Senator Lisa Krasner

Minority Whip
Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2022-Present (first elected November 2022)
  • Co-Minority Whip, 2023
  • 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
  • Republican Men’s Club, Associate Member

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
Spouse: Charles
Children: Two

Primary Sponsor

AJR1* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to add and revise terms relating to persons with certain conditions for whose benefit certain public entities are supported by the State. (BDR C-477)
AJR1 Urges the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to study the effectiveness and use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans. (BDR R-838)
SCR1 Directs the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary to conduct an interim study concerning certain policies and procedures applicable to victims of human trafficking. (BDR R-1021)
AJR2 Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to revise certain procedures relating to proposed amendments to the Nevada Constitution. (BDR C-851)
SJR5 Urges Congress to expand the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children to cover the purchase of menstrual products. (BDR R-980)
SB121 Revises provisions relating to offenses against children. (BDR 15-29)
SB129 Revises provisions relating to certain civil actions involving sexual assault. (BDR 2-573)
SB130 Revises provisions relating to the emergency powers of the Governor. (BDR 36-514)
SB135 Revises the deadline for returning mail ballots by mail. (BDR 24-529)
SB136 Revises provisions relating to states of emergency or declarations of disaster proclaimed by the Governor. (BDR 36-520)
SB138 Revises provisions relating to sex trafficking. (BDR 15-609)
AB140 Makes Juneteenth Day a legal holiday in this State. (BDR 19-63)
SB144 Establishes a credit against certain taxes for a taxpayer who donates money to a career and technical program tax credit organization that makes grants to programs of career and technical education. (BDR 34-866)
SB149 Revises provisions governing reading and mathematics education. (BDR 34-647)
SB157 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-173)
SB165 Revises provisions relating to businesses engaged in the development of emerging technologies. (BDR 18-878)
SB170 Revises provisions relating to crimes. (BDR 15-581)
SB173 Revises provisions relating to statements or confessions made in certain criminal actions. (BDR 4-645)
AB174 Revises provisions governing the state militia. (BDR 36-734)
SB178 Makes an appropriation to the Department of Veteran Services. (BDR S-722)
SB181 Revises provisions relating to economic development. (BDR 18-683)
SB188 Revises provisions governing firearms. (BDR 15-172)
SB194 Revises provisions relating to step therapy protocols. (BDR 57-885)
SB212 Authorizes the reimbursement of teachers for certain out-of-pocket expenses. (BDR 34-585)
SB219 Makes an appropriation to Special Olympics of Nevada to establish the organization as an independent nonprofit entity and expand its programs in this State. (BDR S-547)
SB220 Revises provisions relating to the Nevada Educational Choice Scholarship Program. (BDR 34-99)
SB236 Makes an appropriation for educational programs relating to history, law and civics. (BDR S-939)
SB238 Makes various changes relating to certain voter registration agencies. (BDR 43-583)
SB243 Revises provisions relating to catalytic converters. (BDR 15-37)
AB245 Revises provisions governing education. (BDR 34-818)
SB285 Makes an appropriation for civics education programs. (BDR S-86)
SB313 Revises provisions relating to mental health education. (BDR 34-58)
SB321 Revises provisions relating to crimes. (BDR 14-550)
SB324 Revises provisions governing schools of nursing. (BDR 54-918)
SB325 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-105)
SB334 Revises provisions relating to energy storage systems that are used to meet certain biennial energy storage targets. (BDR 58-30)
SB350 Revises provisions relating to graduate medical education. (BDR 18-553)
SB364 Makes various changes relating to cultural remains. (BDR 33-533)
SB366 Revises provisions relating to children. (BDR 34-727)
SB374 Revises provisions relating to property taxes. (BDR 32-578)
SB377 Requires the Legislative Auditor to conduct an audit of certain costs and expenses associated with opioid-related litigation. (BDR S-757)
SB496 Revises provisions relating to the film industry. (BDR S-1039)

Co-Sponsor

SCR3 Memorializes esteemed attorney and lobbyist Ben Graham. (BDR R-1095)
SR4 Inducts Richard Bryan into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1196)
AJR4 Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to create an independent redistricting commission. (BDR C-739)
SR5 Inducts Joseph Paul Hardy into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1195)
SR6 Inducts Claire Jesse Clift as an honorary member into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1197)
SB113 Revises provisions relating to groundwater management plans. (BDR 48-595)
SB123 Revises provisions relating to unemployment compensation. (BDR 53-285)
AB125 Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 43-796)
SB128 Revises provisions relating to fentanyl and certain related opioids. (BDR 40-544)
SB132 Revises provisions relating to insurance coverage for living organ donors. (BDR 57-551)
SB141 Revises provisions related to wildlife. (BDR 45-294)
SB150 Revises provisions relating to psychological assistants, psychological interns and psychological trainees. (BDR 54-648)
SB151 Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-287)
AB154 Provides for the regulation of the living donation of birth tissue. (BDR 40-455)
SB161 Makes revisions relating to personal health and wellness. (BDR 38-811)
SB164 Revises provisions relating to special license plates. (BDR 43-8)
SB167 Prohibits the imposition of step therapy under certain circumstances. (BDR 57-81)
AB169 Revises provisions governing the labeling of feminine hygiene products. (BDR 51-617)
SB183 Establishes provisions relating to the collection and destruction of unused drugs. (BDR 54-576)
SB184 Revises the Charter of the City of North Las Vegas. (BDR S-5)
SB193 Revises provisions governing the commerce tax. (BDR 32-584)
AB193 Revises provisions relating to custodial interrogations of children. (BDR 5-229)
SB197 Establishes and revises the penalties for certain offenses involving fentanyl and carfentanil. (BDR 40-579)
SB205 Revises provisions relating to the registration of off-highway vehicles. (BDR 43-546)
SB208 Requires counties and cities to enact certain ordinances relating to battery-charged fences. (BDR 20-853)
SB230 Requires certain proof of identity to vote in an election. (BDR 24-175)
SB241 Revises provisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-971)
SB244 Makes an appropriation to the Other State Education Programs Account for the creation and maintenance of school gardens. (BDR S-557)
SB253 Revises provisions relating to public employment. (BDR 23-919)
SB263 Makes an appropriation to the Children's Cabinet for the purchase and renovation of a parcel of land to carry out the Oddie Project. (BDR S-921)
SB266 Revises various provisions relating to gaming. (BDR 41-943)
SB267 Establishes provisions relating to insurance coverage of mental health services. (BDR 57-1020)
AB274 Revises provisions governing required instruction in financial literacy. (BDR 34-759)
SB286 Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-84)
SB300 Makes an appropriation from the State General Fund to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for a grant program for certain interns. (BDR S-100)
SB320 Revises provisions related to the Legislature. (BDR 23-194)
SB342 Enacts provisions relating to veterinary medicine. (BDR 34-1012)
SB359 Revises provisions governing juvenile justice. (BDR 5-56)
SB368 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 10-989)
SB369 Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 32-528)
SB381 Prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay certain charges. (BDR 10-650)
SB392 Revises provisions relating to commercial kitchen equipment. (BDR 42-966)
SB420 Revises provisions relating to the payment of certain fees for legal services. (BDR S-667)