Sen. Howell, Jason Sponsored Bills

An asterisk(*) next to a bill request denotes primary sponsorship. If a session does not appear it is because the legislator does not have any sponsored bills for the session.


2023 Regular Session  2022 Regular Session  2021 Special Session  2021 Regular Session 

2023 Regular Session Top

Bill Title
SB 4 AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units and declaring an emergency.
SB 5* AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
SB 46* AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Office of State Veterinarian.
SB 81 AN ACT relating to private and parochial school calendars.
SB 88 AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for assisted living.
SB 99* AN ACT relating to disaster relief funding and declaring an emergency.
SB 101 AN ACT relating to peace officer contracts.
SB 126* AN ACT relating to venue and declaring an emergency.
SB 163 AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency.
SB 165* AN ACT relating to consumer loan companies.
SB 279* AN ACT relating to agriculture.
SB 280* AN ACT relating to interests in property.
SB 281* AN ACT relating to alternative fuels.
SR 9* A RESOLUTION commemorating and honoring the life of James O. Butts.
SR 26 A RESOLUTION honoring the extraordinary service of Senator Ralph Alvarado to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
SR 66 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of the Honorable Henry R. Wilhoit, Jr.
SR 76* A RESOLUTION honoring Kevin Munsey upon receiving a heart transplant.
SR 88* A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2023 as Organ Donor Month.
SR 90* A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Mrs. Sydney Anne Logan.
SR 129* A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Reverend Charles Hal Shipley.
SR 130* A RESOLUTION recognizing Chief Jeffrey O. Liles of the Murray Police Department on the occasion of his retirement.
SR 137 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving and memory of Bill Patrick, former Executive Director of the Kentucky County Attorney's Association.
SR 142* A RESOLUTION honoring Velvet Milkman, Head Women's Golf Coach at Murray State University, upon the occasion of her retirement.
SR 143* A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Linda Holman Jones.
SR 159 A RESOLUTION recognizing the record number of women legislators serving in the 2023 General Assembly.
SR 172* A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of David Allan Meinschein to the Murray State University Board of Regents.
SR 173* A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Emily Margaret Roark to the Murray State University Board of Regents.
SR 176* A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Wayne Hunt to the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation Board of Directors.
SR 177* A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Wayne Hunt to the Agricultural Development Board.
SR 178* A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Robert H. Foree to the Agricultural Development Board.
SR 179* A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Jonathan T. Noe to the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation Board of Directors.
SR 180* A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Mark Barker to the Agricultural Development Board.
SR 195 A RESOLUTION honoring the Martin County High School Cardinals, 2023 KHSAA Boys Basketball 15th Region Champions.
SR 230 A RESOLUTION honoring the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on its 90th anniversary and declaring May 18 to 24, 2023, as TVA Appreciation Week.
SR 240* A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Brandon Lee Edmiston to the Murray State University Board of Regents.
SR 271* A RESOLUTION encouraging the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment to address cybersecurity challenges and associated workforce opportunities.
HB 4: SFA (1) AN ACT relating to merchant electric generating facilities and making an appropriation therefor.
HB 232: SFA (3) AN ACT relating to insurance adjusters.
HB 507: SFA (1) AN ACT relating to jail construction and declaring an emergency.

