Assemblywoman Jill Tolles

Legislative Executive Committee Chair
Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2017-2021(first elected November 2016)—three regular and two special sessions
  • 2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Education; Ways and Means
  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Education; Judiciary
  • 2017 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Corrections, Parole, and Probation; Education; Judiciary
  • 2019-2020 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Legislative Committee on Education; Legislative Committee on Energy; Commission on Special License Plates
  • 2017-2018 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Committee on Education; Legislative Committee on Energy; Nevada Sentencing Commission

Other Public Service

  • Non-paid lobbyist 2011, 2013, and 2015
  • WCSD Education Alliance, 2017-current
  • Northern Nevada Sex Trafficking Task Force, Chair, 2019-current
  • Saint Albert the Great Catholic School, Board Member, 2013-2019

Other Achievements

  • Aspen Institute Rodel Public Leadership Fellow, 2019-current
  • Council of State Governments, Western Leadership Academy, 2017
  • TEDx, University of Nevada, Reno, Speaker

Affiliations

  • Task Force for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention, 2014-current
  • National Association of State Judicial Educators, 2013-current
  • Reno-Tahoe Chamber of Commerce, 1999-2001, 2015-current
  • Parent Leaders for Education, Advocate, 2010-2015
  • Say Yes for Kids Committee, Co-chair, 2012-2015

Education

  • University of Nevada, Reno, B.A. and M.A., Communication Studies

Personal

Occupation: Small business owner; Adjunct Professor, UNR; Faculty, National Judicial College
Recreation: Fly fishing, hiking, spending time with my family
Born: April 9, Greensboro, North Carolina
Spouse: Par
Children: Two

Primary Sponsor

SB142 Makes various changes relating to school safety. (BDR 34-167)
AB157 Establishes provisions relating to certain services for and resources concerning victims of human trafficking. (BDR 18-141)
AB166 Revises provisions relating to prostitution. (BDR 15-861)
AB194 Revises provisions governing the Nevada Early Childhood Advisory Council. (BDR 38-862)
SB208 Revises provisions governing cosmetology. (BDR 54-565)
AB216 Requires the establishment of a database of information relating to funding opportunities for higher education. (BDR 18-858)
AB217 Revises provisions relating to firearms. (BDR 15-860)
SB230 Revises provisions relating to certain real estate professions. (BDR 54-311)
AB313 Establishes an occupational licensing database for certain professions. (BDR 18-859)
AB314 Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-1057)
AB316 Revises provisions relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or a prohibited substance. (BDR 43-312)
AB318 Revises provisions relating to workforce development. (BDR 34-315)
AB319 Revises provisions governing professional licensing. (BDR 54-314)
AB321 Revises provisions relating to renewable energy systems. (BDR 58-313)
SB343 Requires training for certain members of certain educational governing bodies and requires additional transparency for school expenditures. (BDR 34-548)
SB345 Revises provisions governing estate distilleries. (BDR 52-980)
SB351 Makes certain changes relating to education. (BDR 34-247)
AB352 Revises provisions governing certain mortgages. (BDR 52-698)
AB359 Revises provisions relating to work-based learning programs. (BDR 34-853)
AB392 Encourages employers to provide work-based learning opportunities for pupils. (BDR 34-952)
AB404 Authorizes the Board of Wildlife Commissioners to establish a program authorizing certain persons to transfer, defer or return certain lawfully obtained tags if certain extenuating circumstances exist. (BDR 45-1029)
AB475 Requires training for certain members of certain educational governing bodies and requires certain disclosures of school expenditures. (BDR 34-999)

Co-Sponsor

SJR2 Proposes an amendment to the Nevada Constitution that revises the provisions governing appointments of judicial officers to fill vacancies. (BDR C-766)
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)
AB134 Revises provisions governing privileges. (BDR 4-694)
AB139 Revises provisions relating to when minors may marry. (BDR 11-1)
AB147 Authorizes a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to perform certain services. (BDR 40-85)
AB167 Authorizes the possession of a handgun in a motor vehicle that is on the property of certain educational entities or child care facilities in certain circumstances. (BDR 15-97)
AB174 Establishes the Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing. (BDR 18-94)
AB182 Designates neon as the official state element of the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-670)
SB188 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-632)
AB201 Revises provisions governing certain traffic laws. (BDR 43-604)
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)
AB240 Requires representatives from certain counties and cities to meet jointly and prepare reports addressing the orderly management of growth in their region. (BDR S-1043)
AB246 Revises provisions relating to business entities. (BDR 18-996)
AB255 Revises provisions relating to permits to carry concealed firearms. (BDR 15-84)
AB260 Revises provisions governing mental health. (BDR 4-1031)
SB265 Revises provisions relating to certain information and records concerning public safety. (BDR 14-1042)
SB282 Limiting the civil liability of crisis support centers under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-614)
SB311 Revises provisions prohibiting certain discriminatory practices against a person seeking credit. (BDR 52-1048)
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)
AB339 Revises provisions relating to wages paid to certain persons who participate in job and day training services. (BDR 39-104)
AB358 Makes certain changes to attract certain health professionals to practice in Nevada. (BDR 34-851)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)
AB380 Revises provisions governing safety in K-12 public schools. (BDR 31-41)
AB499 Provides for a special license plate of limited duration commemorating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. (BDR 43-1265)