Senator James Ohrenschall

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Legislative Operations and Elections (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Judiciary
  • Nevada Senate, 2018-Present (first elected November 2018)
  • 2017 SESSION COMMITTEES: Corrections, Parole, and Probation (Chair); Judiciary (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2015 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Judiciary; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2013 SESSION COMMITTEES: Legislative Operations and Elections (Chair); Judiciary (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor
  • 2011 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2015-2016 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
  • 2013-2014 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
  • 2009-2010 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Legislative Commission (Alternate Member)
  • Nevada Assembly, 2007-2017 (first elected November 2006)—six regular and eight special sessions

Other Public Service

  • Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice Member, appointed 2018
  • Nevada Juvenile Justice Oversight Commission, Advisory Committee Member
  • National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Commissioner, 2009-2010, 2017-2018
  • National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Drafting Committee on Alternatives to Bail Act Member
  • National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Past Member of Study Committee on Eyewitness Identification Act
  • National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Past Member of Study Committee on a Model Veterans' Treatment Court Act
  • National Conference of State Legislatures, Past Member of Law and Criminal Justice Committee
  • Nevada Statewide AIDS Advisory Task Force, 2009-2010
  • Governor’s Workforce Investment Board, Member, 2009-2010
  • Nevada Autism Task Force, 2007-2008
  • Law and Criminal Justice Standing Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, Appointee

Honors and Awards

  • Grant a Gift Autism Foundation, Autism Advocate Award,
  • Ralph J. Roske Award for Outstanding Work in Introductory History, UNLV Department of History
  • Clark County Bar Association Client Counseling Competition, William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Semifinalist
  • William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Dean’s Honor List
  • William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Academic Merit Scholarship
  • American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, Meritorious Public Service Award
  • Paradise Democratic Club of Clark County, Outstanding Grass-Roots Democrat of the Year Award

Other Achievements

  • Young Democrats of America National Convention, Delegate representing Nevada
  • Western Legislative Academy, The Council of State Governments–WEST, Graduate

Affiliations

  • Nevada State Bar
  • United States District Court for the District of Nevada
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • UNLV Alumni Association
  • Pi Mu Epsilon, National Mathematics Honor Society, UNLV Chapter, Founding Member
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local Union No. 631, Las Vegas, Nevada, Former Member
  • Paradise Democratic Club of Clark County
  • Delegate representing Nevada and the United States, World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association Bi-Annual Meeting

Education

  • Chaparral High School, Sunset High School, Las Vegas
  • College of Southern Nevada
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), B.A., Economics
  • William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, J.D.

Personal

Occupation: Clark County Public Defender, Juvenile Division
Born: 1972, Las Vegas, Nevada
Spouse: Riana Durrett
Children: Two Sons

Primary Sponsor

SJR1* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to expressly provide for the State Board of Pardons Commissioners and revise the duties of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners. (BDR C-567)
ACR3 Memorializes former Assemblyman Bob Price. (BDR R-971)
SJR5 Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to revise provisions relating to the State Legislature. (BDR C-58)
SCR8 Memorializes former Nevada Attorney General and Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Springer. (BDR R-1259)
AB149 Abolishes capital punishment. (BDR 15-774)
SB166 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 18-5)
SB167 Revises provisions relating to public utilities. (BDR 58-911)
SB173 Revises provisions relating to criminal convictions of victims of sex trafficking and involuntary servitude. (BDR 14-595)
SB174 Provides for an audit of certain services provided to persons with autism spectrum disorders. (BDR S-680)
AB186 Makes various changes related to elections. (BDR 24-678)
SB187 Revises provisions governing prescriptions for controlled substances by a dentist, optometrist or physician for the treatment of pain. (BDR 54-39)
AB190 Revises provisions relating to certain construction. (BDR 28-637)
SB195 Enacts the Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currency Businesses Act and the Uniform Supplemental Commercial Law for the Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currency Businesses Act. (BDR 59-594)
SB202 Revises provisions relating to children with disabilities. (BDR 34-685)
SB216 Revises provisions relating to autism spectrum disorders. (BDR 38-33)
SB245 Revises provisions relating to civil actions. (BDR 3-965)
SB246 Eliminates the possibility of the imposition of a sentence of death on persons convicted of first degree murder. (BDR 15-963)
SB247 Requires informed consent of a parent or guardian before certain services related to mental health are provided to a child. (BDR 39-626)
AB257 Provides for the establishment of the Nevada State Holocaust Museum. (BDR 33-1039)
AB259* Revises provisions relating to certain criminal convictions and sentences. (BDR 14-657)
AB303* Requires that core correctional services be provided only by the State or a local government with certain exceptions. (BDR 16-1103)
SB310 Authorizes the creation of pilot programs for recycling beverage containers. (BDR 40-752)
SB312 Requires an employer in private employment to provide paid leave to employees under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-888)
SB337 Adopts a majority-of-the-votes-cast standard for determining the winner of certain elections conducted by the Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board. (BDR 23-1020)
SB338 Makes various changes relating to the regulation of fireworks. (BDR 42-34)
AB338 Revises requirements for the operation of a motor vehicle by a young driver. (BDR 43-600)
AB339 Revises provisions relating to wages paid to certain persons who participate in job and day training services. (BDR 39-104)
SB348 Revises provisions relating to time shares. (BDR 10-961)
SB353 Revises provisions governing juvenile justice. (BDR 5-32)
SB370 Revises the State Plan for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. (BDR 38-966)
AB376* Revises provisions relating to criminal procedure. (BDR 14-1075)
SB377 Revises provisions relating to workers' compensation. (BDR 53-1025)
SB418 Revises provisions governing the distribution and sale of raw milk. (BDR 51-1073)
SB420 Revises provisions relating to renewable energy. (BDR 58-679)
SB421 Requires the establishment and carrying out of a program relating to certain unmanned aircraft systems. (BDR 18-31)
SB422 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-1085)
SB423 Revises provisions governing certain watercraft. (BDR 43-962)
SB424 Revises provisions governing community-based living arrangement services. (BDR 39-964)

