Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Dan Sutton

Primary Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 163 revise certain provisions related to the initiation of modifications to county comprehensive plans.
SC 6 Honoring Jordan Arneson for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.
SC 7 Honoring Anthony P. Sutton for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.
SC 9 Honoring John C. Feske for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.
SC 23 Commending and honoring the 2007-2008 Madison High School Lady Bulldogs Gymnastics Team for its fourteenth consecutive state championship title in Class A Gymnastics and for setting the national record for consecutive gymnastics state championships.
SCR 5 Urging the Midwest Independent System Operator to reconsider its pricing methodology with respect to certain energy transmission costs.
HB 1166 revise the distribution of revenues generated by Deadwood gaming.
HB 1242 require the Department of Education and the Board of Regents to establish certain programs for children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing.
HB 1253 require that home studies conducted for custody determinations be completed by certain professionals.
HB 1255 provide for the titling and registration of certain low-speed vehicles.
HC 1031 Congratulating the town of Epiphany on the 125th anniversary celebration of its founding.
HC 1032 Congratulating the town of Canova on the 125th anniversary celebration of its founding.
HC 1036 Congratulating the town of Artesian on the 125th anniversary of its founding.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 62 revise certain new hire reporting requirements relating to the collection of child support.
SB 64 provide certain provisions regarding the regulation of recreational park trailers.
SB 69 add marijuana to the list of abusive substances for the purposes of determining child abuse.
SB 70 exempt the operators of certain older motorcycles from the special qualification required to operate a motorcycle.
SB 72 make an appropriation for an engineering survey and a repair cost estimate of Richmond Lake Dam.
SB 81 allow persons to place a security freeze on their credit reports without first being victims of identity theft.
SB 88 require abortion facilities to offer sonograms to pregnant women under certain circumstances.
SB 89 direct the State-Tribal Relations Committee to hold hearings on certain issues related to Native American health care.
SB 100 revise the definition of certain public entities that are prohibited from making political campaign contributions.
SB 101 authorize funding for certain tribal colleges to defray certain costs associated with educating nonbeneficiary students at tribal colleges and to make an appropriation therefor.
SB 106 limit state expenditures.
SB 107 authorize county special assessments for certain improvements, maintenance, and repair to roadways in unorganized townships.
SB 112 revise eligibility requirements for continuation of health care coverage.
SB 113 exempt certain individual health benefit plans from certain premium rating requirements.
SB 114 allow for risk pool eligibility and rate flexibility for certain health insurance conversion plans.
SB 120 require that certain bond sales be competitive.
SB 122 provide a legislative deadline for the adoption of the budget for the Department of Education.
SB 126 allow municipalities and counties to issue additional on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses.
SB 129 revise the grounds for which continuation or conversion is not required for group health policies.
SB 132 clarify provisions regarding the continuation of coverage after an employer ceases business operations.
SB 134 increase the pesticide registration fee, to revise its allocation, to revise certain related provisions, and to declare an emergency.
SB 152 increase the biennial pesticide registration fee and to revise its allocation for the weed and pest fund.
SB 157 revise the surety bond requirements for persons employed by mortgage brokerages.
SB 169 revise the index factor in the state aid to education formula and to establish a minimum salary schedule for teachers.
SB 170 authorize a loan from the REDI fund for the purpose of constructing an equine processing facility.
SB 172 appropriate money to the Department of Public Safety to fund the South Dakota Highway Patrol.
SB 174 revise certain provisions relating to the exercise of eminent domain by railroads.
SB 176 authorize the Legislative Research Council to remodel, renovate, and furnish certain facilities on the fourth floor of the State Capitol Building for use by the Legislature, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
SB 181 create the South Dakota secondary teachers tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness program and to make an appropriation therefor.
SB 183 permit the creation of a transportation district and to establish its powers and bonding authority.
SB 185 restrict the combination of numbers and letters which may be permitted on personalized motor vehicle license plates.
SC 1 Honoring and supporting Czech Days in Tabor, South Dakota, on the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary.
SC 2 Commending and honoring the 2006-2007 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Larry Johnke, Irene-Wakonda, School Superintendent; Dennis Povondra, Bon Homme, School Business Official; Ruth Claeys, Box Elder, Elementary School Principal; James Bridge, Alexandria, Secondary School Principal; Bradley Berens, Mitchell, Middle School Principal; Wallace Bosch, Yankton, Assistant Secondary Principal; Dr. Lesli Hanson, Watertown, Curriculum Director; and Daniel Goodwin, Sioux Falls, Director of Special Education for being named outstanding administrators by their respective administrator parent groups.
SC 8 Recognizing and congratulating the Scotland Highlander Football Team for winning the 2007 State Class 9A Football Championship.
SC 10 Honoring an outstanding South Dakota newspaperman, Wayne Bertrand, of Scotland, South Dakota, on his induction into the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame.
SC 11 Honoring an outstanding South Dakota newspaperman, Ralph Nachtigal for his numerous contributions to the state of South Dakota and the newspaper industry.
SC 14 Commending the Stratford Community Theatre and its many volunteers for building social and economic bonds in their local communities through the performing arts.
