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Senator Kessler (Mr. President) sponsored 136 bills: |
Bill |
Title |
Status |
Committee |
Step |
Last Action |
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 388 | Tolling statute of limitations against tortfeasors upon claim filing | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/12 |
SB 409 | Substituting community service for jail confinement for certain persons convicted of alcohol-related crimes | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/14/12 |
SB 549 | Substituting community service for jail confinement for certain persons convicted of alcohol-related crimes | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/12 |
SB 395 | Subjecting Workers' Compensation Board of Managers' rules to legislative review | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/12 |
SB 359 | Requiring seller of precious metals and gems present photo ID to dealers | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/12 |
SB 502 | Requiring real party identification in first-party claims for uninsured and underinsured motorist civil litigation | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/12 |
SB 665 | Requiring presentence reports consider financial costs | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/12 |
SB 45 | Requiring prescription for drugs containing certain precursors of methamphetamine | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 198 | Requiring Medicaid dental coverage for mothers of newborns | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/25/12 |
SB 453 | Requiring insurance liability coverage disclosure to claimant upon request | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/30/12 |
SB 56 | Requiring insurance coverage of spouses and dependents for pregnancy and contraceptive services | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 194 | Requiring health insurers cover maternity and contraceptive services for dependents | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/20/12 |
SB 158 | Requiring handrails in handicap restrooms | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/11/12 |
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 570 | Requiring DEP maintain Office of Internal Auditing | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/10/12 |
SB 154 | Requiring corporations disclose expenditures for political activities | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 572 | Replacing "advanced nurse practitioner" with "advanced practice registered nurse" | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 208 | Repealing Telecommunications Tax Act | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/14/12 |
SB 507 | Relating to voluntary and involuntary hospitalization of mentally ill persons | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 6 | Relating to use of epinephrine in emergency situations | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/18/12 |
SB 370 | Relating to transport and storage of firearms in private vehicles | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/12 |
SB 528 | Relating to scrap metal dealers and scrap metal | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 423 | Relating to reimbursement for providing patient health care records | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/25/12 |
SB 559 | Relating to rebuttable presumption for firefighters' disability and death benefits for certain cancers | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/10/12 |
SB 191 | Relating to personal safety orders | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2012) | ||
SB 372 | Relating to performance evaluations for professional education personnel; instituting teacher mentoring system | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/20/12 |
SB 649 | Relating to nonintoxicating beer distributor licensees | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/08/12 |
SB 161 | Relating to mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 404 | Relating to issuance of barrister's teaching certificate | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/14/12 |
SB 174 | Relating to interstate compact for election of president by national popular vote | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/12 |
SB 340 | Relating to interscholastic athletes' concussions and head injuries | Pending | CONF | 03/10/12 | |
SB 401 | Relating to insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorders | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/24/12 |
SB 192 | Relating to filing of civil petition for expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/12 |
SB 149 | Relating to disposition of forfeited or abandoned firearms in state custody | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 547 | Relating to certain criminal conviction expungement | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
SB 539 | Relating generally to WV Tourism Development Act | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/15/12 |
SB 437 | Relating generally to substance abuse | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 390 | Relating generally to state revenue funds | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/12 |
SB 353 | Relating generally to possession of firearms | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 469 | Relating generally to other post-employment benefits | Signed | Effective from passage - (February 10, 2012) | ||
SB 448 | Relating generally to mine safety | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/30/12 |
SB 486 | Relating generally to Judges' Retirement System | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/14/12 |
SB 342 | Relating generally to criminal justice system | Pending | 3rd Reading | 03/10/12 | |
SB 484 | Relating generally to child welfare | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2012) | ||
SB 635 | Relating generally to broadband middle mile infrastructure | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/27/12 |
SB 482 | Reinstating certain former fire chiefs and appointing deputy chiefs | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/02/12 |
SB 477 | Regulating possession of exotic animals | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
SB 406 | Regulating commercial dog breeding operations | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/22/12 |
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 173 | Providing workers' compensation benefits for mental illness under certain circumstances | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/12 |
SB 343 | Providing volunteer and part-volunteer fire departments' grace period to meet eligibility for certain funds allocation | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 20, 2012) | ||
SB 505 | Providing third-party damages' collection from insurance company engaged in unfair trade practices | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 02/02/12 |
SB 373 | Providing State Police collect fee for advanced training | Signed | Effective July 1, 2012 | ||
SB 520 | Providing state income tax exemption for certain graduates of higher education institutions | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/06/12 |
SB 371 | Providing school system under declared state of emergency participate as collaborative innovation zone | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 553 | Providing personal income tax deduction for spaying or neutering | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/09/12 |
SB 106 | Providing higher education employees' eligibility for Legislature | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/18/12 |
SB 442 | Providing for phase-in of certain real property assessment increases | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/27/12 |
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 197 | Providing for issuance of alternative program teacher certificate and teacher-in-residence permits | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/16/12 |
SB 14 | Prohibiting discrimination based upon age or sexual orientation | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 358 | Prohibiting possession of certain multiple controlled substances obtained from more than one practitioner | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/12 |
SB 155 | Preventing disability pension reduction for certain PERS members | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 631 | Permitting Monongalia County Commission levy special district excise tax | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/17/12 |
