Senator Pete Goicoechea

Party: Republican

District: 19

County: Clark (Part), Elko, Eureka, Lincoln, Nye (Part), White Pine

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Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2012 - Present (first elected November 2012)
  • Minority Floor Leader, 2011-2012
  • Minority Whip, 2007-2010
  • Nevada Assembly, 2002-2012 (first elected November 2002)

Other Public Service

  • Member, State Land Use Planning Advisory Council
  • Member, Nevada Grazing Board of Districts No. 4 and 6
  • Member, Central Committee of Nevada State Grazing Boards
  • Director, Nevada Water Resource Association

Affiliations

  • Eureka Volunteer Fire Department
  • Rodeo Club, Eureka High School
  • Nevada Cattlemen's Association
  • Nevada Water Resource Association
  • E Clampus Vitus
  • Snowshoe Thompson Chapter, Carson City, Nevada
  • Humboldt River Authority
  • Nevada Rural Health Centers
  • Western States Coalition
  • Nevada Association of Counties

Education

  • White Pine County Schools
  • Eureka County High School
  • Utah State University

Government

  • Commissioner, Eureka County (sixteen years)

Personal

Occupation: Rancher
Born: 1949 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Spouse: Glady Tognoni
Children: J.J. Goicoechea, D.V.M., Jolene Goicoechea-Lema

Primary Sponsor

SB107 Revises provisions relating to public office. (BDR 24-18)
SB130 Provides for the licensing and regulation of certain persons who administer radiation. (BDR 40-61)
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)
SB138 Authorizes certain local governments to increase diesel taxes under certain circumstances. (BDR 32-27)
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)
AB233 Revises provisions related to water. (BDR 48-45)
SB233 Revises provisions relating to capital improvement funds. (BDR 34-152)
SB236 Establishes provisions relating to a change in the place of diversion of water for certain wells. (BDR 48-635)
AB242 Makes various changes relating to regional commercial air service in this State. (BDR 18-1024)
SB250 Revises provisions relating to the dedication of water rights. (BDR 48-664)
SB253 Revises provisions governing the suspension of licensed school employees. (BDR 34-582)
AB265 Requires the Desert Research Institute to conduct a study concerning water treatment and recycling. (BDR S-901)
SB275 Makes various changes relating to licensing and regulation of master guides and subguides. (BDR 45-150)
SB308 Revises provisions governing gasoline octane standards in this State. (BDR 51-259)
SB333 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-738)
SB335 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-161)
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)
SB401 Revising the applicability of statutes governing contractors. (BDR 54-639)
SB411 Authorizes the possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle that is on certain governmental property under certain circumstances. (BDR 15-643)
SB417 Revises provisions governing public sales of livestock. (BDR 50-371)
SB480 Revises provisions relating to courts. (BDR 1-978)

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)
SB142 Makes various changes relating to school safety. (BDR 34-167)
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)
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)
SB280 Revises provisions relating to state lands. (BDR 26-975)
SB282 Limiting the civil liability of crisis support centers under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-614)
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)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)
SB410 Revises provisions relating to incentives for economic development. (BDR 32-881)
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)
SB529 Revises provisions relating to state financial administration. (BDR 31-1267)