NV · Officeholder
DAssembly Member · District 27
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: Nevada Assembly District 27
Heather Goulding is a Democratic Nevada Assembly member from District 27 who took office in November 2024 and is seeking re-election on November 3, 2026.[1][2] A project manager and nonprofit leader, she described education, reproductive rights and affordable housing as priorities in a 2024 Ballotpedia survey.[1][3]
Goulding was born in Milton, Florida, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1987 and a graduate degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1997.[1] Her career experience includes working as a project manager and nonprofit leader.[1] Her 2024 survey response credits her with leading the passage of Senate Bill 295 (2019), which established the Battle Born Youth ChalleNGe Academy.[3]
Goulding assumed office on November 6, 2024, succeeding Angie Taylor.[1] For 2025 and 2026 she was assigned to the Government Affairs, Health and Human Services, and Revenue committees.[1]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Heather Goulding is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Nevada Assembly District 27 as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned
Most contested
Prohibits manipulating the price of an essential good or service in this State. (BDR 52-503)
Makes manipulating the price of an essential good or service an unlawful restraint of trade, defined as knowing deceptive practices that raise prices beyond supply and demand and above the five-year average increase, with no private lawsuits.
Apr 22, 2025 · Passed 24–18 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Revises provisions governing public works projects. (BDR 28-816)
Requires workers doing custom fabrication on public works to be paid prevailing wages, and requires bidders using preferences on public works in counties of 100,000 or more to certify nonstandard materials will be custom fabricated in Nevada.
Apr 21, 2025 · Passed 26–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 23-1027)
Raises paid family leave for state executive-branch workers from 8 to 12 weeks, eligible after 90 days instead of 12 months, with wage-based pay. Also requires private and local-government employers with 50 or more employees to provide 12 weeks of paid family leave.
May 29, 2025 · Passed 26–16 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-975)
Makes many election law changes, including renaming certain provisional ballots "conditional ballots," revising voter registration updates, mail ballot and registration deadlines, risk-limiting audits and polling place conduct rules, and creating a Voter Access Grant Program.
May 31, 2025 · Passed 25–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Revises provisions relating to civil actions. (BDR 3-1141)
Lets heirs and personal representatives sue for damages for a homicide death at any time, with no two-year limit, if a preponderance of evidence shows homicide. Applies retroactively and revives previously time-barred claims.
Apr 21, 2025 · Passed 25–16 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Revises provisions relating to records of criminal history. (BDR 14-676)
Bars courts from considering a proceeding whose records were sealed when deciding whether to seal records of a conviction for another offense.
Apr 21, 2025 · Passed 26–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Revises provisions relating to public health. (BDR 40-86)
On the version voted Jun 2, 2025: Requires hospitals and birthing centers to provide sign language interpreters to birthing patients and allow a doula present, requires insurers to cover doulas, limits race-based health formulas to board-approved lists, and requires assessments for some children leaving child welfare custody.
May 31, 2025 · Passed 23–16 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Revises provisions relating to prescription drugs. (BDR 54-1100)
As introduced, requires the label on a mifepristone or misoprostol prescription (or generic) to show the prescribing health care practice's name instead of the practitioner's name, when the prescribing practitioner requests it.
Apr 21, 2025 · Passed 26–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Revises provisions relating to billing for health care. (BDR 40-785)
Requires medical facilities and providers who receive notice of a medical bill error to review it and refund overpayments, allows discipline for noncompliance, and directs the Consumer Health Advocate to help patients with billing errors.
Apr 22, 2025 · Passed 26–16 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Revises provisions governing the members of the board of trustees of school districts. (BDR 34-689)
Gives appointed trustees on school boards in districts over 75,000 pupils the same duties and rights as elected trustees, lets them take part in filling vacancies and serve as officers, and sets 12-year term limits, salary changes and work-session rules.
Apr 22, 2025 · Passed 24–18 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Revises provisions relating to juvenile justice. (BDR 5-495)
Removes the requirements that a district attorney give written approval, and that the child make certain admissions, before a juvenile court dismisses a petition and refers the child to a probation officer for informal supervision.
