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Delegate Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) sponsored 99 bills: |
Bill |
Title |
Status |
Committee |
Step |
Last Action |
HB 2123 | Reducing the allowable blood alcohol content for DUI from ten hundredths to eight hundredths of one percent of body weight | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/03 |
HB 2116 | Terminating the governor's cabinet on children and families and incorporating certain of its powers and the children's fund to the department of health and human resources | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/10/03 |
HB 2175 | Reorganizing the executive branch of government | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/14/03 |
HB 2264 | Consolidating all gaming-related functions under the cabinet secretary of the department of tax and revenue into a single gaming commission | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/15/03 |
HB 2355 | Requiring the division of highways to use salt on roads where economically feasible | Pending | House Roads and Transportation | Committee | 01/16/03 |
HB 2356 | Making reports and notices to the Legislature concerning lawsuits against government agencies exempt from civil discovery and from the freedom of information act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/03 |
HB 2360 | Prohibiting a municipality from closing a fire department without advance approval of the state fire marshal | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/16/03 |
HB 2361 | Authorizing county boards of education to provide for the use of sick leave days by a surviving spouse in certain circumstances | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/16/03 |
HB 2524 | Modifying the criminal intent requirement for animal cruelty crimes and to increase the fine applicable to convicted persons | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/03 |
HB 2525 | Relating to venue and state courts | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/03 |
HB 2553 | Establishing a procedure to resolve disputes over construction defects prior to commencing litigation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/03 |
HB 2557 | Clarifying that certain consulting services are professional services | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/24/03 |
HB 2558 | Requiring public utilities to have a payment agent in each county | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/03 |
HB 2559 | Requiring businesses to pay personal property taxes in order to maintain a valid business registration certificate | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/03 |
HB 2671 | Simplifying the process for the adoption of children from foreign countries | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/03 |
HB 2672 | Enacting a retirement system for Emergency Medical Services Retirement Act | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/27/03 |
HB 2673 | Authorizing the tax commissioner to suspend a business registration certificate if any business neglects to pay real property taxes | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/03 |
HB 2718 | Requiring audits of state and local governmental entities to identify property in flood hazard zones | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/28/03 |
HB 2719 | Providing for the use of convict labor to maintain private and not-for-profit cemeteries | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/28/03 |
HB 2720 | Exempting veterans organizations from the consumers sales and service tax | Pending | House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 01/28/03 |
HB 2721 | Providing an alternative sentence for persons convicted of DUI | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/28/03 |
HB 2722 | Easements created for ingress and egress that are not described by metes and bounds shall be sufficient for the passage of emergency vehicles | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/28/03 |
HB 2723 | Providing an annual cost of living increase for certain retirees in the state teacher's retirement system | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/28/03 |
HB 2724 | Exempting propane gas used by any church, religious sect, society or denomination from the excise tax on gasoline or special fuel | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/28/03 |
HB 2725 | Preventing a reduction in the annuity of a person who retires with disability retirement at age sixty-five | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/28/03 |
HB 2726 | Mandating the board of barbers and cosmetologists to establish a curriculum for a shampoo assistant | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/28/03 |
HB 2727 | Exempting sales of propane gas to churches, religious sects, societies or denominations from the consumer sales tax | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/28/03 |
HB 2769 | Allowing for charitable barber and cosmetology services | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/29/03 |
HB 2804 | Allowing a municipal police officer to issue citations for misdemeanor offenses committed in his or her presence | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/31/03 |
HB 2806 | Updating the interest provisions of the tax law to make them more fair | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/31/03 |
HB 2807 | Combining the board of examiners for registered professional nurses with the board of examiners for practical nurses | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/31/03 |
HB 2808 | Authorizing executive agencies to use answering machines and requiring that a caller be able to reach an operator | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/31/03 |
