Senator Joseph (Joe) P. Hardy

Party: Republican

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

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)