Senator Lisa Krasner

Minority Whip
Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2022-Present (first elected November 2022)
  • Senate Minority Whip, 2025
  • 2025 SESSION COMMITTEES - Senate Judiciary, Senate Government Affairs, Senate Legislative Operations and Elections
  • Senate Co-Minority Whip, 2023
  • 2023 SESSION COMMITTEES - Senate Judiciary, Senate Government Affairs, Senate Legislative Operations and Elections
  • Nevada Assembly, 2017-2022 (first elected November 2016)—three regular sessions and three special sessions
  • 2021-2022 Interim Committees: Legislative Commission, Judiciary Committee, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Committee
  • 2021 Legislative Session- Assembly Assistant Minority Whip- North
  • 2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education; Health and Human Services; Judiciary
  • 2019-2020 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice; Legislative Commission
  • 2019 Legislative Session- Assembly Minority Whip
  • 2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education; Health and Human Services; Judiciary
  • 2017-2018 INTERIM COMMITTEE: Legislative Committee on Senior Citizens, Veterans and Adults with Special Needs; Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice
  • 2017 SESSION COMMITTEES: Corrections, Parole, and Probation; Education; Judiciary; Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining

Other Public Service

  • Alliance with Washoe County Medical Society- Board Member
  • State of Nevada P.T.A- Board Member
  • Women in Government, Western Regional Director and State Director
  • National Foundation for Women Legislators, State Director
  • State of Nevada Commission on Aging, Commissioner, 2013-2016
  • City of Reno, Recreation and Parks Commission, Commissioner, 2005-2012
  • Reno Philharmonic Guild, President
  • Reno Philharmonic Board of Trustees, Trustee
  • Junior Achievement, Instructor
  • P.T.A., Hunsberger Elementary School, Vice President
  • P.T.O. Boosters, Galena High School, Member
  • We the People, Civics Competition, Judge
  • Junior League of Reno, Advocacy and Legislative Committee, Chairman

Honors and Awards

  • Boy Scouts of Reno, NV- Hometown Hero Award
  • Council Of State Governments- Fellow- Class of 2018
  • Governing.com- “Extraordinary Elected Woman” Award, Leadership Program
  • National Foundation for Women Legislators, Woman of Excellence/Rising Star Award

Affiliations

  • Washoe County Republican Central Committee, Member
  • Incline Village Republican Women, Member
  • Mt. Rose Republican Women, Associate Member
  • Republican Women of Reno, Associate Member
  • Washoe Republican Women, Associate Member
  • National Foundation for Women Legislators, Board Member; State Director

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.
  • University of LaVerne, College of Law, J.D.

Personal

Occupation: Adjunct Professor, Political Science Department, Truckee Meadows Community College
Recreation: Reading
Born: California

Primary Sponsor

SJR1 Urges Congress to enact legislation allowing certain eligible surviving spouses of veterans to receive an amount equal to the military retirement pay of the veteran after the veteran's death. (BDR R-55)
SJR11 Recognizes the strategic partnership and bond of friendship with, and expresses the Nevada Legislature's support for, the State of Israel. (BDR R-1014)
SB95 Revises provisions governing military justice. (BDR 36-11)
SB96 Designates January 27 as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day” in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-604)
SB103 Revises provisions relating to mail ballots. (BDR 24-56)
SB110 Revises provisions relating to sex trafficking. (BDR 15-57)
SB127 Revises provisions relating to certain training for first responders. (BDR 40-30)
SB148 Provides for the issuance of special license plates indicating service on a military unit that was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. (BDR 43-545)
SB162 Revises provisions relating to state financing. (BDR 31-789)
SB174 Revises provisions relating to pupils with disabilities. (BDR 34-53)
SB179 Revises provisions relating to discrimination. (BDR 18-35)
SB201 Prohibits certain restrictions on the display of religious or cultural items under certain circumstances. (BDR 10-122)
SB205 Revises provisions relating to the statewide voter registration list. (BDR 24-579)
SB206 Revises provisions relating to the efficacy of state programs. (BDR 17-552)
SB209 Revises provisions relating to pharmacy benefit managers. (BDR 57-534)
SB212 Makes an appropriation to City of Hope to establish an outpatient cancer treatment clinic in this State. (BDR S-220)
SB213 Revises provisions relating to the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image. (BDR 15-776)
SB231 Establishes provisions relating to the collection and destruction of unused drugs. (BDR 54-564)
SB232 Makes an appropriation for the construction of a veterans and community center in Virginia City, Nevada. (BDR S-1055)
SB236 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 3-222)
SB238 Revises provisions relating to the crime of hazing. (BDR 15-1043)
SB248 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-638)
SB257 Revises provisions relating to autism. (BDR 38-106)
SB261 Revises provisions relating to housing. (BDR 3-581)
SB264 Revises provisions relating to crimes against property. (BDR 15-219)
AB267 Revises provisions relating to the Legislature. (BDR 17-1001)
SB272 Revises provisions relating to interscholastic activities. (BDR 34-602)
SB276 Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 40-750)
AB289 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-320)
SB304 Revises provisions relating to the crime of vehicular homicide. (BDR 43-370)
SB335 Prohibits the provision of electroconvulsive therapy to a minor. (BDR 54-59)
SB346 Makes various changes relating to guardianship. (BDR 13-217)
SB357 Revises provisions relating to the education of pupils with disabilities. (BDR 34-73)
SB366 Revises provisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR S-1040)
SB399 Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-1046)

Co-Sponsor

SCR1 Memorializes esteemed native Nevadan and lobbyist Kathleen “Neena” Laxalt. (BDR R-1028)
ACR3 Expresses gratitude to the National Conference of State Legislatures for 50 years of service. (BDR R-986)
SR5 Inducts Pete Goicoechea into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1169)
SR6 Inducts Joyce Woodhouse into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1168)
SB114 Revises provisions governing certain landlords. (BDR 10-125)
SB140 Revises provisions governing certain programs of treatment established by the juvenile court. (BDR 5-62)
SB146 Makes an appropriation to the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra for the United Readers Program. (BDR S-761)
SB167 Prohibits the importation and sale of household cleaning products for which animal testing was performed. (BDR 52-892)
AB184 Revises provisions relating to interscholastic activities. (BDR 34-186)
SB185 Revises provisions relating to Medicaid reimbursement for care of disabled or chronically ill children. (BDR 38-760)
SB195 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-907)
SB237 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-542)
SB240 Revises provisions relating to state business licenses. (BDR 7-126)
AB250 Revises provisions relating to certain debt. (BDR 52-599)
SB258 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-594)
SB280 Makes an appropriation to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Dental Medicine for cleft and craniofacial health care. (BDR S-746)
SB316 Revises provisions relating to insurance. (BDR 57-777)
SB325 Authorizes certain counties and cities to establish a program relating to the adoption of certain animals. (BDR 20-1004)
SB367 Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 18-1085)
SB386 Revises provisions relating to massage therapy. (BDR 54-891)