Joe Statler Gets Things Done in the WV Legislature
With 68 sponsored bills enacted into state law, Joe Statler's legislative accomplishments are a solid record of service to our state.We need someone who can get things done for Monongalia & Wetzel County residents. A legislator who’s able to work with the majority party in Charleston, and also work in a bipartisan manner with colleagues and local officials. Joe Statler has a lengthy record.
Citizens may recall that in 2020 prior to being re-elected, Joe was asked by the Monongalia County Commission to serve as liaison to state legislature. In this volunteer position, Joe was able to communicate the concerns of the county to the elected legislators. He worked with former colleagues on a number of issues during the legislative session for the betterment of Monongalia County.
2022
53 bills sponsored, 11 laws enacted
- HB 4008 – Relating to Higher Education Policy Commission funding formula
- HB 4098 – Relating to Geothermal Energy Development
- HB 4110 – Relating to staffing levels at multi-county vocational centers
- HB 4380 – Relating to transportation of athletic teams
- HB 4466 – Relating to School Building Authority’s review of school bond applications
- HB 4563 – Provide for a license plate for auto mechanics
- HB 4565 – To exempt temporary employees and employees of the Higher Education Policy Commission from automatic enrollment into the state’s 457 (b) plan
- HB 4571 – Modifying foundation allowance to account for transportation by electric powered buses
- HB 4604 – Relating to abolishing the Workforce Development Initiative Program Advisory Council
- HB 4608 – To require the State Fire Commission to propose minimum standards for persons to be certified as probationary status volunteer firefighters
- HB 4743 – Relating to security and surveillance requirements of medical cannabis organization facilities
2021
31 bills sponsored, 12 laws enacted
- HB 2002 – Relating to Broadband
- HB 2014 – Relating to role of the Legislature in appropriating federal funds
- HB 2372 – Allow pre-candidacy papers to be filed the day after the general election
- HB 2621 – Mandating certification for certain members of fire departments, require certain types of training, allow specialized personnel who are not firefighters to be members of a department, and require the postings of fire department evaluations
- HB 2722 – Prohibiting the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if the foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals
- HB 2793 – Permit out of state residents to obtain West Virginia concealed carry permits
- HB 2794 – To extend the Neighborhood Investment Program Act to July 1, 2026
- HB 2842 – Preventing cities from banning utility companies in city limits
- HB 2927 – Adding Caregiving expenses to campaign finance expense
- HB 3045 – Relating to firefighter disability claims
- HB 3266 – Providing for termination of extracurricular contact upon retirement
- HB 3316 – Supplemental appropriation to the Department of Education, State Board of Education
2018
72 bills sponsored, 13 laws enacted
- HB 2654 – Expanding county commissions’ ability to dispose of county or district property
- HB 3089 – Relating to the adoption of instructional resources for use in the public schools
- HB 4006 – Revising the processes through which professional development is delivered for those who provide public education
- HB 4015 – Relating to the management and continuous inventory of vehicles owned, leased, operated, or acquired by the state and its agencies
- HB 4238 – Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan
- HB 4324 – Relating to the employment of individuals by municipal paid fire departments under civil service
- HB 4350 – Eliminating the regulation of upholstery
- HB 4402 – Relating to the prevention of sexual abuse of children
- HB 4422 – Permitting permanent endowment funds of cemeteries to invest their principal in certain government bonds, and corporate bonds
- HB 4436 – Clarifying when a minor between the ages of 16 and 18 may be employed by or elected as a member of a volunteer fire department
- HB 4444 – Clarifying the authority of the State Fire Commission in adopting a State Building Code
- HB 4619 – Relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth
- HB 4622 – Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
2017
67 bills sponsored, 11 laws enacted
- HB 2364 – Prohibiting electioneering within or near early voting locations during early voting periods
- HB 2373 – Authorizing school bus drivers trained in administration of epinephrine auto-injectors to administer auto-injectors
- HB 2494 – Providing that statewide school report cards are only to be made available to custodial parents and guardians of students upon request
- HB 2542 – Relating to public higher education personnel
- HB 2561 – Relating to public school support
- HB 2637 – Relating to employment of retired teachers and prospective employable professional personnel in areas of critical need and shortage
- HB 2704 – Prohibiting persons convicted of sexual offenses against children with whom they hold positions of trust from holding certification or license valid in public schools
- HB 2706 – Authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
- HB 2739 – Relating to supplemental Medicaid provider reimbursement
- HB 2771 – Relating to temporary teaching certificates for Armed Forces spouses
- HB 2774 – Defining special aircraft property
2016
65 bills sponsored, 11 laws enacted
- HB 2205 – Creating the crime of prohibited sexual contact by a psychotherapist
- HB 4009 – Letting Our Counties Act Locally Act
- HB 4174 – Exempting activity at indoor shooting ranges from the prohibition of shooting or discharging a firearm within five hundred feet of any church or dwelling house
- HB 4201 – Increasing the criminal penalties for participating in an animal fighting venture
- HB 4301 – Relating to a framework for initiating comprehensive transformation of school leadership
- HB 4310 – Relating to the West Virginia University Institute of Technology
- HB 4362 – Establishing a felony offense of strangulation
- HB 4519 – Allowing certain municipalities to elect to participate in the West Virginia Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System
- HB 4566 – Relating to school personnel
- HB 4644 – Relating to jury fees
- HB 4730 – Relating to computer science courses of instruction
2015
59 bills sponsored, 10 laws enacted
- HB 2004 – Providing a procedure for the development of a state plan under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act
- HB 2011 – Relating to disbursements from the Workers’ Compensation Fund where an injury is self inflicted or intentionally caused by the employer
- HB 2025 – Prohibiting certain sex offenders from loitering within one thousand feet of a school or child care facility
- HB 2099 – Extending the time of meetings of local levying bodies when meetings are delayed
- HB 2128 – Permitting those individuals who have been issued concealed weapons permits to keep loaded firearms in their motor vehicles on the State Capitol Complex grounds
- HB 2377 – Authorizing State Board of Education to approve certain alternatives with respect to instructional time
- HB 2632 – Exempting the procurement of certain instructional materials for use in and in support of public schools from the division of purchasing requirements
- HB 2648 – Allowing authorized entities to maintain a stock of epinephrine auto-injectors to be used for emergency
- HB 2702 – Redefining service personnel class titles of early childhood classroom assistant teacher
- HB 2780 – Enhancing the ability of campus police officers at public colleges to perform their duties
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