Assemblyman David Orentlicher

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2021 (first elected November 2020)—one regular session
  • 2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Health and Human Services; Judiciary; Revenue
  • Indiana House of Representatives, 2002-2008

Honors and Awards

  • Planned Parenthood of Indiana, Distinguished Legislative Service Award

Other Achievements

  • Harvard Law Review, Editor
  • Princeton University, Visiting DeCamp Professor of Bioethics
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Health Law Program, Director

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • American Civil Liberties Union, Member and Past Board Member (Nevada and Indiana affiliate)
  • American Law Institute
  • American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Member and Past President
  • Nevada State Medical Association
  • State Bar of Nevada
  • United States Supreme Court Bar

Education

  • Harvard Medical School, M.D.
  • Harvard Law School, J.D.
  • Brandeis University, B.A., Economics

Personal

Occupation: Professor, William S. Boyd School of Law
Recreation: Reading, writing, Cajun dancing
Born: Washington, D.C.
Spouse: Judy
Children: Cy, Shay

Primary Sponsor

SB95 Revises provisions relating to business entities. (BDR 7-493)
AB243 Revises provisions relating to the administration of justice. (BDR 14-785)
AB338 Revises provisions governing the investment of certain public money in foreign bonds, notes or other obligations. (BDR 31-787)
AB345 Revises provisions relating to drug paraphernalia. (BDR 40-978)
AB346 Establishes procedures to fix rates for certain health care goods and services. (BDR 40-786)
AB347 Requires the Legislative Committee on Health Care to study certain issues related to the economics of health care. (BDR S-541)

Co-Sponsor

AJR1 Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to add and revise terms relating to persons with certain conditions for whose benefit certain public entities are supported by the State. (BDR C-477)
SCR3 Memorializes former state Senator Joseph M. Neal, Jr. (BDR R-901)
ACR5 Directs the Legislative Commission to appoint an interim committee to study the behavioral health workforce in this State. (BDR R-105)
ACR6 Memorializes former Assemblyman and Senator Alan H. Glover. (BDR R-1158)
AJR7 Urges the Congress of the United States to pass the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2020. (BDR R-765)
SCR12 Celebrates the sister-state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan, which continues to enhance trade, educational and cultural relations. (BDR R-1151)
SCR14 Memorializes former District Court Judge Don P. Chairez. (BDR R-1140)
AB113 Increases the limitation of time within which a criminal prosecution for sex trafficking must be commenced. (BDR 14-610)
AB116 Revises provisions relating to traffic offenses. (BDR 43-491)
AB118 Revises provisions relating to the transportation of children in motor vehicles. (BDR 43-209)
AB121 Revises certain provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-774)
AB157 Authorizes a person who is the victim of certain discriminatory conduct relating to an incident involving a peace officer to bring a civil action under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-227)
AB158 Revises the penalties for certain offenses involving alcohol or cannabis. (BDR 15-360)
AB172 Requires the Nevada Veterans Services Commission to conduct a study relating to the Department of Veterans Services. (BDR S-712)
SB177 Revises provisions relating to the Account for Aid for Victims of Domestic Violence. (BDR 16-926)
AB187 Designates the month of September of each year as “Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Prevention and Awareness Month” in Nevada. (BDR 19-917)
AB197 Revises provisions relating to persons experiencing homelessness. (BDR 11-682)
AB201 Revises provisions relating to informants. (BDR 14-777)
AB206 Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-746)
SB209 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 53-953)
AB212 Makes various changes relating to court interpreters. (BDR 1-758)
AB219 Revises provisions governing the sealing of criminal records. (BDR 14-137)
AB224 Provides for access to menstrual products in certain public schools. (BDR 34-767)
AB230 Revises provisions relating to juvenile justice. (BDR 5-791)
AB236 Revises provisions governing the qualifications for the Office of Attorney General. (BDR 18-921)
AB251 Makes various changes relating to records concerning children. (BDR 5-986)
AB254 Revises provisions governing collegiate athletics. (BDR 34-879)
AB255 Revises provisions governing boards of trustees of school districts. (BDR 34-920)
AB256 Provides for Medicaid coverage of doula services. (BDR 38-849)
AB262 Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-946)
AB327 Requires certain mental health professionals to complete continuing education relating to cultural competency. (BDR 54-175)
AB331 Makes various changes to provisions relating to affordable housing. (BDR 22-807)
AB371 Enacts provisions governing discrimination based on race. (BDR 34-697)
AB374 Establishes the Statewide Substance Use Response Working Group. (BDR 40-991)
SB448 Revises provisions governing public utilities. (BDR 58-46)