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Delegate Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) sponsored 105 bills: |
Bill |
Title |
Status |
Committee |
Step |
Last Action |
HB 2720 | Exempting veterans organizations from the consumers sales and service tax | Pending | House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4003 | Adjusting the age for members of the West Virginia state police retirement system | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 03/04/04 |
HB 2723 | Providing an annual cost of living increase for certain retirees in the state teacher's retirement system | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 2361 | Authorizing county boards of education to provide for the use of sick leave days by a surviving spouse in certain circumstances | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 2672 | Enacting a retirement system for Emergency Medical Services Retirement Act | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4292 | Enacting the emergency medical services retirement act | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 02/04/04 |
HB 4366 | Preventing a reduction in the annuity of a person who retires with disability retirement at age sixty-five | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 02/09/04 |
HB 4396 | Reforming, altering and modifying the county commission of Hampshire County | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/04 |
HB 4397 | Prohibiting the practice of debarking or surgically silencing a dog by cutting its vocal chords | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/04 |
HB 4328 | Creating an indigent defense commission to advise the executive director on policies and procedures of public defender services | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/06/04 |
HB 4329 | Permitting a retired member of the state police to carry a concealed weapon for the duration of the member's life | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/06/04 |
HB 4352 | Including certain commercial hunting, fishing and wildlife watching activities within the definition of recreational purposes for which landowner liability is limited | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/04 |
HB 4353 | Making it a crime to permit a child to ride a horse at a public for-profit riding facility without wearing a riding helmet | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/09/04 |
HB 4158 | Providing a procedure for removing property from the state's inventory of removable property | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/02/04 |
HB 4026 | Establishing the water resources management act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4029 | Establishing a program to report emissions of greenhouse gases | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 2719 | Providing for the use of convict labor to maintain private and not-for-profit cemeteries | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 2558 | Requiring public utilities to have a payment agent in each county | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 2722 | Easements created for ingress and egress that are not described by metes and bounds shall be sufficient for the passage of emergency vehicles | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 2809 | Barring third-party claims against insurers for violation of the Unfair Trade Practices Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/25/04 |
HB 2872 | Abolishing joint liability and establishing principle of comparative fault | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4017 | Prohibiting retailer licensees use of gambling names and symbols in advertising, signage and directions to retail establishments offering limited video lottery games | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/04 |
HB 4021 | Preventing the disclosure of personal information of state employees and officers, and their dependents | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/04 |
HB 4401 | Relating to mechanics' liens and correcting confusing statutory language | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/04 |
HB 4431 | Establishing a lottery scratch-off game for the benefit of West Virginia firefighters | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/04 |
HB 4462 | Relating to solid waste facilities handling in excess of thirty thousand tons of solid waste per month | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/04 |
HB 4499 | Strengthening penalties for failure to meet child support obligations | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/04 |
HB 4556 | Requiring all inspectors inspecting the work premises of any mining concern or operation for mine safety, to sign in, in order to acknowledge their presence on the premises | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/04 |
HB 4602 | Allowing members of the state police to engage in certain political activities while out of uniform and off duty | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/25/04 |
HB 4660 | Providing for the disposition of funds or assets recovered in a legal action or settlement by or on behalf of the general public, the state or its officers, agencies or political subdivisions | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/04 |
HB 4673 | Including within those joint family liabilities of the husband and wife the services provided by healthcare providers | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/04 |
HB 4713 | Setting a "clear and convincing" standard for determining whether an employer acted with "deliberate intention" in causing a worker injury which would waive the employer's immunity from suit under workers' compensation provisions | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/04 |
HB 4715 | Creating the crime of embezzlement by misuse of a power of attorney | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/04 |
HB 4399 | Providing for substance abuse testing of emergency medical services personnel | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/11/04 |
HB 3054 | Allowing properly qualified chiropractors to engage in rehabilitative therapy | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4127 | Permitting paid and volunteer fire departments to place automated external defibrillators on fire trucks and other fire apparatus | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/26/04 |
HB 4398 | Relating generally to mine inspectors | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/11/04 |
HB 4159 | Requiring state employing units to conduct background checks on prospective employees and various other employees of the state | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/29/04 |
HB 4249 | Providing for additional internal controls and procedures for the purchase card program and renaming it the payment card program | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/02/04 |
HB 4264 | Allowing, under some circumstances, the cannibalization and the disposal as waste of state property | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/03/04 |
HB 4030 | Providing health insurance coverage to qualified persons who are otherwise unable to obtain coverage | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4038 | Requiring the head of a governmental agency to submit a statement of compliance to the legislative auditor within six months of a fiscal or performance audit | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/15/04 |
HB 4016 | Relating generally to the department of tax and revenue and office of secretary of tax and revenue and their powers, duties and responsibilities | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4432 | Raising the purchase card transaction limit, authorizing the auditor to select vendors, allowing attachment of pension benefits to reimburse for fraud and adding members to the advisory committee | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/12/04 |
HB 4555 | Relating to the state emergency response commission generally | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/20/04 |
HB 4482 | Providing that retiring physicians may retain their original wall license and exempts physicians holding an inactive license from the assessment fee for the Physicians' Mutual Insurance Company | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/04 |
HB 4711 | Creating a West Virginia tourism authority | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/27/04 |
HB 4759 | Imposing an alternative minimum personal income tax for each taxable year on the West Virginia taxable income of every individual meeting certain criteria | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/13/04 |
HB 4648 | Providing that the reduced tax rate applies to underground mines producing coal from seams of less than thirty-two inches | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4557 | Deleting the specified year of the funding appropriated to provide the pay equity adjustment | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/02/04 |
