Assemblymember Heather Goulding

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

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

Other Public Service

  • Reno Bike Project, Board of Directors, March 2023-present
  • Reno Improv, Board of Directors, 2019-2022
  • City of Reno, Ward 5 Neighborhood Advisory Board, 2017-2020
  • Susan G. Komen Northern Nevada, Board of Directors, 2012-2015
  • High Desert Montessori School, Board of Directors, 2005-2006

Honors and Awards

  • Nevada State Commendation Medal, 2019

Other Achievements

  • Emerge Nevada, Graduate, 2018

Education

  • University of Wisconsin, BA, English, 1987
  • University of Nevada, Reno, MBA, Logistics, 1997

Personal

Occupation: Project Manager and Analyst
Recreation: Biking, skiing, and traveling
Born: 1965, Milton, Florida
Spouse: Jack Hayes
Children: Alex and Anna

Primary Sponsor

AB168 Revises provisions relating to bicycles. (BDR 43-598)
AB205 Revises provisions governing sexual education. (BDR 34-597)
AB250 Revises provisions relating to certain debt. (BDR 52-599)
AB301 Revises provisions relating to community development. (BDR 25-1047)
SB329 Requires certain persons to complete training relating to elderly persons and persons with cognitive impairments. (BDR 40-1086)
AB360 Revises provisions relating to testing for sexually transmitted diseases. (BDR 40-745)
AB386 Revises provisions relating to assessments administered to pupils to assess reading proficiency. (BDR S-828)
AB415 Revises provisions governing the towing of motor vehicles. (BDR 43-821)

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)
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)
AB252 Revises provisions relating to the Legislative Department of the State Government. (BDR 17-880)
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)
SB262 Revises provisions relating to graduate medical education. (BDR 18-120)
AB266 Makes revisions relating to breastfeeding. (BDR 40-595)
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)
AB309 Revises provisions relating to certain orders for protection against domestic violence. (BDR 3-885)
AB333 Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 49-833)
AB382 Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage for biomarker testing. (BDR 57-913)
AB388 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 23-1027)
AB547 Revises provisions relating to public employment. (BDR 23-994)