Assemblywoman Dina Neal

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2011-2014 (first elected November 2010)—two regular sessions

Other Public Service

  • Volunteer, adult literacy program
  • Community Board Member, Southern Economic Enterprise Board, 2007-2009
  • Southern Nevada Health District, Teen Pregnancy Committee, 2011-current
  • Education Commission of the States for Nevada, 2011-current
  • Vice Chair, Clark County Community Development Block Grant Board

Other Achievements

  • Grant writer, Project Save
  • Extern, Ninth Circuit Court, 2001

Affiliations

  • Member, National Bar Association
  • National Black Caucus of State Legislators
  • Economic Development Committee, CSG-West, 2011-current
  • Member, Clark County Democrats Recruitment Committee, 2009
  • Caucus Chair, Precinct 4017, Presidential Caucus, 2008
  • Member, Urban Chamber of Commerce, 2005-2007
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Education

  • Chaparral High School, Las Vegas
  • Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, B.A., Political Science
  • Southern University Law Center, J.D.

Personal

Occupation: Contract Administrator and Adjunct Professor
Recreation: Reading, swimming, education
Born: 1972, North Las Vegas
Children: Alexandra, Tuwaski

Primary Sponsor

AB96 Revises provisions governing the registration of certain motor vehicles and trailers. (BDR 43-494)
SB135 Revises provisions governing redevelopment agencies. (BDR 22-876)
AB137 Revises provisions relating to landscaping within common-interest communities. (BDR 10-215)
AB159 Establishes a diversion program for certain defendants. (BDR 14-669)
AB169 Revises provisions relating to contracts with a governmental entity. (BDR 27-793)
AB222 Requires certain school districts to adopt pilot programs for the establishment of reading skills development centers. (BDR S-482)
AB263 Revises provisions governing bidding on certain highway projects. (BDR 35-792)
AB270 Revises provisions governing minority affairs. (BDR 18-130)
AB298 Makes an appropriation to the City of Las Vegas to encourage the creation of small businesses. (BDR S-131)
AB308 Revises provisions relating to the Southern Nevada Enterprise Community. (BDR S-557)
SB357 Provides for tax credits for certain business entities. (BDR 18-478)
AB408 Revises provisions governing business impact statements prepared by state agencies and governing bodies of local governments. (BDR 18-416)
AB409 Creates the Nevada Business Development Fund. (BDR 18-523)
AB410 Directs the Office of Economic Development to create a pilot program to encourage the growth of existing businesses in this State. (BDR S-33)

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)
AJR6 Recognizes Nevada's partnership and friendship with, and expresses support for, the State of Israel. (BDR R-458)
ACR6 Expresses appreciation to the staff of the Legislative Counsel Bureau. (BDR R-1219)
SCR6 Memorializes former State Senator William J. Raggio. (BDR R-622)
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)
SJR15 Urges Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. (BDR R-1208)
AB97 Revises provisions governing habitual criminals, habitual felons and habitually fraudulent felons. (BDR 15-680)
AB115 Revises provisions governing the information required to be provided to suspected victims of domestic violence by law enforcement. (BDR 14-628)
AB133 Makes various changes to criminal law. (BDR 14-423)
AB138 Revises provisions governing the partial abatement of certain taxes. (BDR 32-113)
SB139 Expands provisions governing criminal and civil liability for certain crimes to include crimes motivated by the victim's gender identity or expression. (BDR 15-703)
AB147 Requires the notification of patients regarding breast density. (BDR 40-172)
AB152* Creates an advisory committee to develop recommendations for the funding of highways in this State. (BDR S-180)
SB169 Revises provisions governing criminal penalties. (BDR 15-495)
SB171 Provides for a program of matching grants to local governments for the maintenance and repair of public works. (BDR 43-621)
AB173 Revises provisions governing rates which may be charged by certain electric utilities. (BDR 58-966)
AB175 Revises provisions relating to uniformed-service and overseas voters. (BDR 24-635)
AB179 Revises provisions governing audits of certain regulatory boards of this State. (BDR 17-770)
SB180 Requires a court to award certain relief to an employee injured by certain unlawful employment practices under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-561)
AB194 Clarifies that a person who holds a leasehold interest in the real property of another person may be criminally liable for the destruction or injury of that real property. (BDR 15-654)
AB203 Revises provisions governing the granting of the right to visit a child to grandparents and great-grandparents of the child. (BDR 11-750)
AB208 Prohibits the Department of Taxation from applying sales taxes to the provision of meals by employers to their employees. (BDR 32-492)
AB227 Creates the Nevada Land Management Task Force to conduct a study addressing the transfer of certain public lands in this State. (BDR S-594)
AB230 Revises provisions governing courses of instruction in sex education. (BDR 34-1034)
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)
AB272 Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-791)
AB278 Enacts provisions related to multicultural education. (BDR 34-512)
AB280 Revises provisions governing certain sexual crimes involving minors. (BDR 15-9)
AB281 Revises provisions relating to recordkeeping on public works projects. (BDR 28-1070)
AB283 Makes various changes to provisions governing public works. (BDR 28-658)
AB296 Revises provisions governing certain tax exemptions for veterans. (BDR 32-810)
SB303 Provides for the issuance of driver authorization cards. (BDR 43-596)
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)
SB360* Revises provisions governing redevelopment agencies. (BDR 22-937)
AB387 Revises provisions governing public financial administration. (BDR 30-564)
AB398 Makes an appropriation to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the creation and maintenance of a branch office in Assembly District No. 6 in Clark County. (BDR S-1018)
AB399 Revises various provisions relating to unarmed combat. (BDR 41-142)
AB400 Revises provisions governing parole and probation and criminal offenders. (BDR 14-946)
AB412 Makes various changes relating to the Legislature. (BDR 17-528)