Education: Bachelor’s Criminal Justice Mountain State University, Juris Doctorate Marquette University, Chartered Life Underwriter American College
Occupation: Attorney
SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2023Delegate Steele was the Lead Sponsor of 50 bills | |||
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJR 1 | Guaranteeing the right of the citizens of West Virginia to hunt and fish | Pending | Judiciary |
| HJR 8 | Disabled Veteran’s Property Tax Exemption Amendment | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2045 | Dividing pretrial detention jail costs between arresting authorities | Pending | |
| HB 2046 | Permitting a licensed physician to grant a medical exemption from the required immunizations for a child to enter a school or a state-regulated childcare center | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 2122 | Relating to custodial interrogation of a child | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2123 | Expanding definition of who may apply for grandparent visitation | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2124 | Removing Hepatitis B from the list of required vaccinations | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 2125 | Eliminating the Human Rights Commission | Pending | Government Organization |
| HB 2126 | Relating to increasing the amount of money for which a purchase may be made without obtaining three bids to ten thousand dollars | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2127 | Relating to abolishing spousal support | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2128 | Including three types of cancer for which rebuttable presumption of injury from employment exists for firefighters | Pending | |
| HB 2129 | Relating to extended supervision for certain drug offenders | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2130 | Allowing deductions to determine adjusted gross income for student loan payments or mortgage payments in determining child support | Pending | Senior Citizen Issues |
| HB 2131 | Prohibiting payroll deductions to electioneering organizations | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2132 | Providing that a municipal services user fee may not be imposed on employees of the state | Pending | Political Subdivisions |
| HB 2133 | Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2248 | Relating to magistrate employee appointments | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2249 | Specifying when a public employee’s spouse may be covered by PEIA | Pending | Banking and Insurance |
| HB 2250 | Adding Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees who work at institutions managed by the Commissioner to the Survivor Benefits Act | Pending | |
| HB 2251 | Increasing penalties sexual offenses | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2252 | Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2253 | Relating to controlled substance monitoring; and removing a dispensing prohibition | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 2254 | Natural Gas Electric Generation Development Act | Pending | |
| HB 2255 | To provide for no more than two licensed laboratories for medical cannabis testing in this state | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2256 | To provide for the full restoration of the Holly Grove Mansion | Pending | Government Organization |
| HB 2403 | Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2404 | Relating to repayment of legal services when payment is made by the state for public defender services | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2405 | Eliminate sales tax on Professional Employment Organization’s administration fees | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2406 | Relating to licensure for polygraph examiners | Pending | Government Organization |
| HB 2509 | Creating the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act | Signed | |
| HB 2527 | Relating to revising the criminal code generally | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2753 | To modify e-bike laws in West Virginia | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2763 | To provide for an updated definition of first degree murder on a law enforcement officer | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2764 | Increase salary of constitutional officers | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2765 | Authorizing certain ambulance crew members, firefighters, rescue squad members and emergency service personnel to carry firearms | Pending | |
| HB 2766 | To clarify when inmates may receive “good time” or time served | Pending | |
| HB 2767 | Constitutional Officer Housing allowance | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2768 | To require all state entities and Chapter 30 boards to use “.gov” domains and e-mail addresses | Pending | Finance |
| HB 2808 | Relating to taxation of gambling and lottery winnings | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2867 | Relating to microreactor development | Pending | |
| HB 2979 | Establishing an animal abuser registry | Pending | Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| HB 2980 | Removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to minor of obscene matter | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2991 | Establishing the crime of torture | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 3156 | Raising the compensation rates of panel attorneys | Signed | |
| HB 3190 | Amending the definition of “minor” | Signed | |
| HB 3203 | Relating generally to West Virginia Real Estate License Act | Signed | |
| HB 3474 | Increasing mandatory insurance coverage limits for proof of financial responsibility | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 3475 | Relating to the offense of adulteration or alteration of medical cannabis testing results | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 3539 | Relating to increasing individual customer on-site generator limits | Pending | |
| HB 3556 | Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act | Pending | |
MEDIA | |||
| Release Title | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh Delegates Applaud Funding for Beckley VA Medical Center | 02/11/2021 | ||
| Delegate Steele questions cost of law firm selected in DHHR foster care case | 11/05/2019 | ||
| GOP Delegates Pledge to Protect Second Amendment Rights | 08/08/2019 | ||
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