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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

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