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Senator Kessler sponsored 179 bills:

Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
SB 7	Promoting breast feeding of infants as public health initiative	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/10/07
SB 12	Requiring advance consumer notification of negative credit reports	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	01/10/07
SB 15	Providing retention salary increases for certain Division of Corrections and Division of Juvenile Services employees	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/31/07
SB 18	Requiring third-party reimbursement for kidney disease screening	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 38	Increasing compensation of legislative members	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/10/07
SB 63	Prohibiting use of credit score in casualty insurance rate filings	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	01/10/07
SB 70	Providing penalties for employing unauthorized workers	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 71	Prohibiting new state residents from operating certain motor vehicles not licensed in this state	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/12/07
SB 76	Setting particular penalties for underage drinking	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 77	Authorizing Attorney General to investigate and charge fuel price gouging	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/12/07
SB 78	Establishing identity theft protections	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/12/07
SB 106	Increasing penalties for hiring unauthorized workers	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/17/07
SB 118	Creating WV Public Campaign Financing Act	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/12/07
SB 135	Providing student financial aid resources for spouses of certain deceased service personnel	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/30/07
SB 137	Regulating use of automobile black boxes	Pending	Senate Transportation and Infrastructure	Committee	01/18/07
SB 138	Repealing code section relating to requirement nonresidents secure costs	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 139	Denying petition for name change in certain cases	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 140	Relating to depositing certain moneys into magistrate court fund	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 141	Providing family court jurisdiction over sibling visitation petitions	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 142	Providing penalty for illegally possessing, possessing with intent to distribute or distributing an iodine matrix	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 145	Providing funding for programs discouraging tobacco use	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/19/07
SB 147	Allowing counties to increase hotel occupancy tax	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	01/19/07
SB 148	Providing breast feeding not considered public indecency	Vetoed		Governor	03/14/07
SB 149	Repealing code section relating to Child Assessment or In-State Placement Fund	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 151	Providing influenza and pneumococcal immunizations for elderly persons	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/19/07
SB 153	Increasing relocation expense allotment for State Police	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/19/07
SB 156	Removing cap on scholarship funds for dependent children of deceased State Police	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	01/19/07
SB 161	Providing medical care cost-saving measures in regional jails	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/19/07
SB 169	Requiring insurance companies obtain title to certain totaled vehicles	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 171	Continuing Board of Accountancy	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 172	Continuing Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 175	Creating Clandestine Drug Laboratory Remediation Act	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 176	Allowing advanced nurse practitioners sign do-not-resuscitate orders	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/23/07
SB 179	Establishing death review teams for elder abuse and domestic abuse deaths	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/23/07
SB 180	Offering tax-free distributions from certain retirement plans to pay certain premiums for public safety officers	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 181	Relating to per diem compensation of Board of Banking and Financial Institutions' members	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 182	Requiring Division of Banking employ same frequency of examination schedules as certain federal regulators	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 183	Providing Board of Banking and Financial Institutions authority to approve acquisitions of out-of-state banks	Vetoed		Governor	03/18/07
SB 187	Relating to WV Performance Review Act	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 188	Revising sunrise review process	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	01/24/07
SB 189	Creating Marriage and Family Therapy Board of Examiners	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/28/07
SB 194	Relating to appeal bonds	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 197	Authorizing use of reasonable force against intruder	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/12/07
SB 198	Increasing incremental salary for Division of Corrections' employees	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/24/07
SB 204	Assessing cost of petit juries in magistrate court	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 205	Clarifying violations of protective orders	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 206	Assessing court costs for participants in pretrial diversion programs	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 207	Providing fine for violating terms of bond	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/23/07
SB 208	Providing Supreme Court and Consolidated Public Retirement Board notice when judge retires	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 210	Increasing exemption on certain retirement income	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/25/07
SB 211	Providing one-time supplements to public employee and teacher retirees at age 70	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	01/25/07
SB 334	Relating to employment of athletic or extracurricular activities' coaches	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/20/07
SB 335	Providing funding for WV Affordable Housing Trust Fund	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 337	Establishing net greenhouse gas inventory program	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 338	Expanding newborn screening	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/31/07
SB 340	Relating to procedure for authorizing branch banks	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	01/29/07
SB 346	Granting municipal courts jurisdiction over juveniles violating tobacco use laws	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/29/07
SB 348	Relating to mine trip cars	Pending	Senate Energy, Industry and Mining	Committee	01/29/07
SB 352	Providing tax exemption for high-technology business services	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/29/07
