board

Other Public Service

  • Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice, Subcommittee to Review Arrestee DNA, Chairman, 2013-2014

Honors and Awards

  • Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Dedicated Service Award, 2016
  • 2019 Legislative Award, Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 2019
  • Southwest Legislator of the Year, TechNet, 2019
  • Alumni Exemplary Public Service Award, Cornell Law School, 2020
  • Nevada Justice Association 2021 Consumer Advocate of the Year
  • Boyd School of Law 2022-23 Student Bar Association Legacy of Advocacy Award
  • EDAWN 2023 President's Award
  • Right to Start 2024 Entrepreneur's Champion Award

Other Achievements

  • Graduate, Citizens' Police Academy, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 2018

Affiliations

  • State Bar of Nevada, Member
  • Clark County Bar Association, Member
  • Support America's Teachers, Board Member, 2019-current

Education

  • University of Michigan, B.A., History and Spanish
  • Cornell Law School, J.D., Cum Laude

Personal

Occupation: Partner, Battle Born Injury Lawyers
Recreation: Running, hiking, reading, writing, traveling
Born: 1978, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Spouse: Bita Yeager

Primary Sponsor

SCR1 Memorializes esteemed native Nevadan and lobbyist Kathleen “Neena” Laxalt. (BDR R-1028)
AJR14 Condemns the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and denounces the use of presidential pardons and commutations to absolve the rioters. (BDR R-991)
AB108 Makes an appropriation to the Outdoor Education and Recreation Grant Program Account. (BDR S-875)
AB119 Revises provisions relating to paramilitary activity. (BDR 36-191)
AB160* Revises provisions governing the sealing of certain criminal records. (BDR 14-634)
AB160 Creates the Nevada-Ireland Trade Commission. (BDR 18-650)
AB169 Requires that certain health insurance policies and health plans cover speech-language pathology for certain purposes. (BDR 57-735)
AB171 Revises provisions relating to the State Quarantine Officer. (BDR 51-985)
AB208 Restricts the use of certain products by governmental entities and government-funded entities. (BDR 19-737)
SB263 Revises provisions relating to pornography involving minors. (BDR 15-520)
AB306 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-569)
AB322* Revises provisions relating to kratom products. (BDR 52-763)
AB343 Makes revisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-988)
AB358 Makes appropriations to the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra for the statewide implementation of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program. (BDR S-1092)
AB375 Revises provisions relating to intoxicating liquor. (BDR 32-1049)
AB398 Provides for additional compensation for certain hard-to-fill positions at public schools. (BDR 34-189)
AB422 Revises provisions relating to the Civil Air Patrol. (BDR 36-190)
AB427 Revises provisions relating to public financial administration. (BDR 31-739)
SB435 Revises provisions relating to nicotine products. (BDR 32-989)
AB467 Revises provisions relating to forensic mental health. (BDR 14-842)
AB480 Revises provisions relating to discrimination in housing. (BDR 10-1101)
AB496 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-997)
AB497 Revises provisions relating to campaign finance. (BDR 24-996)
AB499 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-998)
AB500 Provides for the licensure and regulation of payments banks. (BDR 55-999)
AB501 Authorizes certain pupils to receive academic credit for completing certain outdoor recreational activities. (BDR 34-1142)

Co-Sponsor

AJR6* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to adopt the National Popular Vote Compact. (BDR C-389)
SJR7* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to establish certain rights relating to reproductive health. (BDR C-864)
AB224* Revises provisions governing collective bargaining. (BDR 23-155)
SB258 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-594)
SB305 Revises provisions relating to interscholastic activities. (BDR 34-1007)
SB414 Revises provisions relating to public office. (BDR 23-1111)
AB428 Requires certain health plans to include coverage for fertility preservation services. (BDR 57-915)