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Committees
Bills Sponsored

Tom Dempster

Primary Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1169 add a section of highway in Minnehaha County to the state trunk highway system.
HB 1180 repeal the effective date for the sunsetting of certain provisions related to insurance taxes and to revise certain provisions related to policies having cash surrender values exceeding one million dollars.
HB 1236 allow for the exclusion of certain health insurance coverages as a condition of procuring individual health insurance.
HC 1008 Honoring the 2002 West Central Trojans High School football team, coaches, and staff.
SB 125 revise certain provisions concerning joint county and municipal planning and zoning.
SB 167 revise the determination of minimum nonforfeiture amounts for individual deferred annuities and to provide for a sunset of the revision.
SB 168 revise certain provisions regarding variable life insurance policies.
SB 169 revise certain provisions relating to the general fund levy of a school district.
SB 185 revise certain provisions concerning the investment of the funds of the Health and Education Facilities Authority.
SB 186 impose an additional tax on certain alcoholic beverages and to distribute the revenue.
SB 195 establish the hunters welcome program.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1068 permit home school students to participate in high school interscholastic activities.
HB 1073 revise certain voting and participation requirements related to bond issues involving two or more political subdivisions.
HB 1076 revise certain provisions related to energy savings contracts.
HB 1077 repeal the limit on credit hours for certain students.
HB 1078 increase the amount of money that school boards can keep in petty cash accounts.
HB 1079 revise certain eligibility restrictions related to secondary school extracurricular activities.
HB 1100 make certain alcohol license fee provisions consistent.
HB 1110 revise certain provisions regarding the expenditure of proceeds from the county wheel tax.
HB 1119 revise certain provisions related to the arrest of a spouse for abuse.
HB 1134 clarify the subpoena powers of the Legislature and legislative committees.
HB 1145 establish a Native American student cultural exchange program.
HB 1147 increase the tax on cigarettes and to declare an emergency.
HB 1154 impose a gross receipts tax on wireless, cellular, and personal communications system telephone companies in lieu of property tax.
HB 1228 compensate school districts that have a larger enrollment in the current year than during the previous year.
HB 1229 authorize a South Dakota Statuary Commission.
HB 1233 increase the time period that fireworks may be sold to out-of-state residents.
HB 1247 provide for the funding of certain court appointed special advocate grant programs and to establish the Court Appointed Special Advocates Commission.
HB 1258 allow corporations and other entities to appear before the Public Utilities Commission without legal counsel in certain cases.
HB 1265 revise certain rules with regard to school social workers.
HC 1002 Honoring an outstanding South Dakota educator, Karen Lukens, for receiving the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.
HC 1003 Honoring Tom McGough as the South Dakota Cross-Country Coach of the Year.
HC 1005 Honoring the 2002 State "B" Champion Canova Teener Baseball Team.
HCR 1004 Recognizing and honoring the service and achievements of the South Dakota National Guard.
HCR 1005 Urging the United States Congress to continue to fund South Dakota water projects.
HCR 1011 Urging South Dakota's congressional delegation to acknowledge, support, and take actions to implement recommendations to improve boating access on South Dakota's Missouri River reservoirs.
HCR 1015 Supporting the participation of Taiwan in the World Health Assembly summit.
HCR 1020 Supporting adequate funding for secondary career and technical education programs in South Dakota.
HJR 1003 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article V, section 7 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, providing for the merit selection of circuit court judges.
SB 71 provide for the alternative certification of school administrators.
SB 73 require that constitutional amendments, initiated measures, and referred laws shall be designated in a certain manner.
SB 78 require notification of interested parties in the release of certain confidential information.
SB 79 extend the time frame that the Housing Development Authority has to submit its annual report to the Governor and Legislature.
SB 85 appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
SB 87 permit bonding authorities to enter into contracts for the purpose of managing payments or interest rate risk.
SB 90 revise the available number of certain nonresident waterfowl hunting licenses.
SB 102 limit certain liquor license renewal fees.
SB 133 permit the county levy and rural fire protection district levy to be increased for fire fighting purposes.
SB 153 require the publication of certain information related to public notices.
SB 159 require public corporations to verify whether contractors have a contractor's excise tax license before awarding certain contracts.
SB 165 establish the United States census estimates as the basis upon which liquor licenses may be issued.
SB 208 revise the limitation on the amount payable from real property taxes by local units of government.
SB 224 allow school districts to provide transportation to nonpublic school students under certain circumstances and to declare an emergency.
SC 5 Honoring the 2002 Tripp-Delmont Wildcats High School football team and the students and staff involved in the football program.
SC 7 Honoring Krista Jankowski, South Dakota Girls' State Governor, and Dan English, South Dakota Boys' State Governor, and commending the South Dakota American Legion and Auxiliary for their sponsorship and coordination of the Girls' State and Boys' State programs.
SC 9 Honoring the 2002 Avon Pirates High School football team and the students and staff involved in the football program.
SC 11 Honoring Todd Foster for being selected South Dakota Assistant Football Coach of the Year for Class 11A.
SC 12 Honoring Erin Jaspers for being the first place winner of the 2003 Business Plan Competition.
SC 13 Honoring Crystal Swenby for earning second place in the finals of the 2003 Business Plan Competition.
SC 15 Honoring the players and coaches of the 2002 Flandreau 15-16 Teener Baseball Team.
SC 16 Honoring the Flandreau 16 and Under Softball Team, coaches, and players.
SC 17 Honoring the players and coaches of the 2002 Flandreau 13-14 Teener Baseball Team.
SC 25 Honoring Pauline Nightpipe as Grandmother of the Senate during the Seventy-eighth Legislative Session.
SCR 4 Urging the President of the United States of America, the United States Congress, and the United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to provide the best medical care for our servicemen, servicewomen, veterans, and their families.
SCR 9 Requesting the United States Senators of the State of South Dakota to support the floor vote and nomination of judicial nominee Miguel Estrada.
SCR 11 Supporting and honoring the men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States as they engage in combat with the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.
SR 1 Honoring James Abdnor, of Kennebec, South Dakota, upon the occasion of his 80th birthday.


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