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Senator Joseph (Joe) P. Hardy
Assistant Minority Leader
Party: Republican
District: 12
County: Clark (Part)
Legislative Service
- Assistant Minority Leader, 2019
- President pro Tempore, 2015
- Nevada Senate, 2010 -Present (first elected November 2010)
- Minority Whip, 2013-2014
- Minority Whip, 2007
- Nevada Assembly, 2003-2010 (first elected November 2002)
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
Honors and Awards
- Foundation for Recovery; Steve Sigman Award, 2017
- American Conservative Union Foundation Excellence Award, 2017
- Health, Education, Advocacy and Leadership in Southern Nevada (HEALS) Award, 2014
- University of Nevada, Reno; Medical School Preceptor
- Harold Fickes Award, 2013
- Nevada Family Physician of the Year; 1998, 2010
Affiliations
- Nevada Academy of Family Physicians, Past President
- Sparks High School Student Body President
- 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
- Chambers of Commerce
- Southern Nevada Health District
- Coalition for Improving and Expanding Nevada Health Care
- Collegium Aesculapium
- Las Vegas HEALS Board of Directors
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
- Physician, Associate Dean of Clinical Education
- Touro University Nevada, Medical School
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
| SB116 | Provides for the selection of a proxy decision-maker to make medical treatment decisions for certain adult patients who lack the capacity to provide consent to or refusal of medical treatment. (BDR 40-524) |
| SB125 | Revises provisions relating to landscape architecture. (BDR 54-612) |
| SB141 | Revises provisions relating to the Nevada Equal Rights Commission. (BDR S-249) |
| SB142 | Makes various changes relating to school safety. (BDR 34-167) |
| SB149 | Makes an appropriation to assist with the construction of a new courthouse in White Pine County. (BDR S-151) |
| SB150 | Revises provisions relating to land use planning. (BDR 22-775) |
| SB170 | Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 54-523) |
| SB171 | Provides for the collection of information from certain providers of health care. (BDR 54-73) |
| SB172 | Makes various changes relating to the Consolidated Local Improvements Law. (BDR 22-30) |
| SB183 | Makes various changes relating to governmental administration. (BDR 19-537) |
| SB184 | Revises provisions relating to the protection of children. (BDR 34-668) |
| SB187 | Revises provisions governing prescriptions for controlled substances by a dentist, optometrist or physician for the treatment of pain. (BDR 54-39) |
| SB189 | Prescribes a procedure to address a patient who requests certain treatment. (BDR 40-525) |
| AB191 | Makes an appropriation to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to provide Mobile Outreach Safety Team services in certain counties. (BDR S-667) |
| AB198 | Revises provisions governing the sale or lease of certain real property owned by the Department of Transportation. (BDR 35-953) |
| AB199 | Revises provisions relating to career and technical education. (BDR 34-954) |
| AB204 | Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 54-932) |
| SB213 | Provides for the incorporation of the City of Laughlin. (BDR S-75) |
| AB216 | Requires the establishment of a database of information relating to funding opportunities for higher education. (BDR 18-858) |
| AB217 | Revises provisions relating to firearms. (BDR 15-860) |
| SB217 | Revises provisions relating to renewable energy. (BDR 58-76) |
| SB222 | Revises provisions relating to persons with disabilities. (BDR 38-74) |
| SB240 | Eliminates certain training required of teachers. (BDR 34-262) |
| SB241 | Revises provisions relating to the compensation of psychiatrists employed by or under contract with certain agencies in the Executive Department of the State Government. (BDR 23-404) |
| SB243 | Revises provisions relating to prevailing wages. (BDR 28-768) |
| AB245 | Requires the waiver of certain fees for certain veteran-owned businesses. (BDR 7-124) |
| SB250 | Revises provisions relating to the dedication of water rights. (BDR 48-664) |
| SB252 | Authorizes the residential confinement or other appropriate supervision of certain older offenders. (BDR 16-1050) |
| SB259 | Revises provisions relating to physicians. (BDR 54-628) |
| SB265 | Revises provisions relating to certain information and records concerning public safety. (BDR 14-1042) |
| SB271 | Revises provisions relating to physician assistants. (BDR 54-522) |
| SB281 | Authorizes the board of county commissioners of certain counties to provide for reimbursements to be made to retailers of motor vehicle fuel and special fuel for certain fuel taxes imposed in those counties. (BDR 32-613) |
| SB282 | Limiting the civil liability of crisis support centers under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-614) |
