Assemblyman Pat Hickey

Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 1997-1998 and 2011-2015 (first elected November 1996; after lapse in service, subsequently elected November 2010)—four regular and two special sessions
  • 2015 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education; Taxation; Ways and Means
  • Minority Leader 2013-2014
  • 2013 SESSION COMMITTEES: Health and Human Services; Legislative Operations and Elections; Taxation; Ways and Means; Select Committee on the Assembly
  • 2011 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Legislative Operations and Elections; Ways and Means
  • 1997 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education; Government Affairs; Health and Human Services
  • 2015-2016 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Interim Finance Committee

Other Achievements

  • Volunteer, Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows
  • Parent Coordinator, Family Support Council
  • Graduate, Citizens Police Academy, Reno Police Department
  • Western Regional Director, American Leadership Conference

Affiliations

  • Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce
  • Business owner, Pat Hickey Painting
  • Editor, Nevada Journal
  • National Federation of Independent Business
  • Columnist, Nevada Appeal
  • Radio reporter, KOH
  • Journalism Instructor, Western Nevada College

Education

  • South Lake Tahoe High School
  • Regents College of New York, B.S.
  • University of Nevada, Reno, M.A., Journalism

Personal

Occupation: Contractor, Journalist, College Instructor
Recreation: Fishing, writing, skiing, family holidays
Born: 1950, Carson City, Nevada
Spouse: Shin
Children: Johnmin, Shinae, Daemin, Hannah

Primary Sponsor

AB4 Revises provisions relating to the operation of a winery in this State. (BDR 52-228)
AB7 Limits the recovery of damages arising from a civil action relating to a motor vehicle accident under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-227)
AB118 Revises provisions governing residency requirements for candidates for public office. (BDR 23-761)
AB173 Revises provisions governing private investigators. (BDR 54-758)
AB190 Revises provisions governing public employees' retirement. (BDR 23-184)
AB194 Revises provisions governing historic preservation. (BDR 33-246)
AB234 Enacts provisions related to multicultural education. (BDR 34-102)
AB267 Revises provisions concerning the sentencing and parole of persons convicted as an adult for a crime committed when the person was less than 18 years of age. (BDR 14-641)
AB272 Exempting certain businesses from certain requirements relating to residential facilities for groups. (BDR 40-759)
AB273 Requires a cooling-off period before a former State Legislator may act as a paid lobbyist before the Legislature. (BDR 17-760)
SB293 Revises provisions relating to the disposition of unspent campaign contributions. (BDR 24-596)
AB339 Revises provisions governing the composition of the boards of trustees of county school districts. (BDR 34-229)
AB377 Establishes provisions for the preservation, development and use of the Nevada State Prison as a historical, cultural, educational and scientific resource. (BDR 26-625)
AB391 Revises provisions governing the exemption from property taxes of certain property used for religious worship. (BDR 32-825)
AB394 Creates an advisory committee and a technical committee to develop a plan to reorganize the Clark County School District and revises certain provisions related to collective bargaining. (BDR 22-900)
SB394 Revises provisions relating to the protection of children. (BDR 38-264)

Co-Sponsor

AJR1 Recognizes the strategic partnership and bond of friendship with, and expresses the Nevada Legislature's support for, the State of Israel. (BDR R-525)
ACR3 Honors Nevadans who have lost their lives in the Global War on Terrorism. (BDR R-202)
ACR4 Memorializes former Assemblyman Joseph “Joe” Michael Hogan, Sr. (BDR R-1260)
ACR5 Memorializes former Assemblyman Peter L. “Pete” Livermore. (BDR R-1259)
SCR8 Commemorates the 30th anniversary of the sister-state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan. (BDR R-1265)
AB137 Revises provisions governing contractors. (BDR 54-513)
AB155 Revises provisions governing the issuance of special license plates for retired professional firefighters. (BDR 43-619)
SB171 Revises provisions governing the issuance of permits to carry concealed firearms. (BDR 15-597)
AB180 Revises provisions governing the biennial audit requirements for the Public Employees' Retirement System. (BDR 23-569)
AB241 Creates the Women Veterans Advisory Committee. (BDR 36-579)
AB248 Revises provisions governing reporting of information by physicians to the Department of Motor Vehicles concerning patients with epilepsy. (BDR 40-930)
AB249 Makes various changes relating to collective bargaining. (BDR 23-521)
SB261 Makes various changes relating to certain research facilities. (BDR 50-56)
AB266 Requires proof of identity for voting. (BDR 24-919)
AB281 Creates a statutory subcommittee of the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice. (BDR 14-243)
AB282 Revises provisions governing real property. (BDR 3-855)
AB286 Creates the Office of Military Legal Assistance within the Office of the Attorney General. (BDR 18-607)
AB300 Creates the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Administration. (BDR 18-581)
AB301 Prohibits restrictions on the freedom to display the flag of the State of Nevada in certain places. (BDR 10-533)
AB321 Revises provisions relating to school police officers. (BDR 34-925)
AB332 Makes various changes concerning government purchasing and bidding. (BDR 28-256)
SB339 Authorizes the Nevada System of Higher Education to impose additional restrictions relating to the use of tobacco. (BDR 15-873)
AB369 Requires a tenant to obtain approval before commencing certain work on a dwelling unit. (BDR 10-198)
AB370 Revises provisions governing child visitation. (BDR 11-201)
AB371 Establishes provisions governing the destruction of certain physical evidence. (BDR 4-734)
AB374 Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-1064)
AB409 Revises provisions relating to cosmetology. (BDR 54-1050)
SB411 Allows the imposition of certain taxes in a county to fund capital projects of the school district based on the recommendations of a Public Schools Overcrowding and Repair Needs Committee and voter approval. (BDR S-140)