Assemblymember Selena Torres-Fossett

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2019-2025 (first elected November 2018)—four regular sessions and five special sessions
  • 2025 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Ways and Means
  • 2023 SESSION COMMITTEES: Government Affairs (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Education
  • 2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Government Affairs (Vice Chair); Education; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education; Judiciary; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2019-2020 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Advisory Council for Family Engagement; Board of Directors for Corporation for Public Benefit for Nevada Youth Legislature; Education Commission of the States; Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice

Other Achievements

  • Founder, Cesar Chavez Day, Las Vegas, 2013–current

Affiliations

  • Teach for America, 2017–current
  • Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc., 2015–current

Education

  • College of Southern Nevada, A.A.
  • University of Nevada, Reno, English Literature, B.A.
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, M.Ed. (Candidate)

Personal

Occupation: High School Teacher
Recreation: Paddleboarding
Born: 1995, Las Vegas, Nevada

Primary Sponsor

AB98 Creates a day of observance for labor leader, Dolores Huerta. (BDR 19-642)
AB116 Revises provisions relating to food delivery service platform providers. (BDR 52-898)
AB137 Revises requirements for the advertising of a sale of personal property to satisfy the lien of an owner of a facility for storage. (BDR 9-183)
AB139 Makes an appropriation to the Department of Education for programs of dual credit. (BDR S-178)
AB176 Revises provisions relating to reproductive health care. (BDR 40-177)
SB234 Makes revisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-40)
AB236 Revises provisions governing the selection of members to certain state boards and councils performing duties related to education. (BDR 34-78)
AB246* Revises provisions governing elections. (BDR 24-821)
SB257 Revises provisions relating to autism. (BDR 38-106)
SB258 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-594)
SB262* Revises the qualifications for membership on certain town advisory councils and boards. (BDR 21-857)
SB278 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-788)
SB280 Makes an appropriation to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Dental Medicine for cleft and craniofacial health care. (BDR S-746)
AB286 Provides for a pilot program to assess the competency of applicants for a license to teach through alternative assessment methods. (BDR 34-836)
SB305 Revises provisions relating to interscholastic activities. (BDR 34-1007)
AB335 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-837)
AB371 Enacts the Cosmetology Licensure Compact. (BDR 54-835)
AB383* Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-116)
AB389 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-1056)
AB402 Creates a pilot program authorizing the installation and use of automated traffic enforcement systems in temporary traffic control zones. (BDR 43-184)
AB403 Proposes to exempt from sales and use taxes the amount of any allowance against the selling price given by a retailer for the value of a used portable electronic taken in trade on the purchase of another portable electronic. (BDR 32-565)

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)
AJR6* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to adopt the National Popular Vote Compact. (BDR C-389)
SJR7* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to establish certain rights relating to reproductive health. (BDR C-864)
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)
AB83 Designates “Larry Itliong Day” as a day of observance in this State. (BDR 19-99)
AB133 Revises provisions governing public financial administration. (BDR 20-537)
AB184 Revises provisions relating to interscholastic activities. (BDR 34-186)
AB224* Revises provisions governing collective bargaining. (BDR 23-155)
SB262 Revises provisions relating to graduate medical education. (BDR 18-120)
AB266 Makes revisions relating to breastfeeding. (BDR 40-595)
AB309 Revises provisions relating to certain orders for protection against domestic violence. (BDR 3-885)
AB326 Provides for a study on the treatment of trauma. (BDR S-153)
AB340* Revises provisions governing certain actions and proceedings relating to real property. (BDR 3-77)
AB404 Revises provisions relating to alcoholic beverages. (BDR 52-651)
AB409 Revises provisions relating to special license plates. (BDR 43-1058)
AB428 Requires certain health plans to include coverage for fertility preservation services. (BDR 57-915)