SC 18 Commending and honoring the 2007 Habitat for Humanity—South Dakota Habitat Supporters of the Year: Laurie Shelton, Huron, Beadle County Habitat for Humanity; Barbara Garcia and Mayor Jim Shaw, Rapid City, Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity; Steve Helling, Brookings, Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity; Melanie Urich, Dacotah Tipis Habitat for Humanity; Rita Edwards, Madison, East Central SD Habitat for Humanity; Harry Kittams, Sioux Falls, Greater Sioux Falls Habitat for Humanity; Doris Holden, Pierre, Oahe Habitat for Humanity; First Financial Bank USA, Okiciyapi Tipi Habitat for Humanity; Clint Waara, Pierre, Sicangu Tikaga Okiciyapi Habitat for Humanity; Thomas Burns, Watertown, Watertown Region Habitat for Humanity; Barb Mechtenberg, Habitat for Humanity of Yankton County; Sicangu Takaga Okiciyapi Habitat for Humanity, Habitat for Humanity Midwest Resource Center; and StarMark, Sioux Falls, Habitat for Humanity—South Dakota, Inc.
SC 24 Recognizing and commending the anniversary of the fiftieth annual Schmeckfest in Freeman, South Dakota.
SC 25 Recognizing and commending the Kuchen Festival in Delmont, South Dakota.
SCR 8 Opposing efforts in Congress to expand the jurisdiction of the federal Clean Water Act by revising the terms "navigable waters" and "waters of the United States".
SCR 9 Urging the use of market-driven upstream carbon offset programs in the development of regional carbon trading systems.
SCR 10 Urging the Congress and the President of the United States to restore funding for the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System.
SCR 12 Recognizing the United States of America Women's Olympic Softball Team.
HB 1123 establish a state renewable and recycled energy objective and to provide certain reporting requirements.
HB 1128 provide for the regulation of tanning devices.
HB 1142 authorize additional off-sale retail liquor licenses in certain municipalities.
HB 1144 make an appropriation for costs related to the purchase of motorcycles for use in the motorcycle safety training courses, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1149 revise certain provisions regarding protection orders granted upon a finding of domestic abuse.
HB 1165 prohibit certain immunizations from containing more than trace amounts of mercury.
HB 1168 clarify the penalty applicable to violations of certain no contact orders.
HB 1172 revise the index factor in the state aid to education formula.
HB 1184 create a renewable energy property tax incentive program.
HB 1195 revise the requirements for a damage disclosure statement for motor vehicles.
HB 1197 revise certain provisions regarding the requirement of passenger restraint in a passenger vehicle.
HB 1198 revise the amount of a judgment in a petty offense case.
HB 1212 allow the marketing of group insurance for wireless telecommunications equipment under certain conditions.
HB 1213 provide a uniform standard for processing of accident and health carrier policy rate and form filings.
HB 1235 reduce the license fees for motor vehicles displaying distinctive license plates for Purple Heart recipients.
HB 1236 allow free tuition to certain members of the military.
HB 1245 revise the boundaries of the Central Plains, East Dakota, James River, and South Central water development districts, and to revise provisions related to the board of directors in the affected districts.
HB 1252 revise certain procedures regarding real property assessment and taxation, to revise certain criteria for property to qualify for the nonagricultural acreage classification, to repeal the alternative assessment procedure for agricultural land based on agricultural income value, and to repeal certain provisions regarding the assessment of property.
HB 1258 require that certain gift certificates conspicuously disclose information regarding fees and expiration dates.
HB 1264 permit certain persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus to get an endorsement on a commercial driver license to drive a school bus.
HB 1267 appropriation for the lease, lease purchase, or financing of two airplanes for transportation at the University of South Dakota and South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1296 authorize community renewable energy development projects and to provide for certain tax benefits for such projects.
HB 1297 provide a maximum finance charge for short-term consumer loans and title loans.
HB 1305 revise provisions related to a state animal identification program and to prohibit participation by the State of South Dakota in a national animal identification system.
HB 1309 prohibit the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage licenses for establishments located near Bear Butte.
HB 1310 authorize the construction of nursing facilities on American Indian reservations under certain circumstances.
HB 1315 create a Highway Finance Task Force to study highway needs and financing.
HC 1002 Honoring Louie Krogman of White River, South Dakota, for setting the all-time scoring record for South Dakota boys' high school basketball.
HC 1003 Honoring Brittany Davis of Waubay as the 2008 South Dakota Snow Queen.
HC 1013 Honoring Lisa Jan Thvedt, of Beresford, South Dakota, for being selected to represent her state as South Dakota's Junior Miss 2007 in the America's Junior Miss Scholarship Program in Mobile, Alabama.
HC 1014 Honoring Eliot Ohlstein, Tian-Li Yue, and Robert Ruffolo, for creating the cardiovascular medicine, Coreg®, as a pioneering and life-prolonging therapy for patients with mild to severe heart failure.
HC 1024 Honoring Toby Flint of Brookings as a recipient of a 2008 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
HC 1034 Honoring Sue Horstmeyer for her years of dedicated service to the South Dakota education system.
HC 1035 Honoring Sarah Thvedt as a distinguished finalist for the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
HC 1037 Commending and honoring Casimir Ziolkowski for pushing forward with his father's dream of the Crazy Horse Memorial.
HCR 1001 Requesting the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to give Martha Smith of Fairburn, South Dakota, the hide of a mountain lion she recently killed.
HCR 1004 Encouraging the use of sunscreen and discouraging young persons from using tanning devices.
HCR 1005 To declare March 29, 2008, as Vietnam Veterans Day, in South Dakota.
HCR 1009 Supporting full funding, at the federal level, for immigration and custom enforcement officers for the detention of persons who have been determined to be in South Dakota illegally and have been reported to them by local law enforcement officers.
HJR 1002 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XIV of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota to clarify which educational institutions are under the control of the Board of Regents.


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