HB 2809 | Barring third-party claims against insurers for violation of the Unfair Trade Practices Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/03 |
HB 2810 | Establishing a statute of repose for product liability actions for products and durable goods | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/03 |
HB 2811 | Requiring that certain collateral source payments received by plaintiff be deducted from any compensatory damages received | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/03 |
HB 2812 | Changing the interest rate paid on compensation for eminent domain proceedings | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/03 |
HB 2871 | Clarifying the members of the state emergency response commission and the local emergency planning committees and increasing the cap on the inventory form fee | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/03 |
HB 2872 | Abolishing joint liability and establishing principle of comparative fault | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/03 |
HB 2892 | Updating meaning of certain terms used in West Virginia personal income tax act by bringing them into conformity with their meanings for federal income tax purposes | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/07/03 |
HB 2893 | Clarifying that magistrates shall accept payment of fines and costs from a person on a payment plan | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/07/03 |
HB 2894 | Providing that the state excise tax upon the privilege of transferring title to real property shall convert to a county excise tax | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 02/07/03 |
HB 2890 | Updating meaning of certain terms used in West Virginia corporation net income tax act by bringing them into conformity with their meanings for federal income tax purposes | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/07/03 |
HB 2917 | Requiring the DMV to design and issue special registration plates for use by democratic executive committee members | Pending | House Roads and Transportation | Committee | 02/10/03 |
HB 2919 | Clarifying the existing personal liability and fiduciary responsibilities of members of the consolidated public retirement board | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 02/10/03 |
HB 2954 | Establishing the Emergency Medical Services Retirement Act | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 02/11/03 |
HB 2918 | Excluding costs projected to be paid for retired employees from the calculation for premium cost sharing | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/13/03 |
HB 2851 | Providing for the confidentiality of genetic test results and to limit the use of genetic information by health insurers | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/03 |
HB 3012 | Clarifying an exemption for franchise fees and for payments received by a vendor for tangible personal property | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/14/03 |
HB 3033 | Requiring that damages for costs of future medical treatment and testing be directly related to a current manifest physical injury or disease | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/03 |
HB 3053 | Clarifying that payment for certain services performed as an incentive to sell a greater volume of certain tangible personal property are not considered to be included as taxable services | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/19/03 |
HB 3054 | Allowing properly qualified chiropractors to engage in rehabilitative therapy | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/19/03 |
HB 2873 | Establishing the Public Private Transportation Act of 2003 | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/19/03 |
HB 3015 | Including the test for hemoglobinopathies with other medical screenings that are done at birth | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/20/03 |
HB 3183 | Clarifying procedures in child neglect and abuse cases when a child is born to a parent whose rights were previously terminated | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/21/03 |
HB 3090 | Updating the interest provisions of the tax law to make them more fair | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/21/03 |
HB 3091 | Combining the board of examiners for registered professional nurses with the board of examiners for licensed practical nurses | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/21/03 |
HB 3013 | Providing for an additional internal controls and procedures for the purchase card program | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/25/03 |
HB 2971 | Changing the point at which gasoline and special fuel is taxed | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/26/03 |
HB 3044 | Relating to sales tax increment financing | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/26/03 |
HB 3047 | Relating to insurance policies generally | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/26/03 |
HB 3182 | Requiring proposals from attorneys to collect workers' compensation premiums to be on both an hourly and a contingent fee basis | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/26/03 |
HB 3010 | Exempting from the governmental meetings act discussions by a governmental body of certain activities relating to homeland security terrorist threats | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/26/03 |
HB 2867 | Relating to transfers of unappropriated net profit between state lottery fund and state excess lottery fund | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/26/03 |
HB 2117 | Creating a "sales tax holiday" for purchase of back-to-school clothing and supplies during a three day period in the beginning of August, 2003 | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/26/03 |
