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Senator Moises (Mo) Denis
President pro Tempore
Party: Democratic
District: 2
County: Clark (Part)
Legislative Service
- Nevada Senate, 2011 - Present (first elected November 2010)
- Majority Floor Leader, 2013-2014
- Assistant Majority Whip, 2011-2012
- Nevada Assembly, 2004-2010 (first elected November 2004)
Other Public Service
- Governing Board, North Vista Hospital
- President, Nevada PTA, 2009
- Past Chair, Las Vegas/Clark County Library District
- Past Regional Vice President, Assocation for Library Trustees and Advocates
- Past Chair, Nevada Commission on Educational Technology
- Past Chair, City of Las Vegas Community Development Block Grant Committee
Honors and Awards
- Eagle Scout
- Clark County School District Parent Hall of Fame
- Lifetime Membership, Nevada PTA
- Boulder Dam Area Council District Award of Merit, Boy Scouts of America
- Community Service Award, Latin Chamber of Commerce
- National Advocacy Honor Roll, American Library Assocation
- Hispanic of the Year Award, Latin Chamber of Commerce
- Foundation for Recovery Community Partner Award
Affiliations
- National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
- Boy Scouts of America
- Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce
- Paradise Democratic Club
- Nevada Hispanic Democratic Caucus
- State of Nevada Employees Association/American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
- Easter Seals of Southern Nevada
- National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
- National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators
- Seniors United
- Western Legislative Academy, The Council of State Governments-WEST, 2005
Education
- Rancho High School, Las Vegas
- Brigham Young University, B.A., Music
Personal
Occupation: Computer Network Technician
Recreation: Music, theater, camping, reading, basketball, volunteer work
Born: 1961 - Brooklyn, New York
Spouse: Susan Cook
Children: Diana Marie (Gale), Dustin Lee, Daniel Carlos, Denae Virgilia, Dallin Moises
Recreation: Music, theater, camping, reading, basketball, volunteer work
Born: 1961 - Brooklyn, New York
Spouse: Susan Cook
Children: Diana Marie (Gale), Dustin Lee, Daniel Carlos, Denae Virgilia, Dallin Moises
Committees Serving
Primary Sponsor
| SJR9 | Expresses support for continued enforcement action against voting discrimination. (BDR R-7) |
| SB103 | Exempts certain persons from the modified business tax on financial institutions. (BDR 32-42) |
| SB122 | Revises provisions relating to recycling. (BDR 54-893) |
| AB124 | Revises provisions governing punishment for crimes. (BDR 4-182) |
| SB128 | Revises provisions relating to the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship. (BDR 34-96) |
| AB152 | Enacts certain requirements governing child care facilities. (BDR 38-623) |
| AB166 | Provides for the establishment of the State Seal of Biliteracy Program. (BDR 34-526) |
| AB179 | Revises provisions governing personal information. (BDR 52-756) |
| SB182 | Directs the Office of Economic Development to create a pilot program to encourage the growth of existing businesses in this State. (BDR S-867) |
| SB200 | Revises provisions relating to enrollment of pupils in charter schools. (BDR 34-183) |
| SB203 | Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-573) |
| 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) |
| SB220 | Requires instruction on financial literacy in public middle schools and junior high schools. (BDR 34-654) |
| AB234 | Enacts provisions related to multicultural education. (BDR 34-102) |
| SB236 | Revises provisions relating to the Advisory Council on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. (BDR 34-655) |
| SB237 | Makes certain changes relating to elections. (BDR 24-664) |
| SB257 | Revises provisions relating to child care facilities. (BDR 38-97) |
| SB261 | Makes various changes relating to certain research facilities. (BDR 50-56) |
| SB262 | Revises provisions relating to guardians. (BDR 13-643) |
| SB265 | Makes various changes concerning health care. (BDR 18-94) |
| SB288 | Revises provisions relating to prescribing controlled substances. (BDR 40-889) |
| SB289 | Revises provisions relating to the Information Technology Advisory Board. (BDR S-892) |
| 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) |
| AB291 | Makes an appropriation for school districts to provide early childhood education programs. (BDR S-273) |
| SB295 | Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-789) |
| SB339 | Authorizes the Nevada System of Higher Education to impose additional restrictions relating to the use of tobacco. (BDR 15-873) |
| SB344 | Establishes an entrepreneur-in-residence program. (BDR 18-142) |
| SB345 | Expands full-day kindergarten in public schools. (BDR 34-868) |
| 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) |
| SB354 | Authorizes the use of motorized wheelchairs and the movement of other pedestrians in bicycle lanes under certain circumstances. (BDR 43-894) |
| AB364 | Revises provisions relating to the state business portal. (BDR 7-696) |
| SB378 | Makes various changes concerning governmental financial administration. (BDR 32-150) |
| 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) |
| SB399 | Creates the Nevada Boost Grant Program. (BDR 34-890) |
| SB400 | Creates the Nevada Advisory Commission on Immigration and Migration. (BDR 18-888) |
| SB401 | Revises provisions relating to notaries public and document preparation services. (BDR 19-895) |
| SB402 | Makes various changes concerning the prevention and treatment of obesity. (BDR 40-891) |
| SB404 | Makes certain changes concerning registration of mopeds. (BDR 43-1016) |
| 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) |
| SB407 | Requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt regulations relating to energy efficiency resource plans. (BDR 58-111) |
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) |
| SCR4 | Directs the Legislative Commission to conduct an interim study relating to energy efficiency programs. (BDR R-537) |