2022 Regular Session Top

Bill Title
SB 5* AN ACT relating to fiscal matters providing funding for disaster recovery and relief, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
SB 30 AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration and making an appropriation therefor.
SB 86* AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.
SB 98 AN ACT relating to the control of vehicular traffic.
SB 124 AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency.
SB 135* AN ACT relating to county clerks.
SB 150 AN ACT relating to fiscal matters, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
SB 151* AN ACT relating to school breakfasts.
SB 165* AN ACT relating to consumer loan companies.
SB 173* AN ACT relating to medical order for scope of treatment.
SB 174* AN ACT relating to slow-moving vehicles.
SB 179 AN ACT relating to criminal offenses committed during a declared emergency.
SB 279* AN ACT relating to tornado relief.
SB 280* AN ACT relating to disaster relief.
SB 349* AN ACT relating to economic development.
SCR 293* A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to establish the Kentucky Natural Disaster and Tornado Relief and Response Task Force.
SJR 99 A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Governor to direct the Kentucky Department of Revenue to deviate from the standard valuation used in assessing motor vehicles for property tax purposes and declaring an emergency.
SR 11 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Richard "Rick" Longoria.
SR 18 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of James Bernard Yates Sr.
SR 22 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Darryl Owens.
SR 49 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in loving memory and honor of Lawrence E. "Larry" Forgy, Jr.
SR 67 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of William "Bill" Amey Jr.
SR 76 A RESOLUTION expressing sympathy to the citizens of the Commonwealth affected by the historic December 2021 tornado outbreak and honoring the many acts of kindness provided to the impacted communities and school districts by school personnel.
SR 110 A RESOLUTION honoring Kentucky State University.
SR 140 A RESOLUTION honoring Coach Bill Cronin upon the occasion of his retirement as head football coach for Georgetown College.
SR 146 A RESOLUTION honoring Mary Catherine Bunning on her 90th birthday.
SR 153 A RESOLUTION affirming support for Ukrainian sovereignty, the people of Ukraine, and their right to self-determination.
SR 160 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Norma F. Deneen.
SR 166* A RESOLUTION honoring the centennial anniversary of Murray State University.
SR 169 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Jordan Wesley Morgan.
SR 175* A RESOLUTION honoring the Murray High School Tiger Band.
SR 187* A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of R. Thomas Waldrop Jr. to the Murray State University Board of Regents.
SR 189* A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Robin Mark Floyd to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission.
SR 190* A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Robert Graham Fitch to the Murray State University Board of Regents.
SR 212 A RESOLUTION honoring Senator Wil Schroder upon the occasion of his retirement from the General Assembly.
SR 268 A RESOLUTION honoring the extraordinary service of Senator C.B. Embry Jr. to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
SR 290* A RESOLUTION commending the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources for the removal of Asian carp.
SR 295 A RESOLUTION honoring the University of Louisville Women's Basketball Team upon reaching the 2022 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Final Four.
SR 318* A RESOLUTION endorsing the federal grant application of the Paducah & Louisville Railway to rehabilitate the Rockport Bridge and encouraging the United States Department of Transportation to give favorable consideration to the application.
SR 321* A RESOLUTION recognizing the former Cayce High School of Fulton County.
HB 5* AN ACT relating to fiscal matters providing funding for disaster recovery and relief, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
HB 174: SFA (1) AN ACT relating to postpartum Medicaid coverage.

2021 Special Session Top

Bill Title
SR 4 A RESOLUTION honoring the 13 brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces slain in the terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.
SR 8* A RESOLUTION recognizing September as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
SR 13 A RESOLUTION commemorating the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

2021 Regular Session Top

Bill Title
SB 9 AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants and declaring an emergency.
SB 93* AN ACT relating to the State Board of Agriculture and declaring an emergency.
SB 120 AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering and declaring an emergency.
SB 161* AN ACT relating to National Guard leadership.
SB 162* AN ACT relating to state government.
SB 172* AN ACT relating to underground facility protection.
SB 216* AN ACT relating to judicial circuits.
SB 236* AN ACT relating to vehicle license plates.
SB 243* AN ACT relating to recorded instruments.
SCR 136* A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the County Clerk Office Modernization Task Force.
SR 22 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Wanda Goodwin Thomas.
SR 25 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Eleanor Carol Leavell Barr.
SR 55 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Charles William "Bill" Nighbert.
SR 63 A RESOLUTION urging President Biden to rescind the Executive Order which revoked the permits for the Keystone XL Pipeline Project.
SR 67 A RESOLUTION condemning anti-Semitism in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
SR 76 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Mason County Judge/Executive Joseph Patrick Pfeffer.
SR 81 A RESOLUTION celebrating Black History Month and honoring keynote speaker of the annual Black History Celebration, Georgia State Representative Billy Mitchell.
SR 90* A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Matthew Edwin Price to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee.
SR 103* A RESOLUTION recognizing the establishment of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Generation Bridge Program.
SR 134 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Katherine Sue Scott.
SR 213 A RESOLUTION honoring those who act for social justice.
SR 243 A RESOLUTION honoring the memory of Senator Georgia Davis Powers and her contributions to women's history.


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