SB 355	Relating to State Police Retirement System	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/19/07
SB 356	Requiring licensing of plumbers and fire protection workers	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	01/29/07
SB 357	Changing motor vehicle privilege tax to sales tax	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/29/07
SB 358	Extending mental health services coverage	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	01/29/07
SB 359	Allowing public employees certain paid leave as volunteer firefighters	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/29/07
SB 360	Extending time local levying bodies may meet	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 363	Creating fund to reimburse National Guard group life insurance premiums	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	01/29/07
SB 367	Providing personal income tax exemption to certain volunteer fire department members	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/29/07
SB 369	Relating to local option elections on table games	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/30/07
SB 382	Relating to reemployment of certain Supreme Court retirees	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/01/07
SB 385	Relating to loan originator	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	01/31/07
SB 387	Guaranteeing certain veterans military grave markers	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 394	Preventing annuity reductions for certain retirees	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	01/31/07
SB 398	Authorizing Division of Motor Vehicles to suspend or refuse to register certain interstate commerce motor carriers	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 399	Relating to issuance of driver's licenses	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/16/07
SB 400	Appointing additional circuit court judges	Vetoed		Governor	03/18/07
SB 410	Authorizing Supreme Court create senior status magistrate assistants	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/31/07
SB 411	Creating Correctional Center Nursery Act	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 412	Providing penalties for handheld cell phone violations by minor while driving	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 413	Relating to hearings before magistrates involving seizing abandoned, neglected or cruelly treated animals	Vetoed		Governor	03/18/07
SB 415	Authorizing magistrate courts assess fee for criminal records checks	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 416	Creating misdemeanor offenses for attempting to defeat drug or alcohol screening test	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 419	Providing salary increase for certain corrections' employees	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/01/07
SB 425	Relating to Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund loans	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 428	Establishing consumer identity theft protections	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 430	Relating to practice of medical imaging and radiation therapy	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/01/07
SB 435	Clarifying Consolidated Local Government Act	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 436	Selecting executive secretary for county commission on crime, delinquency and correction	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 437	Creating WV Public Safety Survivor Benefit Act	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/02/07
SB 443	Eliminating time schedules for utility relocation on highway projects	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/19/07
SB 444	Removing certain exceptions in minimum wage law	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/15/07
SB 445	Providing salary increases for certain Division of Protective Services' officers	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/02/07
SB 448	Relating to commercial driver's licenses	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/14/07
SB 449	Authorizing certain school uniform policies	Pending	Senate Education	Committee	02/05/07
SB 452	Creating WV Kids First Act	Pending	House Education	Committee	02/28/07
SB 454	Renaming and restructuring Bureau of Employment Programs	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 457	Increasing certain Division of Corrections' employees salaries and increment pay	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/05/07
SB 459	Providing certain correctional officers full retirement benefits	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	02/05/07
SB 461	Establishing identity theft protections	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/05/07
SB 462	Relating to flat-rate excise tax on motor fuels	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/19/07
SB 466	Relating to tax shelters	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/06/07
SB 467	Providing public improvement projects' workers health care insurance	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/07/07
SB 468	Providing penalties for employing unauthorized workers	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/07/07
SB 469	Relating to air pollution control permits	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/07/07
SB 470	Establishing presidential candidate announcement deadline	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/07/07
SB 487	Paying certain tuition and fees for National Guard members	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/13/07
SB 488	Reinstating consumers sales and service tax exemption for mental health care centers and retardation facilities	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/07/07
SB 489	Relating to PROMISE scholarship graduates report to Legislative Oversight Commission on Workforce Investment for Economic Development	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 490	Relating to Underground Storage Tank Insurance Fund	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 491	Providing procedure for contesting paternity	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/07/07
SB 494	Authorizing publishing names of persons failing to timely file campaign finance reports	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/07/07
SB 500	Creating WV Professional Employer Organization Recognition and Registration Act	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/08/07
SB 502	Requiring additional information from sellers of certain railroad track material	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/07
SB 512	Prohibiting requirement of polygraph examination in certain sexual offense allegations	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 524	Requiring proof of lawful disposal of solid waste	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 525	Decreasing wireless enhanced 911 fee	Pending	Senate Transportation and Infrastructure	Committee	02/09/07
SB 528	Depositing certain pesticide license fees into Pesticide Control Fund	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 529	Prohibiting requirement that sexual offense victims pay costs of forensic examination	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 530	Authorizing voter not affiliated with any political party to vote in primary	Pending		3rd Reading	03/10/07
SB 531	Relating to filing service of process on corporations in class action suits	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 537	Expanding prescriptive authority for advanced nurse practitioners	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/09/07
