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Senator Kessler sponsored 180 bills:

Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
SB 4	Relating to awards and benefits to dependent members of state police	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/14/98
SB 21	Creating Children's Emergency Medical and Injury Prevention Systems Act	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/14/98
SB 24	Creating prohibition against partial-birth abortion; exception	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/14/98
SB 27	Creating Jobs Act	Pending	Senate SB	Committee	01/14/98
SB 58	Authorizing probation officers to carry firearms	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/14/98
SB 59	Relating to rank structure and pay scale of conservation officers	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 60	Relating to charitable bingo; senior citizen membership exemption	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/14/98
SB 68	Providing limits upon maximum class size for integrated classrooms	Pending	Senate Education	Committee	01/14/98
SB 70	Increasing multiplier for retirement annuity in public employees retirement system	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	01/14/98
SB 75	Creating Good Samaritan Food Donation Act	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/14/98
SB 88	Creating tax credit for economic development or environmental remediation	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/14/98
SB 93	Allowing tax credit to employers providing child day care	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/14/98
SB 96	Creating small business environmental loan program	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 99	Requiring political subdivisions give preference to resident vendors	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	01/14/98
SB 102	Requiring advertisement of certain criminal offenders prior to parole	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/14/98
SB 105	Crediting community service against criminal fine or confinement	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 114	Allowing conservation officers certain overtime work	Pending	Senate Natural Resources	Committee	01/14/98
SB 119	Prohibiting children from riding in open truck bed; exceptions; penalty	Rejected			03/05/98
SB 121	Relating to crimes against the elderly	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/14/98
SB 134	Denying bail to persons posing danger of committing sexual offense	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/14/98
SB 135	Prohibiting unsupervised furlough for violent or repeat offenders	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/14/98
SB 143	Relating to uniform anatomical gift act	Pending	Senate Interstate Cooperation	Committee	01/14/98
SB 154	Prohibiting female genital mutilation; penalties	Pending		2nd Reading	03/12/98
SB 175	Establishing a uniform bail schedule for certain misdemeanor offenses	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/19/98
SB 178	Relating generally to solid waste management	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 180	Allowing teacher retirement when age and contributing service equal eighty	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	01/20/98
SB 181	Relating to appraisal of real estate or personal property; penalties	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 182	Relating to nonrenewable automobile liability or physical damage insurance	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	01/20/98
SB 183	Creating orphan road and bridge acquisition program	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/03/98
SB 185	Relating to court of claims generally	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 186	Relating to rights of surviving spouses in estates	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/21/98
SB 189	Creating preneed cremation arrangements	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/21/98
SB 193	Creating alternative dispute resolution commission	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 195	Authorizing construction of juvenile detention facilities by regional jail authority	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	01/21/98
SB 202	Publishing toll-free telephone numbers for state agencies	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/10/98
SB 203	Relating to uniform anatomical gift act	Pending	Senate Interstate Cooperation	Committee	01/22/98
SB 214	Relating generally to regulation of cable television service	Vetoed		Governor	04/09/98
SB 215	Providing for state police structure; appointment of officers	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/03/98
SB 217	Relating to treatment and prevention of domestic and family violence	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/26/98
SB 218	Exempting certain hunting clubs from business and franchise tax	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/12/98
SB 219	Extending protections for assaults and batteries to various state or county special response personnel	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/13/98
SB 222	Providing tax credit for long-term health care insurance premiums	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/26/98
SB 224	Expanding eligibility requirements for special Class Q hunting permits	Pending	Senate Natural Resources	Committee	01/26/98
SB 226	Providing resident tuition rates for national guard members	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/03/98
SB 227	Conforming medical services definitions with federal practice requirements for emergency room physicians	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/04/98
SB 229	Allowing teacher retirement when age and contributing service equal eighty	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	01/27/98
SB 230	Expanding definition of trademark to include certain olympic committee insignia	Pending		3rd Reading	03/11/98
SB 232	Relating to public employees insurance agency; drug formulary change notice	Vetoed		Governor	03/26/98
SB 233	Permitting certain authorized physician assistants to pronounce death	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 238	Requiring law-enforcement agencies notify FBI and state police when investigating a kidnapping	Pending		2nd Reading	03/12/98
SB 239	Relating to establishment of prosecuting attorneys institute	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 240	Establishing juvenile detention facilities adjacent to regional jails	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	01/29/98
SB 241	Providing sale of one lot does not change value of remaining recorded plan for tax purposes	Pending		3rd Reading	03/12/98
SB 243	Extending reentry date for teachers' defined benefit contribution system	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	01/29/98
SB 248	Continuing purchasing division within department of administration	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 249	Continuing family law masters system	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 250	Continuing commission on uniform state laws	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 251	Continuing commission on Potomac river basin	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 252	Updating public housing law	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 256	Reducing and abolishing provider tax on dental services	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/12/98
