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| Senator Karnes sponsored 73 bills: |
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Title |
Status |
Committee |
Step |
Last Action |
| SB 3 | Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensaries of contraceptives to minors | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 5 | Requiring parental notification of minors being prescribed contraceptives | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 9 | WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2023 | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 10 | Campus Self-Defense Act | Signed | Effective from passage - (February 21, 2023) | ||
| SB 11 | Prohibiting excessive government limitations on exercise of religion | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 12 | Increasing limit on value of agricultural products under Farm-To-Food Bank Tax Credit | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 23 | Fetal Heartbeat Act | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 32 | Allowing parents to decline required medication administered to newborns | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 33 | Prohibiting certain divisive acts or concepts from schools, state agencies and any groups receiving state funding | Pending | Senate EDU | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 34 | Establishing 80 miles per hour speed limit on interstate highways | Pending | Senate TRN | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 35 | Limiting DEP employees entering private lands for environmental purposes only | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 52 | Relating to administration of anesthetics | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 54 | Authorizing public retirement system participants to receive cash value of retirement benefits in lieu of regular payments | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 55 | WV Freedom of Conscience Protection Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 93 | Prohibiting teaching of divisive acts and critical race theory in public schools | Pending | Senate EDU | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 103 | Prohibiting certain funding and attendance of minors to drag shows | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 104 | Campus Self-Defense Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 112 | Relating to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of firearms companies | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 113 | Restricting participation in Teachers Retirement System by members who serve as officer in professional teaching association | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 114 | Prohibiting abortion coverage in certain qualified health care plans | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 115 | Providing procedure for WV to select delegates to Article V Convention | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/23 |
| SB 116 | Collecting and analyzing statistical information pertaining to terminating pregnancies under Medicaid Program | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 117 | Relating to mandatory state inspections of motor vehicles | Pending | Senate TRN | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 118 | Relating to outdoor advertising regulated by DOH | Pending | Senate TRN | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 125 | Safeguarding concealed carry permit holder's information | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 128 | Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness | BL | Governor | ||
| SB 130 | Anti-Racism Act of 2023 | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/23 |
| SB 132 | Clarifying criminal offense of harassment | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 2, 2023) | ||
| SB 133 | Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/23 |
| SB 139 | Requiring each county BOE to ensure all its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website | Pending | House EDU | Committee | 01/16/23 |
| SB 144 | Regulating schools for students with disabilities | Pending | Senate EDU | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 145 | Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw | Pending | House EDU | Committee | 01/16/23 |
| SB 149 | Exempting certain organizations from property taxation | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2023) | ||
| SB 153 | WV Chemical Abortion Prohibition Act | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/12/23 |
| SB 155 | Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/12/23 |
| SB 161 | Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property | Signed | Effective from passage - (January 20, 2023) | ||
| SB 162 | Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration | Signed | Effective from passage - (January 20, 2023) | ||
| SB 184 | Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/23 |
| SB 190 | Allowing children and grandchildren of WV landowner to hunt and fish on private land without permit or license | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/13/23 |
| SB 199 | Requiring purchases of certain commodities and services from state use program partners | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 03/02/23 |
| SB 229 | Limiting liability of landowners when land is used for noncommercial recreational purposes | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/23 |
| SB 230 | Allowing voluntary immunization of students in private schools | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/16/23 |
| SB 236 | Motorsports Responsibility Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/23 |
| SB 253 | Criminalizing engaging in adult cabaret performance where it may be viewed by minor | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/17/23 |
| SB 255 | Prohibiting discrimination against patients for declining or delaying vaccines | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/17/23 |
| SB 264 | Prohibiting persons who have been convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/26/23 |
| SB 288 | Relating to Sexual Assault Examination Network | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| SB 291 | Eliminating restriction to carry firearm on State Capitol Complex grounds | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| SB 292 | Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/24/23 |
| SB 296 | Uniform Public Meetings During Emergencies Act | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/08/23 |
| SB 299 | Relating to crime of trespass generally | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/23 |
| SB 434 | School Safety Act | Pending | Senate EDU | Committee | 01/23/23 |
| SB 468 | Continuing Cabwaylingo State Forest Trail System | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023) | ||
| SB 470 | Making adoption records accessible for medical purposes | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/02/23 |
| SB 490 | Patrol Officer Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2023) | ||
| SB 492 | Requiring legislators who hold current concealed carry permit to register with Capitol Police | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/23 |
| SB 498 | Relating to employee jury service tax credit | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/03/23 |
| SB 528 | Requiring certificate of need be subject to legislative rulemaking | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/23 |
| SB 532 | Sex Offender Registration Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/23 |
| SB 535 | Creating religious and philosophical exemptions for school attendance vaccines | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 02/01/23 |
| SB 542 | Relating to sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/01/23 |
| SB 545 | Authorizing sheriffs to retire at age 62 with eight or more years of service | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 02/02/23 |
| SB 547 | Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/01/23 |
| SB 550 | Requiring state entities, local entities and law enforcement agencies to enforce immigration laws | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/23 |
| SB 552 | Relating to abortion | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 11, 2023) | ||
| SB 565 | Firearm Industry Non-Discriminations Act | Pending | Senate BNK | Committee | 02/06/23 |
| SB 574 | Establishing residency requirements for candidates seeking nomination to US Congress | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/06/23 |
| SB 584 | Removing rape and incest exception to obtain abortion in WV | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 02/23/23 |
| SB 587 | WV Volunteer State Defense Guard Act | Pending | Senate Military | Committee | 02/08/23 |
| SB 629 | Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/21/23 |
| SB 675 | Increasing reimbursement of sexual assault forensic medical examination kits | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/17/23 |
| SB 695 | Increasing penalties for sexual assault against minors | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/23 |
| SB 697 | Prohibiting gender transition surgeries, treatments, and therapies to minors | Pending | Senate HHR | Committee | 02/20/23 |
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