SB 539	Relating to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 544	Relating to parental notification requirements for unemancipated minors obtaining abortions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/01/07
SB 546	Limiting duplication of publication costs in administration of certain estates	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/12/07
SB 550	Eliminating bond requirement for person authorized to perform marriages	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 551	Creating Patriot Guard Riders license plate	Pending	Senate Transportation and Infrastructure	Committee	02/12/07
SB 557	Relating to judicial review of juvenile proceedings	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 558	Requiring Commissioner of Public Health assess health impact of certain rules proposed by Department of Environmental Protection	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/12/07
SB 560	Reducing behavioral health care providers' severance tax	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/13/07
SB 565	Requiring certain partnerships and businesses provide disclosure of organizations' members' names	Pending		2nd Reading	03/10/07
SB 567	Revising drunk driving provisions related to certain crimes and penalties	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/13/07
SB 569	Creating Special Railroad and Intermodal Enhancement Fund	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 572	Prohibiting discrimination in registered club organizations	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/14/07
SB 573	Creating programs to monitor physicians, podiatrists and physician assistants who are recovering substance abusers	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 577	Prohibiting certain teachers and school officials from having pecuniary interest in certain contracts	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/26/07
SB 578	Increasing incremental salary for public employees	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/01/07
SB 579	Establishing Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/14/07
SB 588	Removing tax expiration date on manufacturing or production of synthetic fuel from coal	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 589	Allowing monetary incentives in programs to improve public service	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 590	Relating to preserving biological evidence in connection with criminal case	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/14/07
SB 596	Requiring municipal elections' personnel participate in training	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 601	Revising provisions governing motor vehicle dealers' establishment or relocation	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 605	Relating to campaign contributions	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/15/07
SB 606	Distributing application for absentee voting by electronic mail	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 607	Providing elected political party executive committee members' term of office	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 608	Disclosing employers in default of unemployment compensation payments	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/01/07
SB 610	Relating to electronic voting systems generally	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 615	Authorizing certain municipalities to enter into contracts for electric power purchase	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 616	Relating to election ballots	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 617	Requiring voter history on statewide registration system	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 618	Relating to filing requirements for write-in candidates	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 619	Relating to election day procedures and preparation	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 622	Including theft of oil, natural gas, water, telecommunications, electric and solid waste service as crimes against property	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/23/07
SB 623	Allocating responsibility under parenting plan for children	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/16/07
SB 634	Relating to election ballots	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/07
SB 658	Relating to stalking offense	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/26/07
SB 675	Limiting arrest powers for day report officers	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/26/07
SB 676	Relating to criminal penalties for certain driving violation	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/07
SB 677	Relating to campaign finance filings	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/07
SB 679	Relating to Water Resource Protection and Management Act	Pending		2nd Reading	03/10/07
SB 682	Relating to drug-free workplaces in coal mines	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/07
SB 684	Relating to accessible parking areas designated for use by persons with mobility impairment	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/07
SB 685	Prohibiting implementation of REAL ID Act of 2005	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/07
SB 686	Prohibiting discrimination based upon age or sexual orientation	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/07
SB 696	Prohibiting parents and guardians from allowing known child predators access to custodial children	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/19/07
SB 704	Establishing certain criminal penalties relating to nonprofit corporations' crimes	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/28/07
SB 706	Limiting expungement of certain criminal records	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/26/07
SB 707	Increasing jail processing fee amount	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 708	Modifying registration requirements of charities	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 709	Authorizing circuit courts grant custodial and noncustodial improvement periods to certain juveniles	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 712	Relating to wine regulations	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 713	Relating to campaign finance filings	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 730	Narrowing basis for issuance of assessments of additional taxes by Tax Commissioner	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/19/07
SB 732	Transferring certain correctional officers into Civil Service System	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/19/07
SB 736	Prohibiting state-funded abortions	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/19/07
SB 753	Filling vacancies in nominations for general elections	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 754	Clarifying restrictions on certain political contributions from political committees	Signed		Governor	04/19/07
SB 755	Requiring court approval for certain structured settlement transfers	Pending	House Banking and Insurance	Committee	03/01/07
SB 756	Modifying definitions relating to homeland security and law enforcement	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	03/01/07
SB 757	Extending time for Smithers town council to meet as levying body	Signed		Governor	04/19/07

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