Apr 22, 2025 · Passed 27–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Requires juvenile detention and commitment facilities to adopt policies that prohibit unclothed searches of children except in certain circumstances and set rules for any such search.
Apr 22, 2025 · Passed 27–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Revises the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act.
Changes the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act relocation program for North Las Vegas homeowners: clarifies neighborhood boundaries and eligibility, lets some vacant-lot owners exchange lots, revises property and transfer taxes, extends appropriation reversion dates, and appropriates money.
Jun 2, 2025 · Passed 26–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Bans intentionally releasing balloons filled with lighter-than-air gas, with exceptions such as hot air balloons, certain research balloons and indoor releases, and allows civil penalties sought by the Attorney General or local attorneys.
Apr 21, 2025 · Passed 26–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Establishes provisions relating to the environment. (BDR 52-585)
Makes utensils and condiments in delivery orders opt-in, bans manufacturers from selling carpets, cosmetics, food packaging and certain other products with intentionally added PFAS from 2026, sets aside redevelopment revenue for shade landscaping, and requires formaldehyde testing of hair products in Clark County.
Jun 2, 2025 · Passed 27–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Lets cities and counties in a region governed by an interstate planning agency (currently Lake Tahoe) charge linkage fees on larger new homes, additions and costly remodels to fund deed-restricted affordable housing.
May 21, 2025 · Passed 27–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Revises provisions governing landlords and tenants. (BDR 10-166)
Requires landlords to offer tenants at least one rent payment method meeting set requirements, caps online payment fees at the portal operator's own fee, limits prospective tenant fees, and lets tenants sue landlords for certain violations.
Apr 22, 2025 · Passed 27–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Revises provisions relating to the habitability of rental property. (BDR 10-684)
Lets tenants file a verified complaint for expedited relief when a landlord fails to fix habitability problems, and revises rental agreement content, rent payment rules, tenant remedies, and amounts recoverable for unlawful landlord acts or missing disclosures.
Apr 22, 2025 · Passed 27–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Revises provisions governing driver authorization cards. (BDR 43-200)
Changes driver authorization cards from a four-year expiration to one set by Department of Motor Vehicles regulations, which must match driver's license periods where federal law allows.
Apr 17, 2025 · Passed 28–14 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Increases certain fees relating to emissions testing. (BDR 40-1150)
Raises the emissions-testing compliance form fee from $150 to $175 per set of 25 and from $6 to $7 per form for fleet stations, which also raises the linked first-issuance fee for certain special license plates.
May 26, 2025 · Passed 33–8 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Revises provisions relating to vessels. (BDR 43-1127)
May 26, 2025 · Passed 33–8 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Revises provisions relating to the processing of certain data. (BDR 52-505)
Bars online services from processing children's personal data for certain purposes, sets rules for collecting and processing children's data, requires data protection assessments, and allows civil enforcement and penalties.
Jun 2, 2025 · Passed 26–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Limits state and local agencies' collection and disclosure of autism-related data, and sets crimes and civil liability for unauthorized genetic testing, disclosure of a person's genetic information, and selling or transferring a person's DNA sample without consent.
May 26, 2025 · Passed 27–14 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Voted against most of their party on 5 of 136 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Jobs & cost of living (4), Health & care (1)
Enacts the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act.
What it does: Creates the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act, offering film infrastructure transferable tax credits for productions at the Summerlin Production Studios project, and funds film workforce edu…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 16–11, Republicans 6–9
Nov 16, 2025Official record ↗
Provides for the licensure and regulation of payments banks. (BDR 55-999)
What it does: Creates licensing and regulation by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of payments banks, which may handle money transmission, deposit accounts and merchant acquiring but may not make loans.
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 20–7, Republicans 0–15
Jun 1, 2025Official record ↗
Makes changes related to health care. (BDR 57-87)
What it does: Bars health insurers from relying solely on artificial intelligence or automated tools to deny, modify or reduce prior authorization for care, and requires approval of covered care unless a qualified clinician finds i…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 22–2, Republicans 1–14
May 31, 2025Official record ↗
Provides for the licensure and regulation of payments banks. (BDR 55-999)
What it does: On the version voted Jun 1, 2025: Creates licensing and regulation by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of payments banks, which may handle money transmission, deposit accounts and merchant acquiring but may…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 21–6, Republicans 4–11
May 30, 2025Official record ↗
Enacts the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act.
