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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 HHR	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 EDU	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 HHR	Committee	01/12/22
SB 45	Prohibiting certain divisive acts from school curriculum, state agencies, and any groups receiving state funding	Pending	Senate EDU	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 TRN	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 TRN	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 TRN	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 TRN	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 TRN	Committee	01/12/22
SB 158	Collecting and analyzing statistical information pertaining to terminating pregnancies under Medicaid Program	Pending	Senate HHR	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 HHR	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 EDU	Committee	01/12/22
SB 187	Creating Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act	Pending	Senate NRS	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 TRN	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 HHR	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 HHR	Committee	02/10/22
SB 645	Regulating private schools for students with disabilities	Pending	House EDU	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 EDU	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

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