Date of Birth: November 8th, 1956
Education: PhD - Divinity
Occupation: Pastor
Spouse: Jan Kelly
Children: Kristi, Kari, Jonay, Jonathan
Parents: the late Darlene Dotson Kelly and John E. Kelly
Religion: Protestant Christian
Town of Birth: Parkersburg, WV
SPONSORED LEGISLATION, 2025Delegate Kelly was the Lead Sponsor of 21 bills | |||
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2356 | Relating to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act | Pending | |
| HB 2357 | Relating to parole eligibility for the crime of murder in the second degree | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2358 | Relating to postmortem examinations | Signed | |
| HB 2359 | To modify the parole eligibility for a person serving a sentence for first degree murder | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2360 | Clarifying the victims of crimes against law-enforcement officers. | Signed | |
| HB 2361 | Relating to the creation of Regional Jail Commissions. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2362 | Relating to recognizing the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. | Pending | |
| HB 2363 | Clarifying the groups of persons to whom the criminal prohibitions related to child pornography are inapplicable when such persons are performing their official or employment duties | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2364 | Creating an ombudsman program within the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to review complaints against a state agency or correctional facility. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 2365 | Creating the offense of exposing persons to fentanyl | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 3128 | Clarifying that elected municipal police chiefs shall be certified law-enforcement officers. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 3129 | Relating to Natural Resource Police Officer Retirement System | Pending | |
| HB 3404 | Relating to permitting a prosecuting attorney or an assistant prosecuting attorney to return to service after retirement without suspending or ending payments from his or her retirement annuity during such period of additional employment. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 3423 | Clarifying the declaration of a State of Preparedness by executive orders of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 3424 | Removing language regarding short term loans being provided to released inmates for costs related to reentry into the community | Signed | |
| HB 3425 | Clarifying that any person employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to a contract includes contracted staff that work for vendors | Pending | |
| HB 3430 | Relating to the notification of the parole hearing and the victim’s right to be heard allowing other notified persons listed on the parole hearing form to be allowed to submit not only written statements, but also speak at the parole board hearings | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 3431 | To reorganize several key provisions of bail statutes with an emphasis on application of factors for certain bail determinations. | Pending | Judiciary |
| HB 3432 | Revising the statutes to clarify and separate duties identified in the code between the Division of Emergency Management and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection | Pending | |
| HB 3433 | Modifying language in the statute to make it consistent with W.Va. Code §5H-1-2(b) for survivor’s benefit payments. | Pending | |
| HB 3434 | Relating to the controlled substance schedules and to clean-up errors identified in the code sections | Signed | |
MEDIA | |||
| Release Title | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Delegate Kelly Invites Public To Honor First Responders with 'Heroes Day' Celebration | 09/11/2019 | ||
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