SR 6 — Inducts Barbara Katherine Cegavske into the Senate Hall of Fame. (BDR R-1261)

S.R.Senate Resolution No.

66–Senators SENATECannizzaro, RESOLUTIONSettelmeyer; N O.

6–SENATORSBrooks, CCancela, ANNIZZARODenis, ,Dondero SETTELMEYERLoop, ;Goicoechea, Hammond, Hansen, Hardy, D.

BHarris, ROOKS,Kieckhefer, COhrenschall, ANCELAParks, ,Pickard, DRatti, ENI,Scheible, DSeevers ONDEROGansert, LOOP,Spearman, GWashington OICOECHEAand ,Woodhouse HAMMONDFILE ,NUMBER.......... HANSEN , HARDY , D.

HARRIS, KIECKHEFER , OHRENSCHALL , PARKS, PICKARD , RATTI, SCHEIBLE, SEEVERS G ANSERT, SPEARMAN , W ASHINGTON AND W OODHOUSE A PRIL25, 2019 ____________ Read and Adopted SUMMARY—Inducts Barbara Katherine Cegavske into the Senate Hall of Fame.

(BDR R-1261) ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

W HEREAS,HEREAS , The Senate of the Legislature of the State of Nevada has established a Senate Hall of Fame whose members are selected by leadership from those past Senators who have served with distinction and who have made exemplary contributions to the State of Nevada;

and W HEREAS,HEREAS , Barbara Katherine Jewson was born in Faribault, Minnesota, the fourth of six children and she graduated from Mayo High School in Rochester, Minnesota;

and W HEREAS,HEREAS , Barbara’s parents owned a small business so she and her siblings were put to work at an early age, learning the tasks necessary to make a small business successful;

and W HEREAS,HEREAS , In 1974, Barbara moved to southern Nevada where she met Tim Cegavske, whom she married and while their two sons were in public school, Barbara began her involvement in public affairs by participating in the Parent Teacher Association;

and W HEREAS, In 1996, Barbara was elected to the Nevada Assembly and in 2002, she was elected to the Nevada Senate, serving three terms in each House;

and W HEREAS,HEREAS , During her 18 years as a Legislator, one of Barbara’s primary concerns was education reform and she introduced many bills addressing innovations in teacher training and licensure, school - *SR6* – 2 – choice, school governance, civics education, school attendance, English learning, adult education, and education in music and the arts;

and W HEREAS , As a Legislator, Barbara prevailed through sheer tenacity and firmness of purpose, as demonstrated by her tireless efforts to enact a graduated driver’s license law so that teenage drivers may gradually gain experience, having first introduced the - 80th Session (2019) – 2 – bill in 1999 and subsequent sessions thereafter, successfully passing the law in 2007;

now, therefore, be it R ESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATES TATE OF N EVADA , That, for her many years of devoted service to the people of the State of Nevada as a member of both the Nevada Senate and Assembly and her continuing service as the Nevada Secretary of State, Barbara Katherine Cegavske is hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of Fame of the Legislature of the State of Nevada;

H~~~~~ 19 - *SR6*80th Session (2019)