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P.O. Box 60306
Boulder City, NV 89006-0306
Carson City Contact
Office: 2158
Phone: 702-293-7506
Senator Joseph (Joe) P. Hardy
Party: Republican
District: 12
County: Clark (Part)
Legislative Service
- Nevada Senate, 2011 -Present (first elected November 2010)
- President Pro Tempore, 2015
- Minority Whip, 2013-2014
- Nevada Assembly, 2003-2010 (first elected November 2002)
- Minority Whip, 2007
Other Public Service
- Major, United States Air Force
- Member, Regents Ad Hoc Committee for Higher Education/Health, 2003-2004
- Publicity Chairman: Walk for Development, Ayuda, and Meals on Wheels, 1968
- French Mission, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)
- Member Rapid Valley Water District Board of Directors, South Dakota
- Vice President, Parent Teacher Assocation, Rapid Valley Elementary School, South Dakota
- Charter Member, Boulder City Drug Abuse Council
- President, Nevada Academy of Family Practice
- Member, Clark County Health District Board of Directors
- Vice President, Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition
- Member, Executive Committee, Boulder City Community Education Advisory Board
- One World Ambassador Alliance, Humanitarian Project - El Salvador
- Member, Nevada League of Cities Legislative Committee
- Board of Directors, LDS Family Services (Adoption Agency)
- Debt Management Commission, Clark County
- Sunday School Teacher
Affiliations
- Sparks High School Student Body President
- Nevada Academy of Family Physicians
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Nevada Family Physician of the Year, 1998, 2010
- Clark County Medical Society
- American Medical Society
- American Legion, Post 31
- Boy Scouts of America
- Chamber of Commerce
- Southern Nevada Health District
- Coalition for Improving and Expanding Nevada Health Care
Education
- Sparks High School
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, B.S.
- Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, School of Medicine, M.D.
Government
- Boulder City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tempore
Professional
- Chief of Staff, Boulder City Hospital
- Chief of Internal Medicine and Family Practice, and Board of Directors, St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Henderson, Nevada
Personal
Occupation: Associate Professor, Touro University Nevada and Family Physician
Born: 1949 - Reno, Nevada
Spouse: Jill Sweningsen Hardy
Children: Joseph Paul Jr., Nicole, Emily, Leah, Spencer, Dane, Jack, Ryan
Grand Children: Twenty
Born: 1949 - Reno, Nevada
Spouse: Jill Sweningsen Hardy
Children: Joseph Paul Jr., Nicole, Emily, Leah, Spencer, Dane, Jack, Ryan
Grand Children: Twenty
Committees Serving
Primary Sponsor
| SCR2 | Encourages education of medical care providers and first responders regarding caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease. (BDR R-237) |
| SJR6 | Amends the Nevada Constitution to revise the method for determining the minimum wage. (BDR C-543) |
| SB114 | Makes changes relating to prescriptions for certain controlled substances. (BDR 40-239) |
| SB115 | Revises provisions relating to certain town advisory boards. (BDR 21-241) |
| SB116 | Revises provisions governing physician assistants. (BDR 54-260) |
| SB137 | Enacts provisions governing stand-alone dental benefits and policies of health care. (BDR 57-575) |
| SB154 | Revises provisions relating to common-interest communities. (BDR 10-725) |
| SB172 | Makes various changes relating to the authorized activities of medical students. (BDR 40-797) |
| SB178 | Revises provisions relating to pupil health. (BDR 34-235) |
| SB181 | Provides for the licensure of certified anesthesiology assistants. (BDR 54-240) |
| AB187 | Revises provisions governing the selection of providers of health care. (BDR 53-898) |
| SB195 | Revises provisions relating to higher education. (BDR 34-509) |
| SB207 | Revises provisions relating to financing of school facilities. (BDR 30-1256) |
| SB208 | Requires certain notice to be provided to certain parents and legal guardians when a new charter school will begin accepting applications or an existing charter school expands enrollment by a certain percentage or opens a new facility. (BDR 34-729) |
| AB208 | Revises provisions governing certain sexual offenses. (BDR 14-233) |
| SB209 | Revises provisions governing a designation of veteran status on drivers' licenses and other documents issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (BDR 43-1009) |
| SB217 | Revises provisions relating to policies of health insurance. (BDR 57-836) |
| SB219 | Revises provisions relating to policies of health insurance. (BDR 57-688) |
| SB225 | Revises provisions relating to the sale and distribution of tobacco products, vapor products and alternative nicotine products. (BDR 15-796) |
| SB226 | Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-790) |
| SB240 | Makes certain changes relating to public safety. (BDR 14-955) |
