16 Facts About Ira Hansen

Ira Hansen formerly represented the Nevada Assembly's 32nd district from 2010 to 2018.

Ira Hansen started his own plumbing company in 1986 at the age of 26.

Ira Hansen is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has been involved in the community as a Sparks Little League coach, a Sparks Pop Warner coach and as a Scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America.

Ira Hansen is a third generation Eagle Scout and all of his four sons are Eagle Scouts.

Ira Hansen was an opinion columnist for the Sparks Tribune and was previously a talk radio host on station KKOH in Reno for five years and later for 99.1 KKFT.

Ira Hansen is a lifetime member of Nevada Bighorns Unlimited, the NRA and other sportsmen and gun rights groups.

Ira Hansen has been a proponent of states rights and has opposed what he believes is overreach by the Bureau of Land Management and other federal agencies.

Ira Hansen is a member of the Nevada Renewable Energy Coalition and believes in using renewable energy sources to create jobs.

Ira Hansen's aunt, Janine Ira Hansen, is a perennial candidate under the conservative Independent American Party of Nevada.

Ira Hansen, who has stated that his aunt's efforts damage the Republican Party, has been reported to leave committee hearings when she gives testimony.

Ira Hansen currently serves as the Chairman of the Nevada Assembly's Judiciary Committee.

In 2011 Ira Hansen codified his reputation as a 2nd Amendment leader by authoring AB217 which repealed restrictions on some firearm sales.

Ira Hansen has been a staunch advocate for the federal government transferring control of land in Nevada back to the state.

In 2013 Ira Hansen passed AB227 which created the Nevada Land Management Task Force, with the goal of studying the transfer of federal land back to Nevada.

In 2015 following the findings of the study Ira Hansen sponsored and passed SRJ1 and SRJ2 which first urged the United States Congress to transfer the title of some public lands to the state of Nevada and second required the federal government to share receipts from commercial activity on the land which the state and the counties in which the activities were performed.

Ira Hansen has been endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Business in 2016 and 2015.