Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2011-2014; Nevada Senate, 1999-2009 (first elected November 1998-Nevada Senate, and November 2010-Nevada Assembly)—ten special and eight regular sessions
  • 2011 SESSION COMMITTEES: Assembly Committees on: Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Ways and Means
  • 2009 SESSION COMMITTEES: Senate Committees on: Commerce and Labor (Chair); Energy, Infrastructure, and Transportation (Vice Chair); Taxation
  • 2007 SESSION COMMITTEES: Senate Committees on: Commerce and Labor; Natural Resources; Transportation and Homeland Security
  • 2005 SESSION COMMITTEES: Senate Committees on: Commerce and Labor; Natural Resources; Transportation and Homeland Security
  • 2003 SESSION COMMITTEES: Senate Committees on: Commerce and Labor; Natural Resources; Transportation
  • 2001 SESSION COMMITTEES: Senate Committees on: Commerce and Labor; Legislative Affairs and Operations; Natural Resources
  • 1999 SESSION COMMITTEES: Senate Committees on: Commerce and Labor; Legislative Affairs and Operations; Natural Resources
  • 2011-2012 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Interim Finance Committee; Interim Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Early Intervention Services; Legislative Commission’s Audit Subcommittee; Legislative Committee on Health Care; Legislative Committee on Public Lands (Chair); Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission
  • 2009-2010 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Nevada Legislature’s Commission on Special License Plates (Chair); Legislative Commission; Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Review Regulations; Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Review the United States Department of Labor’s Report on the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Program (Chair)
  • 2007-2008 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Nevada Legislature’s Commission on Special License Plates (Chair); Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Review Regulations; Legislative Committee for the Review and Oversight of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Marlette Lake Water System; Nevada Legislature’s Subcommittee of the Legislative Committee on Health Care to Review the Laws and Regulations Governing Providers of Health Care, the Use of Lasers and Intense Pulsed Light Therapy, and the Use of Injections of Cosmetic Substances (Chair)
  • 2005-2006 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Committee for the Review and Oversight of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Marlette Lake Water System
  • 2003-2004 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Commission; Legislative Committee for the Review and Oversight of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Marlette Lake Water System (Vice Chair)
  • 2001-2002 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Legislative Commission’s Committee to Continue the Review of Programs and Activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin
  • 1999-2000 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Committee on Workers’ Compensation; Subcommittee to Study Domestic and Municipal Water Wells; Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Study the Integration of State and Local Child Welfare Systems in Nevada

Other Public Service

  • Advisory Board on Maternal and Child Health, 2001-2010
  • Governor’s Workforce Investment Board, 2007-2008, 2009-2010
  • Perinatal Substance Abuse Prevention Subcommittee of the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board, 2003-present
  • Nevada State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2001-2002
  • Governor’s Fundamental Review Committee

Honors and Awards

  • WiLL Pacesetter Award, 2005
  • Legislator of the Year, Nevada State Psychological Association, 2003
  • Nevada Women’s Lobby Outstanding First Term Legislator

Affiliations

  • State Director, The Women Legislators’ Lobby (WiLL), 2006
  • Executive Committee, National Labor Caucus of State Legislators
  • Girl Scouts
  • Las Vegas Interfaith Council
  • Shop Steward, Culinary Local No. 226
  • Southern Nevada Water Authority Citizens Advisory Committee on Water Quality
  • Girl Scouts Girls Golf Club
  • Griffith United Methodist Church

Personal

Occupation: Community and Workforce Development, Great Basin Primary Care Association
Recreation: Gardening
Born: 1957, St. Louis, Missouri
Spouse: Merritt Carlton
Children: M. Grace Gelzer, Lucy Carlton

Primary Sponsor

AB72 Revises provisions relating to the Nevada State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. (BDR 54-189)
AB75 Revises provisions governing the publication of property tax rolls. (BDR 32-486)
AB95 Revises provisions governing prescription labels. (BDR 54-648)
AB168 Requires the membership of each county advisory board to manage wildlife to include one qualified member who represents the interests of the general public. (BDR 45-780)
AB170 Revises provisions relating to the advanced practice of nursing. (BDR 54-778)
SB172 Provides a deduction from the payroll tax for newly hired full-time employees under certain circumstances. (BDR 32-537)
AB192 Repeals the prospective expiration of the authority of county clerks to charge and collect an additional fee for filing and recording a bond of a notary public. (BDR S-1037)
AB200 Revises provisions relating to food establishments. (BDR 40-129)
AB208 Prohibits the Department of Taxation from applying sales taxes to the provision of meals by employers to their employees. (BDR 32-492)
SB213 Revises certain provisions relating to trapping. (BDR 45-450)
AB247 Enacts the Nevada Buy American Act. (BDR 28-190)
AB324 Revises provisions relating to dental assistants. (BDR 54-938)
AB337 Encourages public schools to establish and participate in programs that promote the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables by children. (BDR S-45)
AB341 Revises provisions relating to homeopathic medicine. (BDR 54-1032)

Co-Sponsor

SCR2 Commemorates the 20th anniversary of the donation of precious art from the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the people of the State of Nevada, reaffirms the sister-state relationship between the State of Nevada and the Republic of China (Taiwan) and celebrates the donation of additional artwork to the Nevada Legislature under the Nevada Senate's SENarts initiative. (BDR R-695)
ACR4 Honors Nevadans who have lost their lives in the Global War on Terrorism. (BDR R-246)
ACR5 Memorializes former Assemblyman John W. Marvel. (BDR R-1211)
SCR5 Commemorates the 150th anniversary of the State of Nevada. (BDR R-613)
SCR6 Memorializes former State Senator William J. Raggio. (BDR R-622)
ACR6 Expresses appreciation to the staff of the Legislative Counsel Bureau. (BDR R-1219)
ACR8 Memorializes John J. McDonald. (BDR R-1231)
SCR10 Memorializes former University Regent Dorothy Gallagher. (BDR R-1238)
AR11 Expresses appreciation to the Chief Clerk and staff of the Assembly. (BDR R-1217)
AB89 Authorizes the formation of benefit corporations. (BDR 7-28)
AB100 Designates five family court judges in counties with a population of 700,000 or more to hear only cases involving child abuse and neglect, adoptions of children in foster care and the termination of parental rights. (BDR 1-532)
AB139 Revises provisions relating to the state business portal. (BDR 7-127)
AB147 Requires the notification of patients regarding breast density. (BDR 40-172)
AB150 Creates the Legislative Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability. (BDR 17-739)
AB159 Establishes a diversion program for certain defendants. (BDR 14-669)
AB175 Revises provisions relating to uniformed-service and overseas voters. (BDR 24-635)
AB181 Makes various changes to provisions governing employment practices. (BDR 53-48)
AB234 Revises provisions relating to firearms. (BDR 15-915)
AB248 Creates a statutory subcommittee of the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice (BDR 14-616)
SB266 Revises provisions governing coverage for chemotherapy in a policy of health insurance or health care plan. (BDR 57-879)
AB277 Revises provisions governing dental hygienists. (BDR 54-788)
AB307 Revises provisions governing victims of crime. (BDR 16-743)
AB344 Provides for the use of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment in this State. (BDR 40-682)
AB374 Revises provisions relating to counties. (BDR 20-520)
SB376 Proposes to revise provisions relating to the preservation and promotion of the arts and museums in this State. (BDR 18-625)
AB394 Revises provisions relating to statements of financial disclosure. (BDR 23-50)
AB399 Revises various provisions relating to unarmed combat. (BDR 41-142)
AB412 Makes various changes relating to the Legislature. (BDR 17-528)