Senator James A. Settelmeyer

Minority Leader
Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Minority Leader, 2019
  • Co-Majority Whip, 2015
  • Minority Whip, 2011-2012
  • Nevada Senate, 2010 -Present (first elected November 2010)
  • Nevada Assembly, 2006-2010 (first elected November 2006)

Other Public Service

  • Nevada Tax Commission's Blue Ribbon Property Tax Commission
  • Member, Nevada Tax Commission's Blue Ribbon Subcommittee to Study Property Taxes, 2007
  • Past Chair, United States Small Business Administration Region IX Regulatory Fairness Board
  • Chair, Nevada State Conservation Commission
  • Chair, Carson Valley Conservation District
  • Member, Farm Service Agency Community Outreach Committee

Honors and Awards

  • American Farmer Degree
  • Outstanding Young Farmer for Nevada
  • Graduate, Leadership Douglas County

Affiliations

  • Member, Douglas County Republican Central Committee
  • Western Legislative (Leadership) Academy, The Council of State Governments-WEST
  • Legislative Academy, National Conference for State Legislatures

Education

  • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Agricultural Education/Agricultural Science

Personal

Occupation: Agriculturalist
Recreation: Reading
Born: 1971 - Carson City, Nevada
Spouse: Sherese
Children: Two daughters

Primary Sponsor

SR1 Adopts the Standing Rules of the Senate for the 80th Session of the Legislature. (BDR R-983)
SB1 Makes an appropriation to the Legislative Fund for the costs of the 80th Legislative Session. (BDR S-553)
SR2 Provides allowances to the members of the Senate for periodicals, stamps, stationery and communications. (BDR R-985)
SR3 Provides for the appointment of the Senate Session staff. (BDR R-987)
SR5 Inducts Valerie Wiener into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1262)
ACR5 Commemorates the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution by the Nevada Legislature, the first state in the nation to do so. (BDR R-1079)
SR6 Inducts Barbara Katherine Cegavske into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1261)
SR7 Provides for the compensation of the clergy in the Senate for the 80th Session of the Nevada Legislature. (BDR R-1285)
SB107 Revises provisions relating to public office. (BDR 24-18)
SB114 Revises provisions relating to vehicles. (BDR 58-596)
SB118 Makes the office of registrar of voters an elected position. (BDR 20-597)
SB122 Revises provisions relating to the qualifications of certain candidates for partisan office. (BDR 24-52)
SB132 Limits the manner in which the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada is allowed to use certain property or the proceeds and rents from certain property. (BDR 34-80)
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)
SB169 Makes an appropriation to the Account for the Training of Peace Officers. (BDR S-645)
SB176 Revises provisions relating to workers' compensation. (BDR 53-179)
SB180 Revises provisions relating to the awarding of certain state purchasing contracts related to information technology. (BDR 27-739)
SB181 Revises provisions relating to special license plates. (BDR 43-663)
SB219 Revises provisions relating to certain regulatory bodies. (BDR 54-646)
SB221 Revises provisions governing warnings against trespassing. (BDR 15-17)
SB232 Revises certain provisions related to irrigation districts. (BDR 48-644)
SB250 Revises provisions relating to the dedication of water rights. (BDR 48-664)
AB255 Revises provisions relating to permits to carry concealed firearms. (BDR 15-84)
AB257 Provides for the establishment of the Nevada State Holocaust Museum. (BDR 33-1039)
SB280 Revises provisions relating to state lands. (BDR 26-975)
SB316 Revises provisions governing public nuisances. (BDR 15-53)
SB317 Establishes provisions relating to juvenile assessment centers. (BDR 5-165)
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)
SB331 Designates the new Interstate Highway No. 11 as the Purple Heart Highway. (BDR S-78)
SB333 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-738)
SB335 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-161)
SB341 Revises provisions relating to enterprise funds created by local governments for the purpose of providing telecommunication services. (BDR 31-1009)
SB343 Requires training for certain members of certain educational governing bodies and requires additional transparency for school expenditures. (BDR 34-548)
SB345 Revises provisions governing estate distilleries. (BDR 52-980)
SB347 Revises provisions relating to hemp. (BDR 49-976)
SB351 Makes certain changes relating to education. (BDR 34-247)
SB352 Revises provisions relating to motor vehicle registration. (BDR 43-51)
SB386 Revises provisions governing certain tax exemptions for veterans. (BDR 32-737)
SB400 Revises provisions governing the auditing and bonding of public livestock auctions. (BDR 50-634)
SB411 Authorizes the possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle that is on certain governmental property under certain circumstances. (BDR 15-643)
SB445 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-979)
SB446 Revises provisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-974)
SB477 Prohibits the release of a child to a parent or guardian in a child welfare proceeding in certain circumstances. (BDR 38-1005)
SB480 Revises provisions relating to courts. (BDR 1-978)
SB529 Revises provisions relating to state financial administration. (BDR 31-1267)

Co-Sponsor

SJR2 Proposes an amendment to the Nevada Constitution that revises the provisions governing appointments of judicial officers to fill vacancies. (BDR C-766)
ACR3 Memorializes former Assemblyman Bob Price. (BDR R-971)
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)
SB139 Creates the Program to Develop Leadership Skills for Public School Pupils. (BDR 34-283)
SB141 Revises provisions relating to the Nevada Equal Rights Commission. (BDR S-249)
SB142 Makes various changes relating to school safety. (BDR 34-167)
SB160 Requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt certain regulations concerning natural gas infrastructure. (BDR 58-909)
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)
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)
SB188 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-632)
AB201 Revises provisions governing certain traffic laws. (BDR 43-604)
AB214 Makes an appropriation for a feasibility study of the development of the historic structures, buildings and other property and any artifact resources of the Nevada State Prison. (BDR S-535)
AB215 Revises provisions relating to document preparation services. (BDR 19-666)
AB233 Revises provisions related to water. (BDR 48-45)
SB257 Provides that certain evidence is inadmissible in an action or proceeding involving domestic relations. (BDR 4-37)
SB259 Revises provisions relating to physicians. (BDR 54-628)
SB260 Revises provisions relating to domestic relations. (BDR 11-40)
SB265 Revises provisions relating to certain information and records concerning public safety. (BDR 14-1042)
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)
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)
AB338 Revises requirements for the operation of a motor vehicle by a young driver. (BDR 43-600)
SB359 Provides for continued coverage for health care for certain chronic health conditions. (BDR 57-627)
SB360 Enacts the Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act. (BDR 15-11)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)
AB380 Revises provisions governing safety in K-12 public schools. (BDR 31-41)
AB403 Revises provisions relating to certain traffic offenses. (BDR 43-42)
AB404 Authorizes the Board of Wildlife Commissioners to establish a program authorizing certain persons to transfer, defer or return certain lawfully obtained tags if certain extenuating circumstances exist. (BDR 45-1029)
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)
AB410 Revises provisions relating to orders for protection. (BDR 3-176)