Assemblymember Venise Karris

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2025 (first elected November 2024)—one regular session and one special session
  • 2025 SESSION COMMITTEES: Government Affairs; Growth and Infrastructure; Natural Resources
  • 2025-2026 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Joint Interim Standing Committee on Growth and Infrastructure; Legislative Committee on Senior Citizens, Veterans and Adults With Special Needs

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