Senator Scott Hammond

Co-Minority Whip
Party: Republican

Legislative Service

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

Other Public Service

  • Founding Member, Somerset Academy of Las Vegas

Honors and Awards

  • Educator of the Year, Indian Springs High School, 2001-2002

Education

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas B.A., Political Science, 1995; M.A., Political Science, 1997

Personal

Occupation: Teacher
Born: 1966 - Syracuse, New York
Spouse: Tonya Hammond
Children: Tomas, Olivia, Sofia, Isabella

Primary Sponsor

SCR7 Celebrates the sister state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan. (BDR R-1266)
SB109 Requires cameras to be installed in certain classrooms within a public school which are used for special education. (BDR 34-10)
SB110 Establishes a program to award grants to certain community-based programs for reentry of offenders. (BDR S-563)
SB113 Revises provisions relating to the membership of the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security. (BDR 19-577)
SB115 Requires the State Plan for Medicaid to include coverage for donor breast milk and certain related products. (BDR 38-560)
SB139 Creates the Program to Develop Leadership Skills for Public School Pupils. (BDR 34-283)
SB183 Makes various changes relating to governmental administration. (BDR 19-537)
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)
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)
AB201 Revises provisions governing certain traffic laws. (BDR 43-604)
AB204 Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 54-932)
AB246 Revises provisions relating to business entities. (BDR 18-996)
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)
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)
SB285 Makes certain changes relating to school safety. (BDR S-282)
SB288 Prohibits certain false or misleading practices by or on behalf of treatment providers, facilities and alcohol and drug abuse programs. (BDR 52-575)
SB296 Provides for the issuance of a license by endorsement to certain teachers who have a license or equivalent issued in another country. (BDR 34-607)
SB297 Revises provisions relating to driving or operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol or a prohibited substance. (BDR 43-1013)
SB317 Establishes provisions relating to juvenile assessment centers. (BDR 5-165)
SB318 Revises provisions relating to school safety. (BDR 34-281)
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)
SB333 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-738)
AB342 Revises provisions governing pupils who are children of military personnel. (BDR 34-624)
SB349 Revises provisions relating to education savings accounts and education funding. (BDR 34-285)
SB352 Revises provisions relating to motor vehicle registration. (BDR 43-51)
AB352 Revises provisions governing certain mortgages. (BDR 52-698)
SB356 Authorizes the registration of certain retired military vehicles. (BDR 43-280)
AB359 Revises provisions relating to work-based learning programs. (BDR 34-853)
SB360 Enacts the Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act. (BDR 15-11)
SB379 Revises provisions relating to electronic gates that provide access for vehicular traffic. (BDR 35-1047)
AB380 Revises provisions governing safety in K-12 public schools. (BDR 31-41)
AB390 Revises provisions relating to equipment on motor vehicles. (BDR 43-1059)
AB392 Encourages employers to provide work-based learning opportunities for pupils. (BDR 34-952)
SB393 Clarifies provisions concerning payments for treatment relating to mental illness or the abuse of alcohol or drugs. (BDR 57-576)
SB399 Revises provisions regarding licensed automobile wreckers. (BDR 43-253)
SB404 Provides for the issuance of scholarships for certain career and technical education or early childhood education programs by scholarship organizations. (BDR 34-778)
AB407 Revises provisions governing the administration of laws relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 43-1032)
AB408 Revises provisions relating to animals in certain public places. (BDR 54-689)
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)
SB445 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-979)
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)
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)
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)
SB141 Revises provisions relating to the Nevada Equal Rights Commission. (BDR S-249)
SB142 Makes various changes relating to school safety. (BDR 34-167)
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)
AB182 Designates neon as the official state element of the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-670)
SB184 Revises provisions relating to the protection of children. (BDR 34-668)
SB193 Makes an appropriation for educational programs relating to history, law and civics. (BDR S-368)
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)
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)
SB335 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-161)
AB338 Revises requirements for the operation of a motor vehicle by a young driver. (BDR 43-600)
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)
AB358 Makes certain changes to attract certain health professionals to practice in Nevada. (BDR 34-851)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)
AB378 Makes various changes relating to the transportation and admission of certain persons alleged to be a danger to themselves or others to certain facilities or hospitals. (BDR 34-711)
AB403 Revises provisions relating to certain traffic offenses. (BDR 43-42)
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)