Assemblymember Jovan A. Jackson

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

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

Other Public Service

  • Community leader since 2019
  • Criminal justice organizer since 2018
  • Provided mental health and social services since 2011
  • Small business owner since 2011

Affiliations

  • Mass Liberation Project
  • North Las Vegas Democratic Club
  • Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada

Education

  • College of Southern Nevada, Associate of Arts, 2019

Personal

Occupation: Entrepreneur, community organizer, and mental health advocate
Recreation: Traveling, hiking, swimming, advocating, learning new cultures, food connoisseur, public speaking
Born: 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada

Primary Sponsor

AB131 Provides an exemption from property taxation for accessory dwelling units rented or leased to certain tenants. (BDR 32-694)
AB222 Revises provisions relating to public works. (BDR 28-675)
SB277 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-786)
AB291 Revises provisions relating to records of criminal history. (BDR 14-676)
AB320 Revises provisions related to the administration of justice. (BDR 1-810)
AB321 Revises provisions relating to offenders. (BDR 16-1015)
AB328 Creates certain commissions and subcommittees for the purpose of educating the general public concerning certain cultural affairs relating to African-Americans. (BDR 18-619)
AB406 Makes various changes relating to health. (BDR 34-674)

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)
AB83 Designates “Larry Itliong Day” as a day of observance in this State. (BDR 19-99)
SB96 Designates January 27 as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day” in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-604)
AB123 Revises provisions relating to elections communications. (BDR 24-733)
AB145 Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-77)
AB191 Revises provisions relating to collective bargaining. (BDR 23-889)
AB224 Provides for the issuance of bonds to assist certain school districts in financing capital improvements. (BDR S-688)
AB231 Requires certain service contracts to impose certain duties upon the provider of the service contract. (BDR 57-655)
AB256 Directs the Legislative Commission to appoint a Regional Rail Transit Advisory Working Group to conduct an interim study relating to regional rail transit. (BDR S-614)
SB258 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-594)
SB262 Revises provisions relating to graduate medical education. (BDR 18-120)
AB263 Revises provisions relating to homelessness. (BDR 20-96)
AB266 Makes revisions relating to breastfeeding. (BDR 40-595)
AB278 Designates the month of July as Muslim American Heritage Month. (BDR 19-924)
AB285 Establishes the Nevada State Service Corps within the Department of Administration. (BDR 23-98)
AB289 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-320)
AB292 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-613)
AB297 Revises provisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-838)
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)
SB349 Revises provisions relating to anatomical gifts. (BDR 40-543)
AB357 Revises provisions relating to background checks. (BDR 38-646)
SB367 Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 18-1085)
AB378 Creates the Alternative Therapy Pilot Program. (BDR 40-820)
AB380 Revises provisions relating to mobile crisis teams. (BDR 39-1062)
AB382 Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage for biomarker testing. (BDR 57-913)
AB388 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 23-1027)
AB390 Enacts provisions relating to task workers. (BDR 53-547)
AB405 Revises provisions relating to agriculture. (BDR S-911)
AB454 Enacts a Smart Heart Law for public and private schools. (BDR 34-1029)