Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2014
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Single
Birth date: 04/25/1980
Birthplace: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Home City: Las Vegas NV
Religion: Catholic

Profession

Academic Advisor, Community College of Southern Nevada, present Student Recruiter, Community College of Southern Nevada, 1999-2005

Education

Attending, MPA, University of Oklahoma BS, Education, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2004 Attended, Community College of Southern Nevada

Committees

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

AB 571 Amending Smoking Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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: Yea

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 6 2009-2011 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

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

SB 429 Omnibus Tax Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 283 Establishing Domestic Partnerships
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

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

AB 413 Presidential Election By National Popular Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 495 Removing Medical Malpractice Award Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AJR 7 Allowing for State Lottery
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

IP 1 Lodging Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 595 Highway Funding Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 409 HPV Vaccine and Prostate Cancer Screening Coverage Act
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

AB 510 Parole Credit Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 409 HPV Vaccine and Prostate Cancer Screening Coverage Act
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

AB 510 Parole Credit Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 409 HPV Vaccine and Prostate Cancer Screening Coverage Act
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

AB 150 Methamphetamine Control Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 248 Regulation of Tip Sharing Agreements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

AB 494 Unemployment Compensation for Workers in a Lockout
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 601 Local Government Employee-Management Relations Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AJR 5 Lottery Constitutional Amendment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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