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Senator Kessler (Mr. President) was the Lead Sponsor for 54 bills: |
Bill |
Title |
Status |
Committee |
Step |
Last Action |
SB 154 | Requiring corporations disclose expenditures for political activities | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 155 | Preventing disability pension reduction for certain PERS members | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 158 | Requiring handrails in handicap restrooms | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 160 | Budget Bill | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 173 | Providing workers' compensation benefits for mental illness under certain circumstances | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/12 |
SB 174 | Relating to interstate compact for election of president by national popular vote | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/12 |
SB 175 | Providing for issuance of special volunteer medical license to active medical and osteopathic physicians | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/18/12 |
SB 176 | Including funding for high school athletics as priority in expenditure of surplus excess lottery revenue funds | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/13/12 |
SB 181 | Requiring fire insurance premium invoices indicate additional cost due to lack of local fire service | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/13/12 |
SB 182 | Creating West Virginia Future Fund | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 01/13/12 |
SB 183 | Increasing penalties for assault and battery on athletic official | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/25/12 |
SB 184 | Creating Spay Neuter Assistance Fund | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/13/12 |
SB 191 | Relating to personal safety orders | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2012) | ||
SB 192 | Relating to filing of civil petition for expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/12 |
SB 193 | Creating Governor's Commission on Improving Outcomes for At-Risk Youth | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/16/12 |
SB 203 | Establishing tax credit for certain physicians providing services in free health clinics | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/17/12 |
SB 206 | Designating certain property as qualified capital addition to manufacturing facilities | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/23/12 |
SB 207 | Extending moratorium on timber severance and business privilege tax | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/16/12 |
SB 208 | Repealing Telecommunications Tax Act | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/14/12 |
SB 209 | Updating terms in Personal Income Tax Act | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 210 | Updating terms in Corporation Net Income Tax Act | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 211 | Creating traffic offenses for texting or using handheld wireless communication device while driving | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 371 | Providing school system under declared state of emergency participate as collaborative innovation zone | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 372 | Relating to performance evaluations for professional education personnel; instituting teacher mentoring system | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/20/12 |
SB 390 | Relating generally to state revenue funds | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/12 |
SB 406 | Regulating commercial dog breeding operations | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/22/12 |
SB 414 | Expanding definition of "medical services applicant" under Volunteer for Nonprofit Youth Organizations Act | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 415 | Authorizing school bus drivers operate leased buses in another county under certain circumstances | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/25/12 |
SB 437 | Relating generally to substance abuse | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 443 | Increasing state tax exemption for PERS, TRS and military retirement income | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/21/12 |
SB 448 | Relating generally to mine safety | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/30/12 |
SB 468 | Allowing Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority issue bonds | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/22/12 |
SB 469 | Relating generally to other post-employment benefits | Signed | Effective from passage - (February 10, 2012) | ||
SB 477 | Regulating possession of exotic animals | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
SB 479 | Creating Spay Neuter Program and Fund | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/12 |
SB 482 | Reinstating certain former fire chiefs and appointing deputy chiefs | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/02/12 |
SB 483 | Equalizing compensation of magistrates, assistants, court clerks and deputy clerks | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/12 |
SB 489 | Limiting health insurance coverage for elective abortions to supplemental policies | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/08/12 |
SB 522 | Creating WVU Shale Research, Education, Policy and Economic Development Center; other provisions | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/22/12 |
SB 537 | Creating WV Sustainable Wealth Fund | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 02/08/12 |
SB 562 | Establishing DEP procedure for biologic component compliance of narrative water quality standard | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 570 | Requiring DEP maintain Office of Internal Auditing | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/10/12 |
SB 571 | Licensing wine sales at professional baseball stadiums | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/10/12 |
SB 577 | Adding additional circuit court judge | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/21/12 |
SB 579 | Increasing special reclamation tax on clean coal mined | Signed | Effective July 1, 2012 | ||
SB 584 | Authorizing PSC issue consumer rate relief bonds for recovery of electric utilities' expanded net energy costs | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/14/12 |
SB 589 | Creating Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/14/12 |
SB 591 | Imposing penalty on fraudulently obtained unemployment compensation benefits | Pending | Senate Labor | Committee | 02/15/12 |
SB 611 | Developing special community-based pilot demonstration project to improve at-risk youth outcomes | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 625 | Reducing capital improvement original cost and new investment cost requirements for qualified capital additions to manufacturing facilities | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/22/12 |
SB 649 | Relating to nonintoxicating beer distributor licensees | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/08/12 |
SB 650 | Making supplementary appropriation from General Revenue to DHHR, Division of Human Services | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 665 | Requiring presentence reports consider financial costs | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/12 |
SB 669 | Making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to various accounts | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/20/12 |