HB 4002 | Extending the ability to appropriate money from the PEIA reserve fund to the bureau of medical services | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4013 | Creating a sales tax holiday for back-to-school purchases | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4014 | Relating to preserving West Virginia's estate tax | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4015 | Creating a tax amnesty program to be administered by the tax commissioner for a two month period during calendar year 2004 | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4010 | Authorizing the transfer of unappropriated surplus net profit from the state lottery fund to the state excess lottery fund | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4024 | Establishing the "Public-Private Transportation Facilities Act" | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 3090 | Updating the interest provisions of the tax law to make them more fair | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 2725 | Preventing a reduction in the annuity of a person who retires with disability retirement at age sixty-five | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/26/04 |
HB 4057 | Repealing the corporate license fee and replacing it with an annual report and registration fee to be paid by various business entities | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4058 | Allowing the sale of unused strategic research and development tax credits | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4036 | Relating to legislative appropriation of tobacco settlement funds | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/04/04 |
HB 4100 | Increasing the excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4031 | Increasing the salaries of supreme court of justices, circuit court judges and family court judges | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/04/04 |
HB 4028 | Creating the West Virginia tourism development act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4139 | Imposing sales or use tax rather than title privilege tax on sale or use of all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and other motorized recreational vehicles | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/01/04 |
HB 4376 | Tuition reimbursement for teachers pursuing a masters degree | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/10/04 |
HB 4023 | Establishing bus transportation schedules | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4034 | Simplifying the tuition and fee system at state institutions of higher education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4035 | Granting greater flexibility to state institutions of higher education in the areas of management, finance, purchasing and personnel | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4025 | Creating a statewide task force on graduate studies and a distinguished graduate student fellowship program at West Virginia University and Marshall University | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4018 | Authorizing the issuance of grant waivers to sparsely populated counties for relief from the ratio limitations on state funding of professional educators | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/04/04 |
HB 4629 | Extending the tuition waiver benefits to also include the spouse and children of emergency medical service personnel and members of the national guard who have died in the line of duty | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/26/04 |
HB 4483 | Loosening certification requirements on teachers from out-of-state otherwise certified to teach special education and creating an in-state generic special education teaching certification | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/04 |
HB 4481 | Allowing teachers holding K-8 endorsements to teach seventh and eighth grade classes | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/04 |
HB 4498 | Relating to the distribution of moneys by the school building authority | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/04 |
HB 4400 | Providing that an insurer may not fail to renew an outstanding automobile liability or physical damage insurance policy | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 02/11/04 |
HB 4402 | Prohibiting homeowner insurance discrimination against dog owners | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 02/11/04 |
HB 4007 | Providing health benefit plans to small employers that do not have such plans covering their employees | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/14/04 |
HB 4265 | Amending the definition of "resident" for purposes of obtaining Class A hunting and trapping licenses | Pending | House A&N | Committee | 02/03/04 |
HB 4266 | Requiring regulatory agencies of government, with exceptions, to study ways to expedite the issuance of licenses, permits and certificates | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4354 | Authorizing county commissions to adopt ordinances to reduce false alarms | Vetoed | Governor | 03/21/04 | |
HB 4377 | Assessing a penalty on those physicians who fail to pay the special assessment | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4373 | Making it a crime to alter a traffic-control device with an infrared or electronic device | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4047 | Creating a high growth business investment tax credit to encourage investment by state citizens and businesses in certain companies started by fellow West Virginians | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4059 | Distributing net terminal income of racetrack video lottery terminals from reduced distributions to the tourism development fund | Tabled | 3rd Reading | 03/04/04 | |
HB 4027 | Establishing a voluntary environmental excellence program | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4032 | Reducing the allowable blood alcohol content for DUI from .10 to .08 of one percent of body weight | Tabled | 3rd Reading | 01/23/04 | |
HB 4033 | Authorizing the issuance of new parkway revenue bonds | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4008 | Abolishing the insurance and retirement division and creating a new employee and insurance services division | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4009 | Creating a position for a state Americans with disabilities coordinator within the department of administration | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4011 | Bringing the West Virginia personal income tax act into conformity with the federal income tax | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4012 | Bringing the West Virginia corporation net income tax act into conformity with federal income tax | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4019 | Prohibiting the division of motor vehicles' sale of personal information for bulk distribution of surveys, marketing and solicitations | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4020 | Protecting personal information maintained by the state from inappropriate disclosure | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4022 | Creating "The All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Regulation Act" | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4000 | Budget Bill, making appropriations of public money out of the treasury in accordance with section fifty-one, article six of the Constitution | Tabled | 3rd Reading | 03/13/04 | |
HB 4001 | Ensuring safer schools and empowering teachers by automating student suspension and expulsion data | Signed | Governor | 07/15/04 | |
HB 4004 | Establishing an insurance fraud unit within the office of the insurance commissioner | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4005 | Creating a special revenue fund for the operation of the education and state employees grievance board | Tabled | 2nd Reading | 03/04/04 | |
HB 4006 | Increasing the vendor registration fee per fiscal year with a limited waiver provided | Pending | 1st Reading | 03/12/04 | |
HB 4433 | Creating the crime of abuse and neglect of an elderly person and the crime of misuse or misappropriation of the funds or assets of an elderly person | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4484 | Allowing a limited license to practice medicine and surgery without examination to an individual appointed to a West Virginia medical school faculty who holds a valid license to practice medicine and surgery from another country | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4582 | Limiting the division of labor elevator inspectors to inspection of elevators in state owned buildings | Signed | Governor | 04/13/04 | |
HB 4661 | Requiring the attorney general to provide legal services upon the request of state agencies | Rejected | 03/03/04 | ||
HB 4712 | Providing autonomy and operating flexibility to certain higher education institutions | Tabled | 3rd Reading | 03/04/04 |