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Senator Karnes sponsored 65 bills: |
Bill |
Title |
Status |
Committee |
Step |
Last Action |
SB 4 | Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 1, 2022) | ||
SB 21 | Relating to school aid formula and minimum student enrollment | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/11/22 |
SB 23 | Prohibiting mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for WV residents | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 24 | Establishing WV Freedom of Conscience Protection Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 36 | Requiring notice be sent to owners of record before real property can be sold due to nonpayment of taxes | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 41 | Allowing certain schools with enrollment of 25 or fewer students to operate as nonpublic micro-school | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 42 | Authorizing public retirement system participants to receive cash value of retirement benefits in lieu of regular payments | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 43 | Allowing parents to decline required medication administered to newborns | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 45 | Prohibiting certain divisive acts from school curriculum, state agencies, and any groups receiving state funding | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 52 | Prohibiting county airport authorities from adopting rules prohibiting possession of firearms in public areas | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 57 | Relating to maintenance and repair of roads and highways | Pending | Senate Transportation and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 61 | Establishing contribution holiday for certain public retirement plans | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 66 | Establishing 80 miles per hour speed limit on state highways | Pending | Senate Transportation and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 67 | Relating to advertisements by political candidates | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 68 | Limiting DEP employees from entering private lands for environmental protection purposes only | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 75 | Requiring certain municipalities pay for incarceration of inmates | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 115 | Allowing grocery stores to sell certain amount of WV-made wine without license | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 116 | Relating to outdoor advertising regulated by DOH | Pending | Senate Transportation and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 125 | Requiring all local special levies be held on regularly scheduled statewide election ballot | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 126 | Expanding types of agricultural operations that are protected from nuisance and other legal actions | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/22 |
SB 127 | Allowing certain motorcycle operators to ride without helmet | Pending | Senate Transportation and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 131 | Establishing Chuck Yeager Mountain State Medal of Excellence | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 132 | Requiring municipalities that impose one percent sales tax must reduce and remove B&O tax in five years | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 157 | Repealing article relating to mandatory motor vehicle state inspections | Pending | Senate Transportation and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 158 | Collecting and analyzing statistical information pertaining to terminating pregnancies under Medicaid Program | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 159 | Providing procedure for WV to select delegates to Article V Convention | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 160 | Prohibiting abortion coverage in certain qualified health care plans | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 173 | Restricting participation in State Teachers Retirement System by members who serve as officer in professional teaching association | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 182 | Prohibiting teaching of divisive acts and critical race theory in public schools | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 187 | Creating Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act | Pending | Senate Natural Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 189 | Prohibiting insurance discrimination against firearms manufacturers | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 190 | Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms an essential business during declared emergency | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 192 | Establishing Civil Air Patrol license plate | Pending | House T&I | Committee | 02/01/22 |
SB 193 | Prohibiting charging fee for parking in accessible parking space bearing international symbol of access | Pending | Senate Transportation and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/12/22 |
SB 230 | Relating generally to public employees grievance procedure | Rejected | 03/11/22 | ||
SB 262 | Relating generally to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of energy companies | BL | Governor | ||
SB 413 | Clarifying crime of harassment to include stalking | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/02/22 |
SB 416 | Forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise of religion | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/18/22 |
SB 424 | Relating generally to 2022 Farm Bill | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022) | ||
SB 468 | Creating Unborn Child with Down Syndrome Protection and Education Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022) | ||
SB 469 | Clarifying persons may lawfully possess loaded rifles and shotguns in vehicles in certain instances | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/22 |
SB 493 | Requiring county BOE make meetings available to public in-person and through internet | Pending | Concurrence | 03/12/22 | |
SB 498 | Creating Anti-Racism Act of 2022 | Pending | Concurrence | 03/12/22 | |
SB 553 | Relating to powers of WV Health Care Authority | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 8, 2022) | ||
SB 555 | Relating to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of firearms companies | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/22 |
SB 557 | Extending current cap on per diem rate paid by counties and municipalities to house inmates | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/02/22 |
SB 570 | Establishing training for law-enforcement in handling individuals with Alzheimer's and dementias | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022) | ||
SB 604 | Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/22 |
SB 605 | Permitting pharmacists to dispense ivermectin by means of standing order | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/09/22 |
SB 608 | Relating to assessment and taxation of real property occupied by certain family members | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/28/22 |
SB 614 | Requiring health care facilities to ensure patients have adequate access to clergy | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/10/22 |
SB 645 | Regulating private schools for students with disabilities | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/03/22 |
SB 647 | Prohibiting discrimination in organ donation process | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022) | ||
SB 651 | Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/24/22 |
SB 652 | Requiring hospitals to receive patients transported to them by EMS providers | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 03/01/22 |
SB 660 | Setting forth standard of care requirements for telehealth practice | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 02/24/22 |
SB 669 | Relating to contribution levels of certain judges who participate in retirement system | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/22 |
SB 670 | Permitting newly hired 911 personnel to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement System | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/22 |
SB 673 | Relating to Farm-to-Food Bank Tax Credit | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/18/22 |
SB 696 | Relating to funding for public libraries | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/21/22 |
SB 704 | Allowing parents, grandparents, and guardians to inspect instructional materials in classroom | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022) | ||
SB 710 | Relating to exemptions from COVID-19 immunization | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/21/22 |
SB 726 | Relating to pre-trial diversion agreements and deferred prosecution agreements | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022) | ||
SB 727 | Directing ABC Administration discontinue purchase of alcoholic liquors from Russian Federation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/02/22 |
SB 728 | Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee | Pending | 1st Reading | 03/12/22 |