What it does: Authorizes film tax credits for productions at the Summerlin Production Studios Project, raises the cap on other film credits from $10 million to $25 million a year from July 2028 to 2043, has Clark County create a di…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 15–12, Republicans 7–8
May 30, 2025Official record ↗
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
Revises provisions relating to bill draft requests. (BDR 17-1137)
With most of their party · Passed 23–16 · Yes 23–No 16 · Democrats 23–1, Republicans 0–15
May 31, 2025Official record ↗
Revises provisions relating to public health. (BDR 40-86)
With most of their party · Passed 23–16 · Yes 23–No 16 · Democrats 23–1, Republicans 0–15
May 31, 2025Official record ↗
Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-975)
With most of their party · Passed 25–15 · Yes 25–No 15 · Democrats 25–0, Republicans 0–15
May 31, 2025Official record ↗
Prohibits manipulating the price of an essential good or service in this State. (BDR 52-503)
With most of their party · Passed 24–18 · Yes 24–No 18 · Democrats 24–3, Republicans 0–15
Apr 22, 2025Official record ↗
Revises provisions governing the members of the board of trustees of school districts. (BDR 34-689)
With most of their party · Passed 24–18 · Yes 24–No 18 · Democrats 24–3, Republicans 0–15
Apr 22, 2025Official record ↗
Revises provisions relating to civil actions. (BDR 3-1141)
With most of their party · Passed 25–16 · Yes 25–No 16 · Democrats 25–1, Republicans 0–15
Apr 21, 2025Official record ↗
Revises provisions relating to the processing of certain data. (BDR 52-505)
With most of their party · Passed 26–15 · Yes 26–No 15 · Democrats 26–0, Republicans 0–15
Jun 2, 2025Official record ↗
Revises the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act.
With most of their party · Passed 26–15 · Yes 26–No 15 · Democrats 26–0, Republicans 0–15
Jun 2, 2025Official record ↗
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
Motion: Final Passage
Makes supplemental appropriations for state government operations for the 2025-2027 biennium, raises the maximum annual salary of the state Chief Information Officer, and changes the membership of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education.
Motion: Final Passage
Caps at 1,000 per year the residential units that corporations, investment vehicles, LLCs and their affiliates may buy in Nevada, requires them to register with the Securities Division and report purchases, and voids purchases over the cap.
Motion: Final Passage
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring county clerks to mail a ballot to each active registered voter, letting voters opt out, requiring polling places to accept mail ballots, and requiring mail ballot drop-off sites in the three days before elections.
Motion: Final Passage
Adds federal Portal-to-Portal Act exclusions to Nevada wage law, so activities such as waiting time, preparatory and concluding activities, certain training and meetings, and travel time are not compensable working time.
Motion: Final Passage
Makes the presumption that lung disease is job-related for qualifying police officers, firefighters and arson investigators apply without proof of exposure to smoke, fumes or gases, and applies it to claims already filed.
Motion: Final Passage
Changes criminal law on assault, battery, stalking, child sexual abuse material, domestic violence and DUI, adds theft-related property damage offenses, and changes juvenile justice, record sealing, pretrial release and opioid use disorder provisions.
Motion: Final Passage
Creates the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act, offering film infrastructure transferable tax credits for productions at the Summerlin Production Studios project, and funds film workforce education and training.
Motion: Final Passage
Lets public officers ask that their personal information in certain government records be kept confidential, lets them request an alternate address on their driver's license, and allows campaign funds to pay for personal security.
Motion: Final Passage
Exempts holders of nonrestricted gaming licenses, and certain affiliates, from the rule requiring liquor retailers to pay wholesalers by electronic funds transfer, and applies the same exemption to some restricted licensees.
Motion: Final Passage
Sets maximum patient-to-nurse ratios for hospitals in counties of 100,000 or more people, adds technical and service staffing committees beside nurse committees, requires compliance records, bars retaliation for reports, and allows discipline for violations.
Showing 10 of 257 votes in this collection. Coverage may be incomplete; each entry links to the official record.