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-- 83rd Session (2025)
-Senate Resolution No. 5 –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
+  S.R. 5
 
-FILE NUMBER..........
+- *SR5*
+
+SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 5–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
+
+MAY 7, 2025
+____________
+
+Read and Adopted
+
+SUMMARY—Inducts Pete Goicoechea into the Senate Hall of
+Fame. (BDR R-1169)
+
+~
+
+EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
+
 SENATE RESOLUTION—Inducting Pete Goicoechea into the
 Senate Hall of Fame.
- WHEREAS, The Senate of the Legislature of the State of Nevada
-has established a Senate Hall of Fame whose members are se lected
-by leadership from those past Senators who have served with
-distinction and who have made exemplary contributions to the State
-of Nevada; and
- WHEREAS, Pete Goicoechea was born in Salt Lake City, Utah,
-attended elementary school in Ely, Nevada, grad uated from Eureka
-County High School and attended college at Utah State University
-in Logan, Utah; and
- WHEREAS, Of Basque decent, Pete is a third -generation rancher
-in Nevada whose cattle ranching operation extends throughout Elko,
-Eureka and White Pine C ounties and before returning to cattle
-ranching on a full -time basis, he worked for Kennecott Copper
-Mining, the Eureka County Road Department, Mt. Wheeler Power
-and Windfall Mining; and
- WHEREAS, As a volunteer firefighter and Director of the Eureka
-County High School Rodeo Club, Pete served his local community
-in Eureka County; and
- WHEREAS, In 1987, Pete was first elected to the Eureka County
-Board of County Commissioners on which he served for 16 years,
-14 years of which as Chair of the Board; and
- WHEREAS, In 2002, Pete was elected to the Nevada Assembly to
-represent Assembly District 35, where he served for 10 years,
-holding various leadership positions, including positions as Co -
-Minority Whip and Assembly Minority Floor Leader and
-participating as an integral member of the illustrious Cowboy
-Caucus; and
- WHEREAS, In 2012, Pete was elected to the Nevada Senate to
-represent Senate District 19, where he served for 12 years and held
-positions including Chair of the Senate Committee on Government
-Affairs and Chair of the Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to
-Study Water; and
- WHEREAS, Pete served as a member of the Assembly
-Committee on Ways and Means for two legislative sessions
+ WHEREAS, The Senate of the Legislature of the State of Nevada 1
+has established a Senate Hall of Fame whose members are selected 2
+by leadership from those past Senators who have served with 3
+distinction and who have made exemplary contributions to the State 4
+of Nevada; and 5
+ WHEREAS, Pete Goicoechea was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, 6
+attended elementary school in Ely, Nevada, graduated from Eureka 7
+County High Sc hool and attended college at Utah State University 8
+in Logan, Utah; and 9
+ WHEREAS, Of Basque decent, Pete is a third -generation rancher 10
+in Nevada whose cattle ranching operation extends throughout Elko, 11
+Eureka and White Pine Counties and before returning to cattle 12
+ranching on a full -time basis, he worked for Kennecott Copper 13
+Mining, the Eureka County Road Department, Mt. Wheeler Power 14
+and Windfall Mining; and 15
+ WHEREAS, As a volunteer firefighter and Director of the Eureka 16
+County High School Rodeo Club, Pete s erved his local community 17
+in Eureka County; and 18
+ WHEREAS, In 1987, Pete was first elected to the Eureka County 19
+Board of County Commissioners on which he served for 16 years, 20
+14 years of which as Chair of the Board; and 21
 
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-beginning in 2009, and then, after being elected to the Nevada
-Senate, he spent his next six legislative sessions as a member of the
-Senate Committee on Finance; and
- WHEREAS, Throughout his time serving in the Nevada
-Legislature, Pete was dedicated to supporting and strengthening
-rural communities across this State by championing  policies to
-improve access to quality education and health care, advocating for
-legislation to protect farmers and ranchers and their way of life and
-promoting the responsible management of natural resources and
-water systems; and
- WHEREAS, After completi ng 22 years of public service in the
-Nevada Legislature and just as Pete was preparing to retire to his
-ranch, Governor Lombardo appointed Pete to represent District 8 on
-the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; and
- WHEREAS, Pete has been married to his wife, Glady, for nearly
-53 years and they had three children, Julian Joseph (“J.J.”), Jolene
-and Raymond Baptista (“Tista”), and have two granddaughters,
-Julianna and Amelia, who Pete affectionately refers to as “Punkie”
-and “Meme”; now, therefore, be it
- RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, That, for
-his many years of devoted service to the State of Nevada and Eureka
-County, Nevada, as a member of the Eureka County Board of
-County Commissioners, a member of both the N evada Assembly
-and Senate and as a Regent of the University of Nevada, Pete
-Goicoechea is hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of Fame of the
-Legislature of the State of Nevada; and be it further
- RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes effective upon
-adoption.
+- *SR5*
+ WHEREAS, In 2002, Pete was elected to the Nevada Assembly to 1
+represent Assembly District 35, where he served for 10 years, 2
+holding various leadership positions, including positions as Co -3
+Minority Whip and Assembly Minority Floor Leader and 4
+participating as an integral member of the illustrio us Cowboy 5
+Caucus; and 6
+ WHEREAS, In 2012, Pete was elected to the Nevada Senate to 7
+represent Senate District 19, where he served for 12 years and held 8
+positions including Chair of the Senate Committee on Government 9
+Affairs and Chair of the Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to 10
+Study Water; and 11
+ WHEREAS, Pete served as a member of the Assembly 12
+Committee on Ways and Means for two legislative sessions 13
+beginning in 2009, and then, after being elected to the Nevada 14
+Senate, he spent his next six legislative ses sions as a member of the 15
+Senate Committee on Finance; and 16
+ WHEREAS, Throughout his time serving in the Nevada 17
+Legislature, Pete was dedicated to supporting and strengthening 18
+rural communities across this State by championing policies to 19
+improve access to q uality education and health care, advocating for 20
+legislation to protect farmers and ranchers and their way of life and 21
+promoting the responsible management of natural resources and 22
+water systems; and 23
+ WHEREAS, After completing 22 years of public service in  the 24
+Nevada Legislature and just as Pete was preparing to retire to his 25
+ranch, Governor Lombardo appointed Pete to represent District 8 on 26
+the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; and 27
+ WHEREAS, Pete has been married to his wife, Glady, for nearly 28
+53 years and they had three children, Julian Joseph (“J.J.”), Jolene 29
+and Raymond Baptista (“Tista”), and have two granddaughters, 30
+Julianna and Amelia, who Pete affectionately refers to as “Punkie” 31
+and “Meme”; now, therefore, be it 32
+ RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, That, for 33
+his many years of devoted service to the State of Nevada and Eureka 34
+County, Nevada, as a member of the Eureka County Board of 35
+County Commissioners, a member of both the Nevada Assembly 36
+and Senate and as a Regent of the Unive rsity of Nevada, Pete 37
+Goicoechea is hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of Fame of the 38
+Legislature of the State of Nevada; and be it further 39
+ RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes effective upon 40
+adoption.  41
 
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