SB 259	Relating to grandparent visitation rights generally	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/30/98
SB 262	Requiring use of unused genuine crash parts for repair of motor vehicles	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/24/98
SB 264	Providing PEIA retirees pay same premium for coverage as active school employees	Pending	Senate SPEI	Committee	01/30/98
SB 268	Providing state-chartered banks certain parity with national banks	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/16/98
SB 269	Permitting mobile bank branches	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	01/30/98
SB 359	Relating to victims of fraudulent schemes	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/05/98
SB 361	Creating patients' bill of rights	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 365	Relating to tuition trust fund act	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 366	Providing additional funding for certain assessors	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 371	Permitting memorandum of trust recorded with clerk of county commission	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/02/98
SB 372	Establishing time period for appraisement of decedent's estate	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/02/98
SB 373	Relating to retirement plan selected by teachers retired due to disability	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	02/02/98
SB 374	Authorizing division of motor vehicles to issue certain certificates of title	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 375	Providing cost-of-living increase for certain retired teachers	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	02/02/98
SB 378	Clarifying certain trust and fiduciary recordkeeping requirements for banks	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/11/98
SB 380	Equalizing pay scales of magistrates	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/03/98
SB 383	Authorizing certain humane officers to enter private property without warrant	Pending	House A&N	Committee	02/17/98
SB 385	Requiring in-state licensure of practicing physicians and podiatrists	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	02/03/98
SB 397	Authorizing certain replacement poll workers to vote emergency absentee ballots	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 398	Relating to commitment of certain persons found incompetent to stand trial	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 399	Authorizing auditor to receive complaints for fraudulent use of state funds	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 402	Relating to civil service coverage of correctional officers employed by regional jail and correctional facility authority	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	02/05/98
SB 404	Establishing "Robert C. Byrd Day"	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	02/05/98
SB 412	Continuing division of rehabilitation services	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 413	Continuing department of health and human resources	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 414	Continuing parks section of division of natural resources	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 415	Continuing division of environmental protection	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 416	Continuing board of social work examiners	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 417	Continuing board of examiners in speech pathology	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 420	Authorizing insurance commissioner to promulgate an emergency legislative rule relating to life insurance	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/06/98
SB 421	Relating to national guard command pay; recreation facilities at camp Dawson	Pending	Senate Military	Committee	02/06/98
SB 425	Creating Crane Operator Certification Act	Pending	Senate Labor	Committee	02/06/98
SB 428	Preventing merger of trusts in which the trustee is also a beneficiary	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/06/98
SB 429	Providing certain procedures changed in education and public employees grievance board hearing process	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/10/98
SB 436	Relating to slow-moving vehicles	Pending	Senate TRAN	Committee	02/09/98
SB 437	Authorizing Class IV municipalities to employ radar devices for enforcing speeding laws	Rejected			03/06/98
SB 439	Establishing right-of-way for funeral processions	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/09/98
SB 440	Relating to actions and suits enforcing liens by conveyance of real estate	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/09/98
SB 441	Expanding landowner protection for wildlife damage	Pending	Senate Natural Resources	Committee	02/09/98
SB 442	Limiting access to records of financial institutions	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 443	Creating Telemarketing Regulation and Fraud Prevention Act	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/09/98
SB 444	Authorizing municipalities to connect to sewer service outside corporate limits	Vetoed		Governor	04/09/98
SB 445	Increasing service credit for certain retired teachers	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/10/98
SB 448	Increasing multiplier for retirement annuity in public employees retirement system	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	02/10/98
SB 449	Creating Sexual Predator Act of 1998	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/10/98
SB 451	Extending time for county commission of Marion County to meet as levying body	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	02/10/98
SB 454	Authorizing promulgation of certain rules by combined, county and local boards of health	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	03/06/98
SB 457	Creating children's health insurance program	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/04/98
SB 468	Regulating accounting profession	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 472	Authorizing municipalities to reduce speed limit in residential areas	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 474	Establishing licensure and regulation of bail-enforcement agents	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/17/98
SB 476	Limiting implementation of Kyoto protocol	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/12/98
SB 480	Phasing out taxes imposed on certain health care providers	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/12/98
SB 534	Continuing child support enforcement division	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 535	Continuing lending and credit rate board	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 536	Continuing public defender services	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 537	Continuing human rights commission	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 544	Providing exclusion from income for personal income tax purposes for all retirees	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/04/98
SB 548	Updating list of facilities under direction of commissioner of corrections	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 550	Establishing auto repair fraud prevention	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/16/98
