| Sandra Jauregui | |
| Office: | Majority Leader of the Nevada Assembly |
| Term Start: | February 6, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Teresa Benitez-Thompson |
| State Assembly1: | Nevada |
| District1: | 41st |
| Term Start1: | November 9, 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Victoria A. Dooling |
| Birth Date: | 31 October 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Monterey Park, California, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Education: | Mt. San Antonio College University of Nevada, Las Vegas (BA) |
Sandra Jauregui (born 1983) is a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly. She represents the 41st district, which covers parts of the southern Las Vegas Valley.
Jauregui was born in 1983 in Monterey Park, California, and raised in nearby Hacienda Heights. She is Latina.[1] Jauregui attended Mt. San Antonio College and graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Jauregui is a survivor of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in United States history.[2]
Jauregui works for Ticor Title of Nevada and previously worked for former U.S. Senator Harry Reid.[3]
Jauregui ran for the open seat vacated by the retiring Victoria A. Dooling in 2016. She defeated former Assemblyman Paul Aizley in the Democratic primary and Republican Nick Phillips in the general election.[4] [5] [6]
In 2019, Jauregui became the primary sponsor of AB291, a red flag law that allows temporary seizure of guns by court order if a person is deemed a danger to themselves or others.[7] [8] The bill was signed into law by Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak on June 14, 2019.[9]
In 2023, she sponsored two other gun control bills, ABs 354 and 355, the first of which would have banned carrying a gun within 100 yards of a polling place, and the last would have raised the legal age to buy an assault weapon from 18 to 21. The two bills passed the Nevada Legislature but were were vetoed by Governor Joe Lombardo.