Date of Birth: November 1st, 1966
Education: Keyser High School; Potomac State College; AA, B.S., Frostburg State University
Occupation: Small Business Owner/Mail Order Auto Parts Born
Spouse: Kristen Kay Howell
Parents: Parents Glenn and Gloria Howell
Religion: Global Methodist
Town of Birth: Cumberland, MD
Affiliations: Past President, Keyser Rotary Club; Associate Member, Fountain Ruritan; Member, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, West Virginia Chapter; Mineral County Chamber of Commerce; National Rifle Association; SEMA; National Chairman Emeritus, State Automotive Enthusiast Leadership Caucus; Former member, West Virginia Motorsports Council; Member, Keyser Moose; Represents West Virginia’s House of Delegates on CSG South’s Executive Committee & Economic Development, Transportation and Cultural Affairs Committee Recipient 2003 United States Small Business Administration Exporter of the Year, West Virginia; 2006, A Top 40 West Virginian under 40, The State Journal; 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Governor’s Commendation for International Market Entry, 2021 National State Automotive Enthusiast Leadership Caucus Lifetime Achievement Award; 2022-2023 CSG South Vice Chair, Economic Development, Transportation, and Cultural Affairs Committee; Honorable Kentucky Colonel.
SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2024Delegate Howell was the Lead Sponsor of 46 bills | |||
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJR 7 | Senior Citizen Homestead Valuation Amendment | Pending | Finance |
| HJR 18 | Relating to Personal Income Taxes | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4378 | Authorizing the DMV to issue certain vital records in the custody of the state registrar | Pending | |
| HB 4379 | Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4380 | Provide that you can make monthly payments on property taxes | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4405 | Mental Hygiene Reform Act | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 4406 | To provide that the first $100K made jointly or the first $50K filing single is exempt from the tax on social security | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4407 | Limiting the imposition of municipal business and occupation taxes | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4408 | To allow the development of a specialized intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities | Pending | Health and Human Resources |
| HB 4410 | Impose criminal liability and penalties upon purchasers of goods for delivery who refuse to return rejected goods to the vendor after the purchaser has had their purchase money reimbursed | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4434 | Relating to restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source | Pending | |
| HB 4440 | Modify how sales tax is collected on seller financed vehicle transactions | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4441 | Provide certain classes of property protections from creditor collections | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4442 | To ensure false claims on property titles are not fault of landowner | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4448 | Permitting former members of the Legislature to remain eligible for insurance plans at full cost to the member and at no cost to the state | Pending | Banking and Insurance |
| HB 4610 | Creating special revenue account known as School Building Authority Agricultural, Vocational and Technical Training Facilities Grant Fund | Pending | |
| HB 4872 | Require counties and municipalities to provide public notice for land or building purchases | Pending | Political Subdivisions |
| HB 4886 | Relating to spam phone calls. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 4905 | Relating to the Tourism and Commercial Opportunity Zone Tax and Tax Credit Act | Pending | Finance |
| HB 4949 | To modify local permitting deadlines for permits, licenses, variances, or other types of approval from a governing body or planning commission of a municipality or county. | Pending | Political Subdivisions |
| HB 5127 | Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program” | Pending | |
| HB 5162 | Establish a program to promote creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs | Signed | |
| HB 5163 | Relating to involuntary hold by law enforcement for a person determined to be an imminent danger | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 5164 | Relating to the land use, manufacture, installation, and safety certification of Fabricated Self-contained Expandable Box Built Permanent Homes | Pending | Government Organization |
| HB 5170 | Increasing the size of matching grants for local economic development from $30,000 to $50,000. | Signed | |
| HB 5212 | Require new vehicle charging stations to be universal | Pending | |
| HB 5296 | To exempt wage income earned from overtime for a period of three years | Pending | Finance |
| HB 5311 | Establishing tax treatment of real property owned by another state government | Pending | Finance |
| HB 5321 | Relating to requiring local governments to provide matching funds for grants from the Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program | Pending | Government Organization |
| HB 5322 | Local Meat Processing Economic Development Act | Pending | Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| HB 5323 | To establish a $100 per year penalty for inaccurate signage posted on interstates for industrial and commercial/business parks that are not near the interstate exits | Pending | |
| HB 5350 | Expanding the definition “recreational purposes” to include mountain biking activities | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 5392 | To reduce West Virginia sales tax on gasoline and diesel to zero, and make up difference with increase in sales tax equivalent to rate of tax | Pending | Finance |
| HB 5411 | Removing requirement to present a paid tax receipt to renew a license plate | Pending | |
| HB 5413 | Requiring PSC modify processes regarding trash hauling rates. | Pending | Political Subdivisions |
| HB 5437 | Relating to time limits imposed on the Division of Highways to grant a highway entrance permit | Pending | |
| HB 5439 | Provide that a person defending themselves or others while at work cannot be terminated | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 5487 | To require municipalities issuing tickets to charge the entire fee for tickets | Pending | |
| HB 5488 | To codify that The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibits unlawful users of drugs and those addicted to controlled substances, specifically marijuana, may not ship, receive, or possess a firearm | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 5519 | Relating to authorizing the director of the Division of Forestry to contract for the management of state-owned and leased forests and wooded lands for purposes of preventing forest fires | Pending | Government Organization |
| HB 5544 | Relating to requiring certain reporting from the Mountaineer Trail Network Authority each year | Pending | |
| HB 5555 | Creating the legislative oversight committee on aviation development | Pending | Government Organization |
| HB 5652 | Providing a statutory program for loaning financial assistance to local airports for airplane hangar construction in this State | Pending | Finance |
| HB 5672 | Establish a safety standoff area for damage electric vehicles placed at repair holding lots and/or salvage yards | Pending | |
| HB 5695 | Relating to Community Enhancement Districts | Pending | |
| HB 5696 | Relating to the upper Ohio Valley Trail Network | Signed | |
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