| SCR5 | Directs the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to conduct an interim study relating to the working conditions at state correctional institutions and facilities and to the supervision of offenders. (BDR R-536) |
| 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) |
| SJR7 | Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to provide certain rights to voters. (BDR C-403) |
| SCR8 | Commemorates the 30th anniversary of the sister-state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan. (BDR R-1265) |
| SJR13* | Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to require the recognition of all marriages, regardless of gender. (BDR C-88) |
| SB133 | Authorizes the reimbursement of teachers for certain out-of-pocket expenses. (BDR 34-118) |
| AB151 | Revises provisions relating to the adoption of children. (BDR 11-757) |
| AB153 | Revises various provisions related to sexually exploited children. (BDR 5-622) |
| SB187 | Revises provisions concerning the ownership, possession and control of firearms by certain persons. (BDR 3-871) |
| SB189 | Makes various changes concerning the collection of information relating to the treatment of trauma. (BDR 40-95) |
| SB190 | Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 18-785) |
| SB192 | Revises provisions relating to sexual conduct between certain persons. (BDR 14-731) |
| AB205 | Requires the Legislative Committee on Education to consider matters relating to certain mentorship programs. (BDR S-116) |
| SB212 | Revises provisions governing discipline of pupils and prohibited acts at public schools. (BDR 34-177) |
| SB215 | Makes various changes relating to student loans. (BDR 18-933) |
| SB258 | Revises provisions relating to common-interest communities. (BDR 18-903) |
| SB259 | Requires an employer to provide paid sick leave to each employee of the employer under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-973) |
| SB267 | Revises provisions relating to the safe transportation of children. (BDR 43-686) |
| SB268 | Temporarily provides certain services for veterans. (BDR 37-1042) |
| SB269 | Establishes an interim study committee to research issues regarding the behavioral health and cognitive care of older persons. (BDR S-1035) |
| AB279 | Revises provisions concerning controlled substances. (BDR 40-775) |
| SB282 | Revises provisions relating to energy. (BDR 58-259) |
| SB284 | Requires the State Plan for Medicaid to provide for certain nonmedical transportation. (BDR 38-974) |
| AB287 | Prohibits a person from making or causing to be made certain nonemergency telephone calls under certain circumstances. (BDR 15-922) |
| AB294 | Enacts provisions relating to suicide prevention for veterans. (BDR 37-692) |
| SB294 | Expands authorization for certain offenders to have access to telecommunications devices under certain circumstances. (BDR 16-282) |
| SB316 | Revises provisions relating to voter registration. (BDR 24-652) |
| AB318 | Revises provisions governing financial services. (BDR 52-245) |
| SB319 | Revises provisions governing the restoration of certain civil rights for ex-felons. (BDR 14-968) |
| SB323 | Establishes a program to provide loans to certain small businesses owned by minorities and women. (BDR 18-956) |
| SB331 | Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-969) |
| SB336 | Revises provisions governing prescribing, dispensing and administering controlled substances designed to end the life of a patient. (BDR 40-32) |
| SB337 | Revises provisions relating to the expenditure of sales and use taxes generated to employ and equip additional police officers in certain counties. (BDR S-1043) |
| SB338 | Revises provisions relating to safety in or at a public school. (BDR 34-870) |
| 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) |
| SB346 | Authorizes certain credits against the taxes imposed on financial institutions and other businesses for certain costs incurred by employers relating to the provision of day care to the children of their employees. (BDR 32-1015) |
| AB348 | Revises provisions governing the consideration of the criminal history of an applicant for employment by the State or a county or city. (BDR 23-1053) |
| AB350 | Provides for certain credits against the modified business tax for taxpayers who donate money to an early childhood education scholarship organization. (BDR 38-1057) |
| 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) |
| SB359 | Requires a child care facility to grant priority in admission to certain children. (BDR 38-1014) |
| SB360 | Provides for an interim study concerning energy efficiency programs and the financing of clean energy in this State. (BDR S-41) |
| SB361 | Makes various changes relating to health care facilities that employ nurses. (BDR 40-18) |
| SB362 | Authorizes the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a program regarding the prevention of domestic violence under certain circumstances. (BDR 18-112) |
| SB363 | Establishes a statewide mental health crisis hotline. (BDR 39-881) |
| SB364 | Establishes a pilot program to provide financial assistance to certain persons to pay the cost of child care. (BDR S-880) |
| SB365 | Exempts certain offers or sales of securities from registration requirements for securities. (BDR 7-878) |
| SB367 | Revises provisions governing controlled substances. (BDR 40-883) |
| SB368 | Revises provisions concerning elections. (BDR 24-885) |
| SB369 | Revises provisions relating to overcrowding in certain county jails. (BDR 16-1044) |
| SB371 | Revises provisions governing the use of apprentices on public works. (BDR 53-671) |
| AB374 | Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-1064) |
| AB386 | Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 3-921) |
| SB391 | Revises provisions governing educational instruction in the subject of reading. (BDR 34-644) |
| SB408 | Revises provisions relating to naturopathic medicine. (BDR 54-663) |
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