Senator Joyce Woodhouse

Co-Majority Whip
Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2007-2009 and 2013 -Present (first elected November 2006; and after lapse in service, subsequently elected November 2012)
  • Co-Minority Whip, 2016

Other Public Service

  • Board of Directors, Credit Union, 2002-Present
  • Board of Directors - Treasurer, Voices in Voting/ Kids Voting Southern Nevada, 1998-Present
  • Chair, KidsVention
  • Co-Chair, Southern Nevada Science Education Consortium, 1994-Present
  • President, Nevada State Education Association, 1980-1981

Honors and Awards

  • Denise Dunning Award for Excellence in Advocacy, Nevada Cancer Coalition, 2014
  • Safe Communities Leadership Award, Safe Communities Partnership, 2013
  • Lawmaker of the Year, American Cancer Society Cancer Awareness Network, 2013
  • Legacy Award, Hero School Suit-Up Program, 2013
  • Distinguished Woman of the Year, Soroptomists of Nevada
  • Leadership in Education, Phi Delta Kappa
  • "Unsung Hero" Award, Nevada Public Education Foundation

Education

  • Carroll College, Helena, Montana, B.A., Elementary Education
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Master's Degree, Curriculum and Instruction; Master's Degree, Educational Leadership

Personal

Occupation: Teacher, Elementary School Principal, Program Administrator (Retired)
Recreation: Reading, golf, volunteer work
Born: 1944 - Wibaux, Montana
Spouse: Al Wittenberg (Deceased)

Primary Sponsor

ACR3 Honors Nevadans who have lost their lives in the Global War on Terrorism. (BDR R-202)
SJR4 Urges Congress to enact the Marketplace Fairness Act. (BDR R-98)
SCR4 Directs the Legislative Commission to conduct an interim study relating to energy efficiency programs. (BDR R-537)
SJR7 Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to provide certain rights to voters. (BDR C-403)
SJR8* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to revise provisions relating to the State Legislature. (BDR C-626)
SB100 Revises provisions relating to education provided to children in a hospital or other licensed facility that provides residential treatment to children. (BDR 34-524)
SB106 Revises provisions relating to financing school facilities. (BDR 30-139)
SB128 Revises provisions relating to the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship. (BDR 34-96)
SB144 Revises provisions governing traffic laws. (BDR 43-72)
SB145 Authorizes a nonresident who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States and is stationed in Nevada to enroll in the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders. (BDR 43-71)
SB147 Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt certain policies relating to certain training for peace officers concerning dog behavior. (BDR 23-10)
SB152 Makes various changes to provisions governing public safety. (BDR 43-17)
AB164 Revises provisions relating to access by patients to certain investigational drugs, biological products and devices. (BDR 40-125)
SB164 Revises provisions prohibiting certain discriminatory acts. (BDR 18-59)
SB172 Makes various changes relating to the authorized activities of medical students. (BDR 40-797)
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)
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)
SB203 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-573)
SB204 Providing for protections from bullying in public schools. (BDR 34-51)
SB220 Requires instruction on financial literacy in public middle schools and junior high schools. (BDR 34-654)
SB226 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-790)
AB235 Requires an employer to provide paid sick leave to each employee of the employer under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-1059)
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)
SB258 Revises provisions relating to common-interest communities. (BDR 18-903)
SB265 Makes various changes concerning health care. (BDR 18-94)
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)
SB284 Requires the State Plan for Medicaid to provide for certain nonmedical transportation. (BDR 38-974)
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)
SB316 Revises provisions relating to voter registration. (BDR 24-652)
AB318 Revises provisions governing financial services. (BDR 52-245)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
AB364 Revises provisions relating to the state business portal. (BDR 7-696)
SB365 Exempts certain offers or sales of securities from registration requirements for securities. (BDR 7-878)
SB380 Revises provisions governing ethics in government. (BDR 23-19)
SB381 Creates the Nevada Task Force on Financial Security. (BDR S-1037)
SB382 Revises provisions relating to sales and use taxes. (BDR 32-660)
SB391 Revises provisions governing educational instruction in the subject of reading. (BDR 34-644)
SB397 Revises provisions relating to the funding formula for K-12 public education. (BDR 34-563)
SB399 Creates the Nevada Boost Grant Program. (BDR 34-890)
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)
SB408 Revises provisions relating to naturopathic medicine. (BDR 54-663)

Co-Sponsor

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)
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)
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)
SJR9 Expresses support for continued enforcement action against voting discrimination. (BDR R-7)
SJR13* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to require the recognition of all marriages, regardless of gender. (BDR C-88)
SJR16 Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (BDR R-786)
AB119 Revises provisions governing the practice of veterinary medicine. (BDR 54-247)
AB126* Requires the disclosure of certain nutritional information in certain chain restaurants. (BDR 51-81)
SB133 Authorizes the reimbursement of teachers for certain out-of-pocket expenses. (BDR 34-118)
AB152 Enacts certain requirements governing child care facilities. (BDR 38-623)
SB192 Revises provisions relating to sexual conduct between certain persons. (BDR 14-731)
SB215 Makes various changes relating to student loans. (BDR 18-933)
SB227 Creates the Silver State Opportunity Grant Program. (BDR 34-216)
SB259 Requires an employer to provide paid sick leave to each employee of the employer under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-973)
SB261 Makes various changes relating to certain research facilities. (BDR 50-56)
SB279 Revises various provisions relating to corrections. (BDR 16-428)
AB281 Creates a statutory subcommittee of the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice. (BDR 14-243)
SB282 Revises provisions relating to energy. (BDR 58-259)
SB285 Revises provisions relating to local law enforcement agencies. (BDR 20-208)
SB288 Revises provisions relating to prescribing controlled substances. (BDR 40-889)
SB294 Expands authorization for certain offenders to have access to telecommunications devices under certain circumstances. (BDR 16-282)
AB294 Enacts provisions relating to suicide prevention for veterans. (BDR 37-692)
SB321 Revises provisions concerning real property. (BDR 9-728)
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)
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)
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)
SB354 Authorizes the use of motorized wheelchairs and the movement of other pedestrians in bicycle lanes under certain circumstances. (BDR 43-894)
SB357 Revises provisions relating to pharmacists. (BDR 54-869)
SB371 Revises provisions governing the use of apprentices on public works. (BDR 53-671)
SB386 Revises provisions relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 40-675)
SB395 Revises provisions relating to marriage. (BDR 11-530)
SB398 Prohibits the sale or transfer of ivory under certain circumstances. (BDR 52-1022)
SB415 Revises provisions relating to public financial administration. (BDR 31-659)