HB 2115 | Increasing the amount available from the consolidated fund as a revolving loan to the West Virginia economic development authority | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/26/03 |
HB 2358 | Allowing farm wineries to manufacture, serve and sell dessert, port, sherry and Madeira wines as well as table wines | Tabled | 2nd Reading | 02/27/03 | |
HB 2920 | Increasing certain benefits to dependents of a state trooper killed in the line of duty | Tabled | 3rd Reading | 02/28/03 | |
HB 3115 | Instituting a "Celebrate Freedom Week" and requiring the instruction in the study of the Declaration of the Independence and other founding American historical documents | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/03/03 |
HB 2114 | Limiting the public education allowances provided as part of the total basic foundation program for the 2003 fiscal year | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/03/03 |
HB 2523 | Providing financing for the construction of capital improvements to, and renovation of, the state capitol complex and its appurtenant facilities | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 03/03/03 |
HB 2869 | Relating to the creation, development and operation of an automated tax administration system | Tabled | 3rd Reading | 03/03/03 | |
HB 2805 | Allowing law-enforcement officers of municipalities that cover more than one county to administer tests for determining alcoholic content in a driver's blood, breath or urine in the counties which the municipality lies | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/03/03 |
HB 2119 | Increasing the rate of the tax on cigarettes | Tabled | 3rd Reading | 03/06/03 | |
HB 2768 | Enacting a standardized false alarm ordinance | Pending | Concurrence | 03/07/03 | |
HB 2866 | Relating to construction financing for surface transportation improvements through federal grant anticipation notes | Pending | CONF | 03/07/03 | |
HB 3092 | Clarifying the prohibited discrimination and changing the employee's remedy for a violation of prohibited acts | Pending | Concurrence | 03/07/03 | |
HB 2921 | Providing an exemption for sales and services provided by licensed mortgage brokers from the consumer sales and service tax | Pending | Concurrence | 03/08/03 | |
HB 2895 | Requiring eight hours annually of dementia specific training for staff in nursing homes and personal care homes | Pending | 2nd Reading | 03/08/03 | |
HB 2363 | Authorizing the tax commissioner to suspend a business registration certificate if any business neglects to pay real property taxes thirty days after the delinquent tax list is published | Pending | Concurrence | 03/08/03 | |
HB 2120 | Relating to workers' compensation generally | Pending | Concurrence | 03/08/03 | |
HB 2121 | Establishing the "All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Act" and the reasons therefor | Pending | Concurrence | 03/08/03 | |
HB 2122 | Relating to medical professional liability generally | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2050 | Budget Bill, making appropriations of public money out of the treasury in accordance with section fifty-one, article six of the Constitution | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2077 | Removing the requirement that the Joint Committee on Government and Finance be given reports on the Colin Anderson closure and relocation of patients | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2359 | Allowing the state fire marshal to retain all of the special revenue fees collected by his office | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2118 | Adjusting the retirement benefits for all members of the West Virginia state police retirement system | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2357 | Authorizing the aeronautics commissioner to expend funds | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2556 | Requiring the insurance commissioner to issue an annual communication to increase awareness of certain flood insurance issues | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2865 | Upgrading the criminal offense of damaging or destroying real or personal property owned by a railroad company or public utility | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2891 | Repealing the requirement that the tax commissioner annually report the amount of gasoline and special fuel tax collected in each county | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2868 | Allowing alcohol beverage control commissioner to enter into contracts for sale and promotion of certain proprietary scanner technology | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2870 | Specifying the jurisdiction of the PSC over, and the application of public utility laws to, certain described electric generating facilities | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 3014 | Relating generally to "Main Street Fairness Act of 2003" | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 2972 | Improving the actuarial soundness of municipal police and fire pensions | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 3009 | Excluding certain records from the freedom of information act that are collected in the interest of homeland security by governmental bodies | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 3093 | Requiring county commissions to follow geographic physical features recognized by the United States Census Bureau when determining precinct boundaries | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 3045 | Implementing the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 3046 | Facilitating compliance with and enforcement of provisions of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 | |
HB 3117 | Requiring contractors bidding on public works construction projects to submit valid bid bonds in their proposals and to direct how public bids are received | Signed | Governor | 04/08/03 |