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Senator Kessler (Acting President) was the Lead Sponsor for 71 bills:

Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
SB 70	Budget Bill	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/12/11
SB 71	Making child neglect creating substantial risk of bodily harm misdemeanor	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/31/11
SB 72	Defining "president", "speaker" and "presiding officer"	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/13/11
SB 98	Allowing certain organizations use electronic or mechanical devices to conduct raffles	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	01/17/11
SB 99	Allowing workers' compensation for mental illness resulting from being victim of crime	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/17/11
SB 200	Correcting names of state institutions of higher education	Signed	Effective from passage - (February 8, 2011)
SB 202	Creating commission to develop pilot program to help at-risk youth	Pending	House Finance	Committee	03/01/11
SB 205	Updating certain terms in Corporation Net Income Tax Act	Signed	Effect from passage
SB 207	Reducing consumers sales and service tax on food	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/19/11
SB 215	Updating certain terms in Personal Income Tax Act	Signed	Effect from passage
SB 219	Relating to maintaining solvency of Unemployment Compensation Fund	Signed	Effect from passage
SB 228	Creating Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act	Signed	Effective from passage - (March 12, 2011)
SB 229	Creating Math and Science Teacher Loan Assistance Program	Pending	House Education	Committee	03/01/11
SB 234	Revising Municipal Economic Opportunity Development District Act	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2011)
SB 235	Revising County Economic Opportunity Development District Act	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2011)
SB 236	Providing for annual evaluation of professional personnel in public schools	Pending	Senate Education	Committee	01/21/11
SB 237	Relating to improvement of schools and school districts	Pending	Senate Education	Committee	01/21/11
SB 238	Redesignating Division of Veterans' Affairs as Department of Veterans' Assistance	Signed	Effect from passage
SB 239	Extending period higher education institutes have to deposit moneys into research endowments	Signed	Effect from passage
SB 240	Allowing Director of Purchasing Division conduct reverse auctions to purchase commodities	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/23/11
SB 241	Relating to organization and authority of Marketing and Communications Office of Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism and Tourism Commission	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2011)
SB 243	Relating to Neighborhood Investment Program Act	Signed	Effective July 1, 2011
SB 245	Relating to protection of Chesapeake Bay and Greenbrier River watersheds	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2011)
SB 247	Exempting certain construction contractor purchases from consumers sales, service and use tax	Signed	Effective from passage - (March 12, 2011)
SB 248	Relating to coal slurry disposal	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/25/11
SB 251	Relating to alternative principal and teacher certification	Pending	Senate Education	Committee	01/25/11
SB 254	Making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to Development Office and Division of Human Services	Signed	Effect from passage
SB 255	Making supplementary appropriation of unappropriated moneys to various accounts	Signed	Effect from passage
SB 261	Providing for special primary and general elections to fill vacancy in office of Governor	Tabled		1st Reading	02/03/11
SB 272	Relating to WV Tax Increment Financing Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/25/11
SB 273	Providing one-time supplemental salary increase for certain state employees	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	01/25/11
SB 276	Criminalizing sale and use of synthetic cannabinoids	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/26/11
SB 278	Creating misdemeanor crime of unlawful restraint	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/26/11
SB 307	Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/11
SB 310	Making certain employees eligible for unemployment compensation	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/10/11
SB 312	Preventing reduction of disability pensions in Public Employees Retirement System	Pending	Senate Pensions	Committee	01/27/11
SB 313	Creating Spay Neuter Assistance Fund; funding	Pending	Senate Agriculture	Committee	01/27/11
SB 314	Creating Natural Gas Resources Transportation Road System	Pending	Senate Transportation and Infrastructure	Committee	01/27/11
SB 315	Making funding for high school athletics priority expenditure from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund surplus	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/23/11
SB 316	Creating WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being Act	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/27/11
SB 317	Requiring corporations disclose expenditures for political activities	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/27/11
SB 318	Requiring handrails in handicap restrooms	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/27/11
SB 319	Establishing tax credit for certain medical providers	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/24/11
SB 320	Requiring certain governmental entities and circuit courts retain biological material for possible DNA testing	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	01/27/11
SB 321	Requiring insurers cover autism spectrum disorders	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	01/27/11
SB 322	Including WV in agreement among states to elect President by national popular vote	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/27/11
SB 342	Making supplementary appropriation to Governor's Office--Civil Contingent Fund	Signed	Effective from passage - (February 7, 2011)
SB 361	Requiring insurance companies indicate on billing statements increased cost of fire insurance if no local fire department existed	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	01/31/11
SB 363	Relating to retention and destruction of health care records	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/01/11
SB 369	Granting volunteer medical licenses to certain practicing physicians	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/01/11
SB 372	Relating to dedication of coalbed methane severance tax proceeds	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/25/11
SB 373	Relating to funding and financing comprehensive middle schools and other School Building Authority projects	Signed	Effective July 1, 2011
SB 379	Relating to registration of certain out-of-state sex offenders	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/01/11
SB 385	Increasing special penalties for assault and battery on athletic official	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/11/11
SB 390	Adding web-enabled mobile devices to crime of invasion of privacy on computer	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/22/11
SB 424	Creating Natural Gas Horizontal Well Control Act	Pending		3rd Reading	03/12/11
SB 426	Requiring judge's permission before release of juror information after trial	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/11
SB 428	Increasing and reallocating certain circuit court fees	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 16, 2011)
SB 430	Filing civil petition for expungement of certain criminal records	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/03/11
SB 443	Prohibiting elective abortion coverage except through optional supplemental policy	Pending	Senate Health and Human Resources	Committee	02/07/11
SB 444	Relating to protection of nonfamily or nonhousehold members from violations of personal safety	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	03/02/11
SB 456	Relating to responsibilities of Marketing and Communications Office of Department of Commerce	Pending	House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business	Committee	02/25/11
SB 473	Relating to fire chief and deputy chief positions	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/09/11
SB 474	Relating to nonresident liability claims for prescription drug warnings	Signed	Effective July 1, 2011
SB 491	Creating WV Future Fund	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/11/11
SB 507	Continuing Broadband Deployment Council	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 26, 2011)
SB 512	Relating generally to salaries of certain judges and magistrates	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/22/11
SB 576	Authorizing refundable tax credit based upon federal earned income tax credit	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/21/11
SB 583	Increasing surcharge on fire and casualty insurance policies	Pending	Senate Banking and Insurance	Committee	02/21/11
SB 587	Adding small-scale tourism development and ancillary project components to Tourism Development Act	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/23/11
SB 606	Providing funding for parkways project along U. S. Route 35	Rejected			03/02/11

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