Senator John Ellison

Party: Republican

District: 19

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

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Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2024-Present (first elected November 2024)
  • Nevada Assembly, 2010-2022 (first elected November 2010)
  • Assembly Co-Deputy Minority Floor Leader (North), 2019
  • Assembly Minority Whip Rural, 2017
  • Assembly Speaker pro Tempore, 2015-2016

Personal

Occupation: Electrical Contractor
Recreation: Flying, shooting, spending time with family and friends
Born: 1953 - Elko, Nevada
Spouse: Wendy Ellison
Children: Billy, Michelle & Nicole

Primary Sponsor

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)
SB122 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-606)
SB123 Prohibits local governments from enacting rent control. (BDR 20-723)
SB163 Revises provisions relating to bail. (BDR 14-725)
SB164 Revises provisions relating to permits to carry a concealed firearm. (BDR 15-607)
SB202 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 15-729)
SB204 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 53-724)
SB209 Revises provisions relating to pharmacy benefit managers. (BDR 57-534)
SB219 Revises provisions relating to organized retail theft. (BDR 15-727)
SB236 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 3-222)
AB240 Revises provisions relating to athletics. (BDR 34-179)
SB267 Revises provisions relating to law enforcement. (BDR 16-726)
SB302 Revises provisions relating to law enforcement. (BDR 20-112)
SB310 Revises provisions relating to public monuments. (BDR 35-1013)
SB311 Imposes certain requirements upon certain alarm companies. (BDR 52-730)
SB369 Revises provisions relating to financial institutions. (BDR 55-225)
SB399 Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-1046)
AB421 Provides immunity from civil liability for certain acts and omissions of volunteer security personnel of a religious organization under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-322)

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)
AB81 Exempts the State of Nevada from provisions of federal law relating to daylight saving time. (BDR 19-23)
SB96 Designates January 27 as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day” in the State of Nevada. (BDR 19-604)
SB179 Revises provisions relating to discrimination. (BDR 18-35)
SB195 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-907)
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)
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)
SB240 Revises provisions relating to state business licenses. (BDR 7-126)
SB258 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-594)
AB267 Revises provisions relating to the Legislature. (BDR 17-1001)
SB276 Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 40-750)
SB304 Revises provisions relating to the crime of vehicular homicide. (BDR 43-370)
SB325 Authorizes certain counties and cities to establish a program relating to the adoption of certain animals. (BDR 20-1004)
SB366 Revises provisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR S-1040)
AB377 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 32-923)