Assemblymember Venise Karris

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2025 (first elected November 2024)—one regular session
  • 2025 SESSION COMMITTEES: Government Affairs; Growth and Infrastructure; Natural Resources

Education

  • University of Illinois, B.S., 1980
  • Electrical Joint Apprentice Training Center, Journeyman Wireman, 2001

Personal

Occupation: Retired Journeyman Wireman
Recreation: Reading, sewing, fingerloop knitting
Born: 1957, Chicago, Illinois
Children: Lauren, Samantha

Primary Sponsor

AB115 Authorizes certain state buildings to be used for certain purposes. (BDR 27-864)
AB200 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-862)
AB303 Revises provisions governing public works. (BDR 28-866)
AB304 Establishing certain notification and reporting requirements concerning pilot programs that research transcranial magnetic stimulation or electromagnetic brain pulse treatment. (BDR S-865)
AB317 Provides for the establishment of a program by a county or city to provide certain housing facilities to assist persons experiencing homelessness. (BDR 20-863)
AB426 Revises provisions relating to the organization of large school districts. (BDR 34-1048)

Co-Sponsor

SCR1 Memorializes esteemed native Nevadan and lobbyist Kathleen “Neena” Laxalt. (BDR R-1028)
ACR3 Expresses gratitude to the National Conference of State Legislatures for 50 years of service. (BDR R-986)
SCR4 Declares April 2025 as Financial Literacy Month. (BDR R-1163)
AJR7 Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to revise provisions relating to the compensation of certain elected officers. (BDR C-654)
SJR10 Urges Congress to take certain actions relating to the therapeutic use of certain psychedelic compounds. (BDR R-801)
AJR14 Condemns the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and denounces the use of presidential pardons and commutations to absolve the rioters. (BDR R-991)
AB82 Requires the Governor to proclaim certain days of observance. (BDR 19-60)
SB96 Designates January 27 as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day” in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-604)
AB145 Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-77)
AB191 Revises provisions relating to collective bargaining. (BDR 23-889)
AB223 Revises provisions relating to the habitability of rental property. (BDR 10-684)
SB258 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-594)
SB262 Revises provisions relating to graduate medical education. (BDR 18-120)
AB266 Makes revisions relating to breastfeeding. (BDR 40-595)
SB276 Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 40-750)
AB278 Designates the month of July as Muslim American Heritage Month. (BDR 19-924)
AB289 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-320)
AB290 Revises provisions relating to prior authorization for medical or dental care under health insurance plans. (BDR 57-861)
AB297 Revises provisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-838)
SB367 Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 18-1085)
AB378 Creates the Alternative Therapy Pilot Program. (BDR 40-820)
AB382 Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage for biomarker testing. (BDR 57-913)
AB388 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 23-1027)
AB405 Revises provisions relating to agriculture. (BDR S-911)
AB414 Revises provisions relating to occupational safety and health. (BDR 53-666)
AB417 Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 43-647)
AB428 Requires certain health plans to include coverage for fertility preservation services. (BDR 57-915)
AB454 Enacts a Smart Heart Law for public and private schools. (BDR 34-1029)