The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 1996
Next Election: Term Limited
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Female
Family: Divorced
Birth date: 10/30/1948
Birthplace: Las Vegas, NV
Home City: Las Vegas NV
Religion:

Profession

Owner/President/Chief Executive Officer, Power Mark Publishing, 1998-present Owner/President/Chief Executive Officer, Wiener Communications Group, 1988-present Author, National Federation of Press Women, 1991 Press Secretary, United States Senate/House, 1983-1988 Owner/Vice President, Broadcast Associates, 1972-1986 Author Consultant Positioning Strategist Speaker

Education

Law Studies, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, 1976-1979 MA, Contemporary Literature, University of Illinois, Springfield, 1974 MA, Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1972 BJ, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1971

Committees

Education
Health and Education
Health and Human Services
Judiciary
Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth and Employment

AB 571 Amending Smoking Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 580 2011-2013 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 301 Voting Privileges for Felons
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

AB 136 Governing Credits for Offenders
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

AB 566 Redistricting for Nevada Senate and Assembly Elections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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AB 571 Amending Smoking Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 580 2011-2013 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 301 Voting Privileges for Felons
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

AB 136 Governing Credits for Offenders
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

AB 566 Redistricting for Nevada Senate and Assembly Elections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 75 Investment in Private Equity Firms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 211 Prohibiting Discriminatory Employment Practices Based On Gender or Expression
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 568 2011-2013 Education Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 497 Congressional and Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 568 2011-2013 Education Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 331 Prohibits Sex and Gender Identity Discrimination in Places of Public Accommodation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 180 Criminal and Civil Liability for Gender Identity Crimes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 368 Prohibiting Discrimination in Housing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 331 Prohibits Sex and Gender Identity Discrimination in Places of Public Accommodation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 180 Criminal and Civil Liability for Gender Identity Crimes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 368 Prohibiting Discrimination in Housing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 180 Criminal and Civil Liability for Gender Identity Crimes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 331 Prohibits Sex and Gender Identity Discrimination in Places of Public Accommodation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 458 Establishing the K-12 Public Education Stabilization Account
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 52 New Standards for Drivers Licenses and Identification Cards
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 458 Establishing the K-12 Public Education Stabilization Account
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 52 New Standards for Drivers Licenses and Identification Cards
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 543 Property Tax Reappropriation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AB 395 Allowing State Employee Collective Bargaining
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 283 Establishing Domestic Partnerships
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 311 Washoe County Fluoridation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 283 Establishing Domestic Partnerships
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 372 Smoking Ban Exceptions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

IP 1 Lodging Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 116 Seat Belt Violation as a Primary Offense
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5 2008-2009 Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 595 Highway Funding Act
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 415 Undocumented Students and State Financial Aid Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 52 Governor Guinn Millennium Teaching Scholarship Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 415 Undocumented Students and State Financial Aid Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 52 Governor Guinn Millennium Teaching Scholarship Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 113 Prostate Cancer Screening Coverage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 409 HPV Vaccine Coverage Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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