Assemblyman Chris Edwards

Deputy Minority Whip - South
Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2015-2019 (first elected in November 2014)—three regular and two special sessions
  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Judiciary; Taxation
  • 2017 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education; Health and Human Services; Ways and Means
  • 2015 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education; Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining; Ways and Means
  • 2017-2018 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Interim Finance Committee; Interim Committee to Study the Cost and Affordability of Higher Education; Advisory Committee to Monitor the Implementation of the Reorganization of Large School Districts
  • 2015-2016 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Interim Finance Committee

Other Public Service

  • United States Navy, retired Navy Commander

Affiliations

  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • Knights of Columbus
  • Military Officers Association of America
  • National Rifle Association

Education

  • University of Notre Dame, Indiana, B.A., Government
  • The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., M.P.A.

Personal

Occupation: Strategic Planning
Recreation: Travel, discus-throwing, racquetball, sports enthusiast
Born: 1965, Sleepy Hollow, New York

Primary Sponsor

AB208 Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-122)
AB209 Makes an appropriation to the Secretary of State to prepare for the 2020 elections. (BDR S-558)
AB210 Revises provisions related to veterans. (BDR 34-125)
AB211 Makes various changes concerning domestic relations. (BDR 11-123)
SB230 Revises provisions relating to certain real estate professions. (BDR 54-311)
AB245 Requires the waiver of certain fees for certain veteran-owned businesses. (BDR 7-124)
AB296 Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 31-557)
AB332 Makes various changes relating to the enhancement of school and classroom safety. (BDR 34-616)
AB342 Revises provisions governing pupils who are children of military personnel. (BDR 34-624)
AB366 Requires the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety to establish a program to provide assistance to persons who own and occupy certain damaged homes. (BDR 36-1077)
AB395 Revises provisions governing motor vehicles and off-highway vehicles. (BDR 43-617)
AB396 Revises provisions relating to bullying and cyber-bullying in public schools. (BDR 31-615)

Co-Sponsor

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)
AB147 Authorizes a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to perform certain services. (BDR 40-85)
AB157 Establishes provisions relating to certain services for and resources concerning victims of human trafficking. (BDR 18-141)
AB161 Revises provisions governing common-interest communities. (BDR 10-705)
AB174 Establishes the Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing. (BDR 18-94)
AB212 Revises provisions governing the confidentiality of personal information of certain persons. (BDR 20-620)
AB213 Revises provisions governing the issuance of restricted drivers' licenses to certain pupils. (BDR 43-706)
AB214 Makes an appropriation for a feasibility study of the development of the historic structures, buildings and other property and any artifact resources of the Nevada State Prison. (BDR S-535)
AB215 Revises provisions relating to document preparation services. (BDR 19-666)
AB241 Revises the commerce tax as it applies to certain motor vehicle dealers. (BDR 32-15)
AB246 Revises provisions relating to business entities. (BDR 18-996)
AB255 Revises provisions relating to permits to carry concealed firearms. (BDR 15-84)
AB261 Revises provisions relating to the safety of children in public schools. (BDR S-590)
SB286 Revises provisions relating to aggregated sentences and eligibility for parole. (BDR 14-293)
AB306 Enacts provisions to assist veteran-owned businesses to create cooperatives. (BDR 7-288)
SB325 Establishes the Nevada Child Adoption Grant Program to provide grants to assist certain prospective adoptive parents with certain costs of adoption. (BDR 11-163)
AB327 Revises provisions relating to abortion. (BDR 40-1058)
AB338 Revises requirements for the operation of a motor vehicle by a young driver. (BDR 43-600)
AB352 Revises provisions governing certain mortgages. (BDR 52-698)
SB359 Provides for continued coverage for health care for certain chronic health conditions. (BDR 57-627)
SB360 Enacts the Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act. (BDR 15-11)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)
SB389 Prohibits a person from owning or possessing an apiary within certain areas of this State. (BDR 49-1018)
AB390 Revises provisions relating to equipment on motor vehicles. (BDR 43-1059)