| AB248 | Revises provisions governing reporting of information by physicians to the Department of Motor Vehicles concerning patients with epilepsy. (BDR 40-930) |
| SB249 | Revises provisions relating to local financial administration. (BDR 31-1023) |
| SB250 | Revises provisions relating to policies of health insurance. (BDR 57-687) |
| SB251 | Ratifies the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. (BDR 54-576) |
| SB254 | Revises provisions relating to construction. (BDR 28-791) |
| SB255 | Makes various changes to provisions governing the termination of parental rights. (BDR 11-637) |
| SB256 | Revises provisions relating to the civil liability of innkeepers. (BDR 54-1018) |
| SB260 | Revises provisions governing common-interest communities. (BDR 10-726) |
| SB264 | Exempts spendthrift trusts from the application of the periods of limitation set forth in the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act. (BDR 10-780) |
| SB265 | Makes various changes concerning health care. (BDR 18-94) |
| SB266 | Revises provisions relating to the tax on live entertainment. (BDR 32-720) |
| SB271 | Revises provisions relating to the Virgin Valley Water District. (BDR S-730) |
| SB272 | Prohibits state action from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-735) |
| SB273 | Revises provisions relating to health care records. (BDR 54-589) |
| AB274 | Revises provisions relating to the incorporation of a city. (BDR 21-810) |
| AB277 | Prohibits state action from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-859) |
| AB292 | Revises provisions relating to providers of health care who provide services through telehealth and various other provisions relating to insurance coverage for such services. (BDR 54-606) |
| SB297 | Revises certain provisions relating to redevelopment plans. (BDR 22-1028) |
| SB298 | Revises provisions relating to criminal procedure. (BDR 14-1029) |
| SB299 | Revises provisions relating to providers of health care and insurance coverage for health care services. (BDR 54-238) |
| AB300 | Creates the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Administration. (BDR 18-581) |
| AB308 | Revises provisions relating to emergency medical services. (BDR 40-798) |
| SB325 | Revises provisions relating to state purchasing. (BDR 27-1024) |
| SB327 | Revises certain provisions governing air ambulances. (BDR 40-1017) |
| SB328 | Revises provisions relating to policies of health insurance. (BDR 57-794) |
| SB330 | Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-724) |
| SB333 | Revises provisions governing the homestead exemption. (BDR 10-971) |
| SB334 | Proposes to exempt sales of certain durable medical equipment, mobility-enhancing equipment, hearing aids, hearing aid accessories, and ophthalmic or ocular devices or appliances from sales and use taxes and analogous taxes. (BDR 32-262) |
| AB351 | Revises provisions relating to projects to benefit charter schools. (BDR 34-1012) |
| SB373 | Makes various changes relating to insurance. (BDR 57-689) |
| SB394 | Revises provisions relating to the protection of children. (BDR 38-264) |
| SB396 | Contingently reduces by half the valuation of certain vehicles for the purpose of determining the amount of governmental services taxes imposed. (BDR 32-119) |
| SB402 | Makes various changes concerning the prevention and treatment of obesity. (BDR 40-891) |
| SB416 | Makes various changes regarding the use of decommissioned power plant sites. (BDR 58-236) |
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) |
| SJR15 | Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to require proof of identity to vote in person. (BDR C-850) |
| SJR17 | Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to expand the rights guaranteed to victims of crime. (BDR C-952) |
| AB152 | Enacts certain requirements governing child care facilities. (BDR 38-623) |
| SB171 | Revises provisions governing the issuance of permits to carry concealed firearms. (BDR 15-597) |
| SB175 | Makes various changes relating to public safety. (BDR 15-515) |
| AB177 | Revises provisions governing elections. (BDR 24-627) |
| SB192 | Revises provisions relating to sexual conduct between certain persons. (BDR 14-731) |
| SB253 | Enacts provisions governing the sale of guaranteed asset protection waivers. (BDR 57-795) |
| AB281 | Creates a statutory subcommittee of the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice. (BDR 14-243) |
| AB289 | Directs the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to conduct an interim study concerning issues related to the provision of mental health services. (BDR S-693) |
| SB329 | Revises provisions relating to partnerships. (BDR 7-784) |
| SB339 | Authorizes the Nevada System of Higher Education to impose additional restrictions relating to the use of tobacco. (BDR 15-873) |
| SB397 | Revises provisions relating to the funding formula for K-12 public education. (BDR 34-563) |