SB 669 | Making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to various accounts | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/20/12 |
SB 650 | Making supplementary appropriation from General Revenue to DHHR, Division of Human Services | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 489 | Limiting health insurance coverage for elective abortions to supplemental policies | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/08/12 |
SB 571 | Licensing wine sales at professional baseball stadiums | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/10/12 |
SB 153 | Increasing tax credits for apprenticeship training in construction trades | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 383 | Increasing supplemental pay for State Police in lieu of overtime pay | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/23/12 |
SB 443 | Increasing state tax exemption for PERS, TRS and military retirement income | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/21/12 |
SB 579 | Increasing special reclamation tax on clean coal mined | Signed | Effective July 1, 2012 | ||
SB 627 | Increasing salaries of certain State Police forensic lab employees and certain civilian employees | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/23/12 |
SB 183 | Increasing penalties for assault and battery on athletic official | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/25/12 |
SB 467 | Increasing number of magistrates | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/12 |
SB 168 | Increasing compensation of certain county officials | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/02/12 |
SB 481 | Increasing compensation of attorneys appointed in child abuse and neglect proceedings | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/16/12 |
SB 472 | Increasing compensation cap of family court secretary-clerks and case coordinators | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/09/12 |
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 591 | Imposing penalty on fraudulently obtained unemployment compensation benefits | Pending | Senate Labor | Committee | 02/15/12 |
SB 436 | Facilitating collaboration between public school and higher education systems to promote seamless curricula | Signed | Governor | 04/10/12 | |
SB 207 | Extending moratorium on timber severance and business privilege tax | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/16/12 |
SB 414 | Expanding definition of "medical services applicant" under Volunteer for Nonprofit Youth Organizations Act | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 385 | Expanding definition of "computer" in commission of certain crimes | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 31, 2012) | ||
SB 474 | Exempting Supreme Court justices and retired justices from concealed weapon licensure requirement | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/01/12 |
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 376 | Establishing procedures for inclusion of Address Confidentiality Program participants on special absentee voting lists | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/12 |
SB 47 | Establishing offense of unlawful use of wireless communication device while operating motor vehicle | Pending | Senate Transportation and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 389 | Establishing minimum number of State Police troopers; salary increase | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/23/12 |
SB 657 | Establishing Fund for Civil Legal Services for Low-Income Persons | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/12 |
SB 562 | Establishing DEP procedure for biologic component compliance of narrative water quality standard | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 483 | Equalizing compensation of magistrates, assistants, court clerks and deputy clerks | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/12 |
SB 630 | Directing Commissioner of Highways study alternative revenue sources for funding roads and highways | Pending | Senate Transportation and Infrastructure | Committee | 02/17/12 |
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 206 | Designating certain property as qualified capital addition to manufacturing facilities | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/23/12 |
SB 514 | Deeming retail establishments with roll-your-own cigarette machines manufacturers | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/28/12 |
SB 157 | Dedicating portion of oil and gas severance tax to counties and municipalities of origin | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/22/12 |
SB 4 | Declaring child's right to nurse | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/02/12 |
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 381 | Creating WV Buy American Act | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/23/12 |
SB 182 | Creating West Virginia Future Fund | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 01/13/12 |
SB 449 | Creating Uniform Power of Attorney Act | Pending | Senate Interstate Cooperation | Committee | 01/30/12 |
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 479 | Creating Spay Neuter Program and Fund | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/12 |
SB 184 | Creating Spay Neuter Assistance Fund | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/13/12 |
SB 581 | Creating Provider Sponsored Network Act | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 02/14/12 |
SB 589 | Creating Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/14/12 |
SB 384 | Creating nurse educator tax credit | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/23/12 |
SB 456 | Creating misdemeanor for child neglect creating bodily injury risk | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/30/12 |
SB 346 | Creating Larry Border Act | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/24/12 |
SB 221 | Creating Jason Flatt Act of 2012 | Signed | Effective July 1, 2012 | ||
SB 5 | Creating Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 193 | Creating Governor's Commission on Improving Outcomes for At-Risk Youth | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/16/12 |
SB 485 | Creating Fiscal and Policy Division under Joint Committee on Government and Finance | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/14/12 |
SB 356 | Creating dental practitioner tax credit for certain indigent care | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/20/12 |
SB 352 | Creating criminal offense for custodian's failure to report missing child | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/12 |
SB 487 | Creating Coalbed Methane Gas Distribution Fund | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 10, 2012) | ||
SB 478 | Creating apprentice hunting and trapping license | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 457 | Continuing Rural Health Initiative; other provisions | RQST | CONF | 03/10/12 | |
SB 430 | Conforming code provisions to Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 81 | Compensating State Police for call-back time; housing stipend | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/11/12 |
SB 386 | Clarifying entities included in water's-edge group for income tax purposes | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2012) | ||
SB 160 | Budget Bill | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
SB 608 | Authorizing use of search warrant to draw blood from DUI suspect | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/29/12 |
SB 471 | Authorizing Supreme Court establish mental hygiene commissioners' compensation | 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 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 379 | Authorizing Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses designate certain treatment and recovery programs for licensees and applicants | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 565 | Allowing National Guard firefighters continue as civilian Air National Guard firefighters | Pending | Senate Military | Committee | 02/10/12 |
SB 628 | Allowing fund-raising for state executive party headquarters | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012) | ||
SB 455 | Allowing DEP zone requirement waiver by affected water intake owners | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/30/12 |
SB 468 | Allowing Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority issue bonds | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/22/12 |
SB 577 | Adding additional circuit court judge | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/21/12 |