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:

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

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

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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