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

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)
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)
SB262* Revises the qualifications for membership on certain town advisory councils and boards. (BDR 21-857)
AB383* Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-116)

Co-Sponsor

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)
AB224* Revises provisions governing collective bargaining. (BDR 23-155)
AB340* Revises provisions governing certain actions and proceedings relating to real property. (BDR 3-77)