| AB283 | Authorizes the board of county commissioners of certain counties to provide for reimbursements to be made to retailers of motor vehicle fuel and special fuel for certain fuel taxes imposed in those counties. (BDR 32-955) |
| SB289 | Makes an appropriation for health services in underserved areas. (BDR S-610) |
| SB290 | Requires network plans to reimburse out-of-network providers of health care for certain services. (BDR 57-72) |
| SB307 | Revises provisions relating to the imposition of the death penalty. (BDR 14-403) |
| SB325 | Establishes the Nevada Child Adoption Grant Program to provide grants to assist certain prospective adoptive parents with certain costs of adoption. (BDR 11-163) |
| AB352 | Revises provisions governing certain mortgages. (BDR 52-698) |
| SB359 | Provides for continued coverage for health care for certain chronic health conditions. (BDR 57-627) |
| SB362 | Revises provisions concerning the placement of persons with dementia in a residential facility for groups. (BDR 40-611) |
| AB381 | Designates April 16 as “Healthcare Decisions Day” in Nevada. (BDR 19-660) |
| SB386 | Revises provisions governing certain tax exemptions for veterans. (BDR 32-737) |
| SB389 | Prohibits a person from owning or possessing an apiary within certain areas of this State. (BDR 49-1018) |
| AB389 | Provides for the incorporation of the City of Laughlin. (BDR S-972) |
| AB392 | Encourages employers to provide work-based learning opportunities for pupils. (BDR 34-952) |
| AB407 | Revises provisions governing the administration of laws relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 43-1032) |
| SB412 | Makes various changes to provisions relating to certain amusement devices. (BDR 52-1049) |
| SB413 | Prohibits prostitution in the State of Nevada. (BDR 20-110) |
| SB445 | Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-979) |
| SB446 | Revises provisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-974) |
| SB529 | Revises provisions relating to state financial administration. (BDR 31-1267) |
Co-Sponsor
| ACR3 | Memorializes former Assemblyman Bob Price. (BDR R-971) |
| SR5 | Inducts Valerie Wiener into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1262) |
| SR6 | Inducts Barbara Katherine Cegavske into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1261) |
| SCR7 | Celebrates the sister state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan. (BDR R-1266) |
| SCR8 | Memorializes former Nevada Attorney General and Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Springer. (BDR R-1259) |
| ACR9 | Celebrates the Life of Assemblyman Odis “Tyrone” Thompson. (BDR R-1291) |
| AB170 | Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage. (BDR 57-278) |
| AB174 | Establishes the Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing. (BDR 18-94) |
| SB178 | Creates the Council on Food Security and the Food for People, Not Landfills Program. (BDR 18-57) |
| SB193 | Makes an appropriation for educational programs relating to history, law and civics. (BDR S-368) |
| SB203 | Revises provisions governing programs for children who are blind, visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing. (BDR 38-77) |
| SB293 | Makes various changes relating to children who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation. (BDR 38-517) |
| AB316 | Revises provisions relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or a prohibited substance. (BDR 43-312) |
| SB317 | Establishes provisions relating to juvenile assessment centers. (BDR 5-165) |
| SB333 | Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-738) |
| SB335 | Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-161) |
| SB343 | Requires training for certain members of certain educational governing bodies and requires additional transparency for school expenditures. (BDR 34-548) |
| SB351 | Makes certain changes relating to education. (BDR 34-247) |
| SB352 | Revises provisions relating to motor vehicle registration. (BDR 43-51) |
| SB360 | Enacts the Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act. (BDR 15-11) |
| AB363 | Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033) |
| SB385 | Revises provisions relating to insurance for personal property at storage facilities. (BDR 57-538) |
| AB390 | Revises provisions relating to equipment on motor vehicles. (BDR 43-1059) |
| AB403 | Revises provisions relating to certain traffic offenses. (BDR 43-42) |
| SB410 | Revises provisions relating to incentives for economic development. (BDR 32-881) |
| SB411 | Authorizes the possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle that is on certain governmental property under certain circumstances. (BDR 15-643) |
| SB477 | Prohibits the release of a child to a parent or guardian in a child welfare proceeding in certain circumstances. (BDR 38-1005) |
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