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Senator Ira Hansen
Party: Republican
District: 14
County: Esmeralda, Humboldt, Lander, Mineral, Nye (Part), Pershing, Washoe (Part)
Legislative Service
- Nevada Senate, 2018-Present (first elected November 2018)
- Nevada Assembly, 2011-2017 (first elected November 2010)—four regular and four special sessions
- Assistant Majority Floor Leader, 2015
- 2017 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Corrections, Parole, and Probation; Judiciary; Legislative Operations and Elections
- 2015 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining
- 2013 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Judiciary; Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining
- 2011 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education, Judiciary, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining
- 2015-2016 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Commission; Legislative Committee on Public Lands
- 2013-2014 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Commission; Legislative Commission's Subcommittee to Review Regulations; Legislative Committee on Public Lands
- 2011-2012 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Commission, Public Lands, Committee to Study a New Method for Funding Public Schools
Honors and Awards
- Nevada Chapter, Associated General Contractors; Skill, Integrity, and Responsibility (SIR) Award, 2015
- Pro-Life League of Nevada, Champion of Life Award, 2016
Other Achievements
- Columnist, Sparks Tribune, 1994-2010
- Radio talk show host, KKFT, 2007-2008, and KOH, 1995-2001
- Columnist, Elko Daily Free Press, 1994-2001
- Business owner: Ira Hansen and Sons Plumbing and Heating, Inc.
- Eagle Scout
- Licensed Master Plumber
- Licensed Mechanical Contractor
- Licensed General Contractor
Affiliations
- National Rifle Association
- Nevada Bighorns Unlimited, Lifetime member
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Active Member
- Sparks Little League, Coach
- Sparks Pop Warner, Coach
- Boy Scouts of America, Scoutmaster
Personal
Occupation: Plumbing Contractor
Recreation: Nevada history, reading, hunting/fishing, nature study, camping
Born: 1960, Reno, Nevada
Spouse: Alexis (Lloyd)
Children: Daniel, Rachel, Jacob, Sarah, Ian, Forrest, Mallory, and Larissa
Grand Children: Lily, London, Finnan, Ellie, Forrest, Emerson, Sawyer, Redd, Oliver, Wyatt, Winter, River, and Evelyn
Recreation: Nevada history, reading, hunting/fishing, nature study, camping
Born: 1960, Reno, Nevada
Spouse: Alexis (Lloyd)
Children: Daniel, Rachel, Jacob, Sarah, Ian, Forrest, Mallory, and Larissa
Grand Children: Lily, London, Finnan, Ellie, Forrest, Emerson, Sawyer, Redd, Oliver, Wyatt, Winter, River, and Evelyn
Committees Serving
Primary Sponsor
| SJR1 | Urges Congress to require the Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service to include cheatgrass in certain forage estimates. (BDR R-257) |
| SJR6 | Urges Congress to take any action necessary to ensure cooperation between this State, the Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service in carrying out a program of mining reclamation in this State. (BDR R-1081) |
| SB156 | Exempts certain persons who perform certain dental services on equines and livestock from provisions governing veterinary medicine. (BDR 54-36) |
| SB157 | Requires contractors and subcontractors on a public work to use E-Verify to verify eligibility for employment for workers on the public work. (BDR 28-772) |
| AB158 | Revises provisions governing criminal procedures for certain juvenile offenders who are also victims of certain crimes. (BDR 14-143) |
| SB287 | Revises provisions governing public records. (BDR 19-648) |
| SB316 | Revises provisions governing public nuisances. (BDR 15-53) |
| 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) |
| SB335 | Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-161) |
| SB349 | Revises provisions relating to education savings accounts and education funding. (BDR 34-285) |
| SB351 | Makes certain changes relating to education. (BDR 34-247) |
| SB352 | Revises provisions relating to motor vehicle registration. (BDR 43-51) |
| SB373 | Revises provisions governing the investigations of contractors. (BDR 54-1084) |
| SB374 | Revises provisions governing reclamation of mining operations and exploration projects. (BDR 46-1080) |
| SB375 | Revises threshold for determining whether certain persons and entities who operate home-based businesses are exempt from the requirement to obtain a state business license. (BDR 7-773) |
| SB390 | Revises provisions governing the slaughtering of livestock. (BDR 51-258) |
| SB404 | Provides for the issuance of scholarships for certain career and technical education or early childhood education programs by scholarship organizations. (BDR 34-778) |
| SB410 | Revises provisions relating to incentives for economic development. (BDR 32-881) |
Co-Sponsor
| SJR3 | Urges Congress to oppose the expansion of the United States Air Force in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada. (BDR R-745) |
| ACR3 | Memorializes former Assemblyman Bob Price. (BDR R-971) |
| AJR4 | Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to pass acts to combat illegal harvesting and trafficking of human organs. (BDR R-92) |
| 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) |
| SB150 | Revises provisions relating to land use planning. (BDR 22-775) |
| 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) |
| AB182 | Designates neon as the official state element of the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-670) |
| SB236 | Establishes provisions relating to a change in the place of diversion of water for certain wells. (BDR 48-635) |
| SB250 | Revises provisions relating to the dedication of water rights. (BDR 48-664) |
| SB259 | Revises provisions relating to physicians. (BDR 54-628) |
| SB265 | Revises provisions relating to certain information and records concerning public safety. (BDR 14-1042) |
| AB267 | Provides compensation to certain persons who were wrongfully convicted. (BDR 3-657) |
| SB333 | Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-738) |
| AB338 | Revises requirements for the operation of a motor vehicle by a young driver. (BDR 43-600) |
| SB360 | Enacts the Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act. (BDR 15-11) |
| AB363 | Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033) |
| AB374 | Revises provisions governing contractors. (BDR 54-662) |
| AB380 | Revises provisions governing safety in K-12 public schools. (BDR 31-41) |
| SB386 | Revises provisions governing certain tax exemptions for veterans. (BDR 32-737) |
| SB477 | Prohibits the release of a child to a parent or guardian in a child welfare proceeding in certain circumstances. (BDR 38-1005) |
| SB529 | Revises provisions relating to state financial administration. (BDR 31-1267) |