Co-Sponsor

SCR1 Directs the Legislative Committee on Energy to conduct an interim study concerning the development of renewable energy and clean energy resources in this State. (BDR R-117)
AJR2* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to require the recognition of all marriages regardless of gender. (BDR C-690)
SJR3 Urges Congress to oppose the expansion of the United States Air Force in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada. (BDR R-745)
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)
SJR8 Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to guarantee equal rights. (BDR C-1278)
ACR9 Celebrates the Life of Assemblyman Odis “Tyrone” Thompson. (BDR R-1291)
SB143 Repeals, revises and reenacts provisions relating to background checks for certain sales or transfers of firearms. (BDR 15-755)
SB151 Revises provisions related to certain proceedings concerning property. (BDR 3-516)
SB159 Requires each public school and private school to adopt a policy concerning safe exposure to the sun. (BDR 34-583)
AB174 Establishes the Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing. (BDR 18-94)
SB175 Revises provisions relating to public works. (BDR 28-618)
SB177 Revises provisions relating to employment practices. (BDR 53-723)
SB178 Creates the Council on Food Security and the Food for People, Not Landfills Program. (BDR 18-57)
SB179 Revises provisions relating to abortions. (BDR 40-567)
AB182 Designates neon as the official state element of the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-670)
SB192 Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 53-781)
SB193 Makes an appropriation for educational programs relating to history, law and civics. (BDR S-368)
SB194 Establishes programs for certain persons of low-income and persons in foster care. (BDR 38-780)
SB200 Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain services and equipment. (BDR 57-43)
SB201 Revises provisions governing loans. (BDR 52-568)
SB203 Revises provisions governing programs for children who are blind, visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing. (BDR 38-77)
SB204 Revises provisions relating to the mental health of pupils. (BDR 34-551)
SB205 Requires the Office of Grant Procurement, Coordination and Management of the Department of Administration to create a pilot program to award grants of money to certain governmental and nonprofit organizations. (BDR S-807)
SB206 Revises provisions relating to state financial administration. (BDR 31-806)
SB207 Revises provisions governing apprentices. (BDR 28-740)
SB210 Revises provisions relating to energy. (BDR 58-307)
SB215 Revises provisions relating to occupational diseases. (BDR 53-317)
SB220 Revises provisions relating to Internet privacy. (BDR 52-920)
SB225 Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-552)
SB231 Revises provisions relating to certain construction. (BDR 28-910)
SB254 Revises provisions relating to carbon reduction. (BDR 40-907)
SB255 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-790)
SB256 Revises various provisions relating to landlords and tenants. (BDR 10-569)
SB257 Provides that certain evidence is inadmissible in an action or proceeding involving domestic relations. (BDR 4-37)
SB261 Revises provisions relating to firearms. (BDR 15-21)
SB262 Makes various changes to provide for tracking and reporting of information concerning the pricing of prescription drugs for treating asthma. (BDR 40-55)
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)
SB319 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-1063)
SB320 Makes various changes concerning the placement of pupils in certain more rigorous courses. (BDR 34-681)
SB324 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-683)
SB331 Designates the new Interstate Highway No. 11 as the Purple Heart Highway. (BDR S-78)
SB336 Requires the Governor to annually proclaim July 28 as Buffalo Soldiers Day in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-791)
SB358 Revises provisions relating to the renewable energy portfolio standard. (BDR 58-301)
AB363 Revises certain provisions relating to homeless youth. (BDR 43-1033)
AB374* Requires the Department of Health and Human Services, if authorized by federal law, to establish a health care plan within Medicaid for purchase by persons who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid. (BDR 38-881)
SB384 Revises provisions relating to criminal procedure. (BDR 14-857)
SB385 Revises provisions relating to insurance for personal property at storage facilities. (BDR 57-538)
SB386 Revises provisions governing certain tax exemptions for veterans. (BDR 32-737)
AB408* Revises provisions relating to Medicaid and health insurance. (BDR 38-957)
SB489 Revises provisions relating to state and local business licenses. (BDR 7-137)
SB490 Requires the Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs to conduct a study related to disparities and unlawful discrimination in the awarding of certain contracts by the State or a local government. (BDR S-586)
SB493 Revises provisions relating to misclassification of employees. (BDR 53-1087)
SB547 Revises provisions relating to providers of new electric resources. (BDR 58-913)
SB557 Revises provisions relating to campaign practices. (BDR 24-1272)