Senator Debbie Smith

Assistant Minority Leader
Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2013 -Present (first elected November 2012)
  • Assistant Minority Floor Leader, 2015
  • Assistant Majority Floor Leader, 2013-2014
  • Nevada Assembly, 2001-2002 and 2004-2011 (first elected November 2000; and after lapse in service, subsequently elected November 2004)
  • Speaker Pro Tempore, 2011-2012
  • Assistant Majority Whip, 2007-2010

Other Public Service

  • President, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), 2014 - Present
  • Board Member, Girl Scouts Sierra Nevada
  • Board Member, Nevada Afterschool Alliance
  • Consultant, Nevada Parent Teacher Association
  • Advisory Board, Northern Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation
  • Vice President, National Conference of State Legislatures
  • Autism Advocate, 2011
  • Past President, Nevada Parent Teacher Association
  • Former Chair, Council to Establish Academic Standards

Honors and Awards

  • Honor Award, American Lung Association in Nevada, 2012
  • Consumer Advocate of the Year, Nevada Justice Association, 2011
  • Director Award, Nevada Association of School Boards, 2011
  • Henry Toll Fellow, 2010
  • Public Education Hall of Fame, 2009
  • Elected Official of the Year, Disability Advocates
  • Public Official of the Year, Nevada Association of Social Workers
  • Legislator of the Year, School Counselor's Association
  • Crystal Apple Award, Clark County School District
  • Flemming Fellow, Class of 2002
  • Freshman Lawmaker of the Year, Peace Officers Research Association of Nevada, 2001
  • Life Member, National Parent Teacher Association
  • Mike O'Callahahn/United Way Teamwork Award

Affiliations

  • Yale Women's Campaign School, 2010
  • Western Legislative Academy, The Council of State Governments-WEST, 2002

Government

  • Past Member, Lander County School Board, National Parent Teacher Association Board of Directors, Sparks Charter Commission

Personal

Occupation: Retired
Recreation: Reading, Walking, Scrapbooking
Born: 1956 - Tucson, Arizona
Spouse: Greg Smith
Children: Olivia, Ian, Erin

Primary Sponsor

SB106 Revises provisions relating to financing school facilities. (BDR 30-139)
SB118 Revises various provisions of the Charter of the City of Sparks. (BDR S-500)
AB150* Creates the Legislative Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability. (BDR 17-739)
SB187 Revises provisions concerning the ownership, possession and control of firearms by certain persons. (BDR 3-871)
SB250 Revises provisions relating to policies of health insurance. (BDR 57-687)
SB259 Requires an employer to provide paid sick leave to each employee of the employer under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-973)
SB316 Revises provisions relating to voter registration. (BDR 24-652)
SB336 Revises provisions governing prescribing, dispensing and administering controlled substances designed to end the life of a patient. (BDR 40-32)
SB338 Revises provisions relating to safety in or at a public school. (BDR 34-870)
SB339 Authorizes the Nevada System of Higher Education to impose additional restrictions relating to the use of tobacco. (BDR 15-873)
SB340 Revises provisions governing public works. (BDR 28-255)
SB341 Revises provisions relating to dentists. (BDR 57-261)
SB342 Revises provisions relating to the regulation and taxation of hard cider. (BDR 32-875)
SB343 Revises provisions relating to vital statistics. (BDR 40-141)
SB344 Establishes an entrepreneur-in-residence program. (BDR 18-142)
SB345 Expands full-day kindergarten in public schools. (BDR 34-868)
AB345* Revises provisions governing the management of certain wildlife. (BDR 45-273)
SB356 Revises provisions governing the Public Employees' Retirement System. (BDR 23-1092)
SB357 Revises provisions relating to pharmacists. (BDR 54-869)
SB358 Revises provisions governing the process for a change of name. (BDR 3-146)
SB380 Revises provisions governing ethics in government. (BDR 23-19)
SB382 Revises provisions relating to sales and use taxes. (BDR 32-660)
SB411 Allows the imposition of certain taxes in a county to fund capital projects of the school district based on the recommendations of a Public Schools Overcrowding and Repair Needs Committee and voter approval. (BDR S-140)
SB413 Revises provisions relating to the state legislative process. (BDR 17-872)

Co-Sponsor

ACR3 Honors Nevadans who have lost their lives in the Global War on Terrorism. (BDR R-202)
SR4 Inducts Dean Rhoads into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1268)
ACR4 Memorializes former Assemblyman Joseph “Joe” Michael Hogan, Sr. (BDR R-1260)
ACR5 Memorializes former Assemblyman Peter L. “Pete” Livermore. (BDR R-1259)
SR5 Inducts Terry Care into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1270)
SR6 Inducts Randolph J. Townsend into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1269)
SCR8 Commemorates the 30th anniversary of the sister-state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan. (BDR R-1265)
SJR16 Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (BDR R-786)
SB204 Providing for protections from bullying in public schools. (BDR 34-51)
SB261 Makes various changes relating to certain research facilities. (BDR 50-56)
SB279 Revises various provisions relating to corrections. (BDR 16-428)
SB284 Requires the State Plan for Medicaid to provide for certain nonmedical transportation. (BDR 38-974)
SB285 Revises provisions relating to local law enforcement agencies. (BDR 20-208)
SB295 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-789)
AB318 Revises provisions governing financial services. (BDR 52-245)
SB347 Makes an appropriation to enable junior high schools and middle schools that are low performing academically to provide programs and services to certain pupils. (BDR S-219)
SB349 Revises provisions governing mortgages. (BDR 54-99)
AB364 Revises provisions relating to the state business portal. (BDR 7-696)
SB381 Creates the Nevada Task Force on Financial Security. (BDR S-1037)
SB386 Revises provisions relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 40-675)
SB397 Revises provisions relating to the funding formula for K-12 public education. (BDR 34-563)
SB398 Prohibits the sale or transfer of ivory under certain circumstances. (BDR 52-1022)
SB402 Makes various changes concerning the prevention and treatment of obesity. (BDR 40-891)
SB405 Expands the program of Zoom schools and the provision of programs and services to children who are limited English proficient in certain other schools. (BDR S-887)