Assistant Majority Whip

Washoe County

District # 30

Benefits Representative

Assemblywoman Smith was first elected in 2000. She serves in leadership as an Assistant Majority Whip.  During the last legislative session, she served as the Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee and served on the Ways and Means Committee (chairing the K-12 and CIP sub committees) and the Elections, Procedures, Ethics and Constitutional Amendments Committee. In the interim, Ms. Smith chairs the Stimulus Oversight Subcommittee and serves on the Interim Finance Committee, Legislative Commission, Reapportionment Committee and Committee to Consult with the Director. 

Assemblywoman Smith represents Assembly District 30 in Washoe County. The district includes portions of Reno, Sparks and Washoe County. The district is generally bordered by the Pyramid Highway on the east side, I-80 on the south side and US395 on the west side.  It extends in to much of the north valleys, including most of Sun Valley, Panther Valley, Golden Valley and part of Lemmon Valley. 

Among her priorities for the last legislative session were reforming state government to make it more efficient and accountable and enacting measures, as chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee, to improve patient safety in the aftermath of the Hepatitis C crisis. 

A little more about Assemblywoman Smith:

Assemblywoman Smith served as Chairman of the Council to Establish Academic Standards for eight years leading the state through the initial process of developing and passing the state’s first academic standards. 

Assemblywoman Smith is a past President of the Nevada Parent Teacher Association, as well as a former board member of the National PTA. She is an Education Alliance board member, an advisory board member of the Angel Kiss Foundation and a former Lander County School Board member. 

She recently completed the Emerging Political Leaders Program at the University of Virginia Darden Graduate School and is a graduate of the CSG West Western Legislative Academy and a Flemming Fellow.  

Assemblywoman Smith is married to Greg Smith. They have three children and two granddaughters. 

For more information on Debbie Smith, visit Debbie’s website at www.votedebbiesmith.com

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