Assemblyman Howard Watts

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2019-2021 (first elected November 2018)—two regular and two special sessions
  • 2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Natural Resources (Chair); Growth and Infrastructure (Vice Chair); Ways and Means
  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Growth and Infrastructure; Judiciary; Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining
  • 2019-2020 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Committee on High-Level Radioactive Waste (Vice Chair); Committee to Conduct an Interim Study of the Requirements for Reapportionment and Redistricting in the State of Nevada; Legislative Committee on Public Lands

Honors and Awards

  • Green Awards, Community Volunteer Leadership, 2018
  • Las Vegas Seven Best of the City, Best Activist, 2013
  • Mario Savio Young Activist Award, 2012
  • Las Vegas City Life, Local Hero, 2012

Other Achievements

  • Las Vegas Citizens Academy of Planning, 2013

Affiliations

  • Clark County Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife, Member, 2015–current
  • Las Vegas Valley Citizens Advisory Committee, 2016–2017
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada, Mentor, 2014–2015
  • Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Southern Nevada, Board Member, 2010–2012
  • Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Nevada Chapter, Board Member

Education

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Political Science, B.A.

Personal

Occupation: Public relations (self-employed)
Recreation: Backpacking, fishing, travel
Born: 1987, Las Vegas, Nevada
Spouse: Leora Olivas

Primary Sponsor

AJR2 Urges Congress to reject any expansion in the use of land or exercise of jurisdiction by the United States Air Force in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. (BDR R-697)
AJR6 Urges Congress to prevent the United States Census Bureau from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census. (BDR R-279)
AB137 Revises provisions relating to certain polling places. (BDR 24-800)
AB159 Establishes the Governor's Advisory Council on Food Security within the Department of Health and Human Services. (BDR 18-830)
AB163 Revises provisions governing water conservation. (BDR 48-798)
SB165 Makes various changes to provisions governing prescribing, dispensing and administering controlled substances designed to end the life of a patient. (BDR 40-292)
SB178 Creates the Council on Food Security and the Food for People, Not Landfills Program. (BDR 18-57)
AB182 Designates neon as the official state element of the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-670)
AB186 Makes various changes related to elections. (BDR 24-678)
AB249 Provides for the creation of land banks. (BDR 22-799)
AB265 Requires the Desert Research Institute to conduct a study concerning water treatment and recycling. (BDR S-901)
AB269 Revises provisions governing elections. (BDR 24-834)
AB275 Makes various changes relating to professional and occupational licensing. (BDR 54-676)
AB281 Restricts certain state and local law enforcement agencies from performing certain actions relating to immigration enforcement. (BDR 14-898)
AB339 Revises provisions relating to wages paid to certain persons who participate in job and day training services. (BDR 39-104)
AB364 Revises provisions governing the transfer, title and sale of manufactured homes. (BDR 43-801)
AB377 Revises provisions governing weight and length limits on certain vehicles. (BDR 43-802)

Co-Sponsor

AJR1 Expresses objection to the transfer of radioactive plutonium to this State. (BDR R-977)
ACR3 Memorializes former Assemblyman Bob Price. (BDR R-971)
AJR4 Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to pass acts to combat illegal harvesting and trafficking of human organs. (BDR R-92)
SCR7 Celebrates the sister state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan. (BDR R-1266)
SCR8 Memorializes former Nevada Attorney General and Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Springer. (BDR R-1259)
ACR9 Celebrates the Life of Assemblyman Odis “Tyrone” Thompson. (BDR R-1291)
AB118 Revises provisions relating to certain financial transactions and short-term loans. (BDR 52-621)
AB127 Revises provisions governing testimony before governmental bodies. (BDR 19-272)
AB136 Makes various changes relating to public construction. (BDR 28-145)
SB143 Repeals, revises and reenacts provisions relating to background checks for certain sales or transfers of firearms. (BDR 15-755)
AB153 Revises provisions governing the storage of firearms. (BDR 15-119)
SB160 Requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt certain regulations concerning natural gas infrastructure. (BDR 58-909)
AB161 Revises provisions governing common-interest communities. (BDR 10-705)
AB170 Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage. (BDR 57-278)
SB173 Revises provisions relating to criminal convictions of victims of sex trafficking and involuntary servitude. (BDR 14-595)
AB174 Establishes the Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing. (BDR 18-94)
AB178 Provides for transferable tax credits for the rehabilitation of historic buildings. (BDR 32-297)
SB179 Revises provisions relating to abortions. (BDR 40-567)
AB181 Revises provisions governing employment attendance practices. (BDR 53-833)
AB183 Prohibits certain correctional services from being provided by private entities. (BDR 16-290)
AB185 Providing for a study concerning certain health benefits. (BDR S-277)
AB189 Revises provisions relating to warrants for the search of a person. (BDR 14-958)
AB190 Revises provisions relating to certain construction. (BDR 28-637)
AB192 Establishes a procedure when certain offenses are decriminalized. (BDR 14-319)
AB193 Revises provisions governing driver authorization cards. (BDR 43-896)
AB197 Revises provisions relating to consumer practices. (BDR 52-899)
AB203 Revises provisions relating to bail in certain criminal cases. (BDR 14-127)
AB219 Makes various changes relating to education. (BDR 34-673)
AB234 Makes various changes relating to the Program for Child Care and Development. (BDR 38-305)
AB246 Revises provisions relating to business entities. (BDR 18-996)
SB254 Revises provisions relating to carbon reduction. (BDR 40-907)
SB265 Revises provisions relating to certain information and records concerning public safety. (BDR 14-1042)
AB267 Provides compensation to certain persons who were wrongfully convicted. (BDR 3-657)
AB274 Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 18-86)
AB277 Requires school districts to establish, through negotiations with an employee organization, a program to increase the salaries of teachers and other employees. (BDR 34-1045)
SB286 Revises provisions relating to aggregated sentences and eligibility for parole. (BDR 14-293)
AB289 Revises provisions relating to the subject area of reading. (BDR 34-93)
AB294 Makes various changes concerning graduation requirements for certain pupils who experience instability concerning residence. (BDR 34-1022)
AB295 Revising provisions governing sexuality education in public schools. (BDR 34-811)
AB306 Enacts provisions to assist veteran-owned businesses to create cooperatives. (BDR 7-288)
AB326 Provides for tax credits for certain business entities that invest in certain fresh food retailers located in underserved communities and similar areas. (BDR 18-318)
AB333 Provides for the issuance of “Vegas Strong” specialty license plates. (BDR 43-273)
SB336 Requires the Governor to annually proclaim July 28 as Buffalo Soldiers Day in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-791)
AB342 Revises provisions governing pupils who are children of military personnel. (BDR 34-624)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)
AB376 Revises provisions relating to persons in custody. (BDR 16-675)
AB383 Provides for the designation of a Student Loan Ombudsman. (BDR 18-880)
AB390 Revises provisions relating to equipment on motor vehicles. (BDR 43-1059)