Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2013-2019 (Appointed April 2013)—four regular and four special sessions
  • Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 2017 and 2019
  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education (Chair); Health and Human Services; Ways and Means
  • 2017 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education (Chair); Corrections, Parole, and Probation; Health and Human Services; Judiciary
  • 2015 SESSION COMMITTEES: Health and Human Services; Judiciary; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2013 SESSION COMMITTEES: Health and Human Services; Judiciary; Legislative Operations and Elections; Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining
  • 2017-2018 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Committee on Education; Committee to Conduct an Interim Study Relating to Affordable Housing; Advisory Committee for the Office of Minority Health and Equity; Governor's Workforce Investment Board

Honors and Awards

  • Community Leadership Award, Las Vegas Soul Fest, 2014
  • President Obama Volunteer Service Award, 2011
  • Warriorship Award, Guardian Quest Diversity Champion, 2007
  • Volunteer Center of Southern Nevada, Community Enrichment Award and National Points of Light, 2006
  • NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet Award, 2003
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee President's Award for Community Involvement, 2000
  • Distinguished Gentleman in Southern Nevada, 2000
  • Outstanding Court Appointed Special Advocate Award, 1998
  • Northern Arizona University, President's Prize, 1989

Other Achievements

  • Graduate, Council of State Governments Henry Toll Fellowship Program, December 2016
  • Council of State Governments (CSG West) Western Legislative Academy, Graduate, 2014
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade Judge, 2012-2013
  • Greater New Jerusalem Baptist Church School of Ushering, Salutatorian, 2011
  • Valley High School, Student Body President, 1985

Affiliations

  • Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), 1997 to present
  • Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC), Co-chair, 2010-2014
  • Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH), Council Member 2014-2016
  • National Forum for Black Public Administrators, Board Member and Past President, 2005-2013
  • Las Vegas METRO Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Las Vegas Co-curriculum and Curriculum Chair, 2011-2012
  • American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Board Member, 2006-2008
  • Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, participant, 2005
  • City of Las Vegas, Community Development Block Grant Recommending Board (CDRB), Board Member and Chairman, 2001-2004
  • Las Vegas METRO Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Las Vegas graduate, 2003
  • North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, 2000-2003
  • Taste of North Las Vegas Planning Committee, Member, 2000-2003
  • North Las Vegas Steering Committee, Vice Chair, Government Affairs 2000-2002

Education

  • Laura Dearing Elementary School
  • Jo Mackey Sixth Grade Center
  • Helen C. Cannon Jr. High School
  • Valley High School
  • Northern Arizona University, B.S., Criminal Justice
  • University of Phoenix, M.A., Organizational Management

Personal

Occupation: Public Administrator and entrepreneur
Recreation: Community mediation, journaling, volunteering
Born: 1967, North Las Vegas, Nevada
Children: Godsons: Rylan, Jace Witt

Primary Sponsor

AJR6 Urges Congress to prevent the United States Census Bureau from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census. (BDR R-279)
AB159 Establishes the Governor's Advisory Council on Food Security within the Department of Health and Human Services. (BDR 18-830)
AB168 Revises provisions governing the discipline of pupils. (BDR 34-539)
AB174 Establishes the Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing. (BDR 18-94)
AB183 Prohibits certain correctional services from being provided by private entities. (BDR 16-290)
AB186 Makes various changes related to elections. (BDR 24-678)
AB196 Makes an appropriation for incentives for teachers who currently teach at Title I schools and underperforming schools. (BDR S-144)
AB216 Requires the establishment of a database of information relating to funding opportunities for higher education. (BDR 18-858)
AB235 Revises provisions governing the Nevada Advisory Commission on Mentoring. (BDR 34-149)
AB247 Makes various changes relating to the care of children. (BDR 38-289)
SB249 Requires each public school to establish and maintain a school library. (BDR 34-13)
AB258 Makes changes relating to the provision of special education in public schools. (BDR 34-760)
AB259* Revises provisions relating to certain criminal convictions and sentences. (BDR 14-657)
SB284 Creates the Advisory Task Force on HIV Exposure Modernization. (BDR S-742)
AB289 Revises provisions relating to the subject area of reading. (BDR 34-93)
SB321 Abolishes the Achievement School District. (BDR 34-682)
AB322 Makes an appropriation to the Eighth Judicial District to support the operation of juvenile assessment centers. (BDR S-713)
SB324 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-683)
SB336 Requires the Governor to annually proclaim July 28 as Buffalo Soldiers Day in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-791)
SB350 Revises provisions relating to Nevada Promise Scholarships. (BDR 34-308)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)

Co-Sponsor

AJR1 Expresses objection to the transfer of radioactive plutonium to this State. (BDR R-977)
AJR2* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to require the recognition of all marriages regardless of gender. (BDR C-690)
ACR3 Memorializes former Assemblyman Bob Price. (BDR R-971)
SCR7 Celebrates the sister state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan. (BDR R-1266)
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)
AB169 Establishes the Maternal Mortality Review Committee. (BDR 40-712)
SB173 Revises provisions relating to criminal convictions of victims of sex trafficking and involuntary servitude. (BDR 14-595)
SB179 Revises provisions relating to abortions. (BDR 40-567)
AB181 Revises provisions governing employment attendance practices. (BDR 53-833)
AB182 Designates neon as the official state element of the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-670)
AB184 Revises provisions relating to security guards. (BDR 54-929)
AB185 Providing for a study concerning certain health benefits. (BDR S-277)
AB190 Revises provisions relating to certain construction. (BDR 28-637)
AB192 Establishes a procedure when certain offenses are decriminalized. (BDR 14-319)
AB194 Revises provisions governing the Nevada Early Childhood Advisory Council. (BDR 38-862)
AB234 Makes various changes relating to the Program for Child Care and Development. (BDR 38-305)
AB248 Prohibits a settlement agreement from containing provisions that prohibit or restrict a party from disclosing certain information under certain circumstances. (BDR 2-1004)
AB251 Expands the employers subject to provisions prohibiting certain unlawful employment practices. (BDR 53-1046)
AB254 Revises provisions relating to sickle cell disease and its variants. (BDR 40-20)
AB269 Revises provisions governing elections. (BDR 24-834)
SB270 Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and administer the Nevada Housing Crisis Response System. (BDR 38-792)
AB303* Requires that core correctional services be provided only by the State or a local government with certain exceptions. (BDR 16-1103)
AB325 Revises provisions relating to bail. (BDR 14-118)
AB374* Requires the Department of Health and Human Services, if authorized by federal law, to establish a health care plan within Medicaid for purchase by persons who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid. (BDR 38-881)
AB408* Revises provisions relating to Medicaid and health insurance. (BDR 38-957)