SB 551	Authorizing rules relating to prepaid tuition trust fund act	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 554	Establishing insurance coverage for serious mental illness	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/16/98
SB 565	Authorizing rules relating to Underwood-Smith teacher scholarship program	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 568	Clarifying advice and consent of county commissions relating to hiring	Pending	Senate GOVO	Committee	02/16/98
SB 573	Relating to grandparent visitation rights generally	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 574	Conforming damages standard; eliminating certain immunity defense	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/17/98
SB 576	Relating to cancellation of outstanding auto liability or physical damage insurance	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/17/98
SB 581	Clarifying responsibility for parole supervision violations	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 582	Providing certain members of teachers retirement system a minimum retirement annuity	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	02/18/98
SB 589	Restricting increases on assessment and taxation of Class II and Class III property	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/18/98
SB 595	Dedicating forfeited bail proceeds to counties	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/18/98
SB 599	Authorizing facsimile signatures by circuit clerks on absentee ballots	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 600	Authorizing certain landfills to apply for closure assistance	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 601	Relating to solid waste assessment fees; grant eligibility requirements	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 602	Authorizing certain fees transferred to solid waste enforcement fund	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 603	Relating to absentee voting; electioneering	Pending		Concurrence	03/14/98
SB 604	Permitting certain children to accompany parent or legal guardian to polls	Pending		Concurrence	03/14/98
SB 605	Relating generally to unemployment compensation	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 606	Establishing restrictions on loans made for election purposes	Pending		Concurrence	03/14/98
SB 607	Authorizing counties to lease equipment	Pending		2nd Reading	03/11/98
SB 616	Relating to New River parkway authority	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 620	Increasing per diem compensation and expenses for judges of court of claims	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/19/98
SB 621	Facilitating procurement and distribution of funds for infrastructure development	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/19/98
SB 630	Providing teachers retirement allowance for disability as result of act of student violence	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	02/20/98
SB 636	Relating to proof of insurance at the time of a traffic stop	Pending		2nd Reading	03/12/98
SB 637	Including former divisions of corrections and health within coverage of occupational safety and health act	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/04/98
SB 641	Including magistrate court clerks in public employees pay raise	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/23/98
SB 642	Exempting military income from personal income tax	Pending	Senate Military	Committee	02/23/98
SB 649	Authorizing state to bring an action in circuit court of any county wherein cause of action arose	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/23/98
SB 650	Relating to venue for certain suits and actions	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/23/98
SB 651	Requiring telecommunication companies to provide access to live operator services	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/23/98
SB 653	Authorizing tax commissioner to abate interest on abated penalties	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 656	Requiring ballots published as Class II-0 advertisements	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/23/98
SB 686	Extending assignment of family law master to Marshall County	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/23/98
SB 698	Establishing Ohio river management fund advisory board	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/10/98
SB 700	Excluding certain contingency fees from definition of marital property	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/23/98
SB 713	Revising law regulating practice of chiropractic	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/23/98
SB 729	Relating to transportation of natural gas	Pending		3rd Reading	03/06/98
SB 732	Increasing salary of justices of supreme court of appeals and circuit court judges	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/04/98
SB 744	Limiting liability of volunteer physicians' services for certain athletic events	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 745	Requiring public utilities charge emergency shelter providers lowest rates	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 746	Relating to court reporters	Pending		Concurrence	03/14/98
SB 748	Relating to withdrawal from enrollment in health maintenance organizations	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/03/98
SB 749	Providing additional limitations on security interests in homestead property	Pending		Concurrence	03/14/98
SB 752	Conforming child support enforcement legislation to federal requirements	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 757	Repealing sections relating to continuation and management of penitentiary at Moundsville	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 758	Authorizing monitoring of inmates' mail in correctional institutions	Pending		Concurrence	03/14/98
SB 763	Relating to prohibitions on sales of alcoholic liquor	Pending		3rd Reading	03/06/98
SB 766	Authorizing board of public works to correct erroneous assessments	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 767	Relating to settlement of civil action involving injuries to a child	Pending		3rd Reading	03/06/98
SB 768	Authorizing insurance commissioner to promulgate legislative rules	Pending		2nd Reading	03/05/98
SB 769	Relating to codifying practice of preprosecution or pretrial diversion	Pending		RECD	03/14/98
SB 770	Updating mental health code	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/12/98
SB 771	Extending terms of office of family law masters; appointment	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 773	Conforming various child welfare laws with federal adoption and safe families act of 1997	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 775	Establishing mandatory collection of solid waste	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/05/98
SB 776	Providing for disposition of excess inaugural funds	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/09/98
SB 777	Authorizing certain employees of division of corrections to carry firearms	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/09/98
SB 778	Removing certain language for consideration of persons for parole	Signed		Governor	04/22/98
SB 779	Clarifying educational requirements of domestic family violence act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/09/98

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