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Inducts Pete Goicoechea into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1169)

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Carrie Buck and 19 co-sponsors

Induct Pete Goicoechea into the Nevada Senate Hall of Fame; an honorary recognition, effective upon adoption, with no legal or budgetary changes.

Enrolled and delivered to Secretary of State. File No. 14.
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Bill Summary · SR 5

Summary — Senate Resolution No. 5 (83rd Session, 2025)

Inducting Pete Goicoechea into the Senate Hall of Fame (BDR R-1169)

Main purpose

This enrolled Senate resolution formally inducts Pete Goicoechea into the Nevada Senate Hall of Fame in recognition of his long record of public service to Eureka County and the State of Nevada. The resolution is honorary and becomes effective upon adoption.

Key provisions / text highlights

  • Declares that Pete Goicoechea is hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of Fame of the Nevada Legislature.
  • Recites Goicoechea’s background and public-service record, including:
    • Born in Salt Lake City, educated in Ely and at Eureka County High School; attended Utah State University.
    • Third‑generation Basque rancher operating in Elko, Eureka and White Pine counties.
    • Prior employment with Kennecott Copper Mining, Eureka County Road Department, Mt. Wheeler Power and Windfall Mining.
    • Community service as volunteer firefighter and director of the Eureka County High School Rodeo Club.
    • Elected to the Eureka County Board of County Commissioners in 1987; served 16 years (14 years as Chair).
    • Elected to the Nevada Assembly in 2002 (Assembly District 35); served 10 years with leadership roles including Co‑Minority Whip and Assembly Minority Floor Leader; member of Assembly Ways & Means (two sessions beginning 2009).
    • Elected to the Nevada Senate in 2012 (Senate District 19); served 12 years, including Chair of the Senate Committee on Government Affairs and Chair of the Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Study Water; served on the Senate Committee on Finance for six sessions.
    • After 22 years in the Legislature, appointed by Governor Lombardo to the University of Nevada Board of Regents (District 8).
    • Personal details noted (married nearly 53 years; three children; two granddaughters).
  • States that the resolution becomes effective upon adoption.

Who is affected

  • Primary subject: Pete Goicoechea — the resolution confers an honorary induction into the Nevada Senate Hall of Fame.
  • Institutional effect: symbolic recognition by the Nevada Senate; no changes to law, budget, or administrative responsibilities.

Procedural / timeline information

  • Offered by a group of senators (enrolled heading names Senators Cannizzaro, Titus, Buck, Cruz‑Crawford, Daly, Doñate, Dondero Loop, Ellison, Flores, Hansen, Krasner, Lange, Neal, Nguyen, Ohrenschall, Pazina, Rogich, Scheible, Steinbeck, Stone, and Taylor).
  • Adopted by the Senate and reported enrolled in the 83rd Legislative Session (2025).
  • Enrolled and delivered to the Secretary of State (File No. 14) on May 12, 2025.
  • Effective date: upon adoption (honorific effect immediate as of adoption/enrollment).

Impact

  • Purely honorary recognition. The resolution does not create legal obligations, appropriations, regulatory changes, or programmatic actions. Its principal effect is to record the Legislature’s formal recognition of Goicoechea’s service and to add him to the Senate Hall of Fame roster.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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