State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2009 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Al Novstrup

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 182 repeal the methodology that assesses agricultural land based on its agricultural income value, to dissolve the implementation and oversight advisory task force, and to revise certain provisions concerning the assessment of real property.
HB 1124 prohibit improper influence regarding real estate appraisals.
HB 1262 revise certain provisions regarding paternity and termination of parental rights.
HB 1282 allow counties to assign the responsibility for the redemption of bonded indebtedness of a former school district to a new school district after a reorganization.
HB 1294 repeal the methodology that assesses agricultural land based on its agricultural income value, to dissolve the implementation and oversight advisory task force, and to revise certain provisions concerning the assessment of real property.
HC 1001 Honoring Coach Don Meyer for becoming the most winning coach in men's college basketball.
HCR 1013 Reasserting sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers and serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 70 repeal the provision requiring a forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol.
SB 73 permit persons sixteen years of age to donate blood under certain circumstances.
SB 78 provide for a plan to be presented to the Legislature regarding the need for additional drug courts and certain other correctional issues.
SB 79 provide for the primary enforcement of seat belt laws and to define passenger buses.
SB 85 clarify certain rules of evidence to determine the value of services for which special damages may be awarded in health care malpractice cases.
SB 86 revise certain provisions concerning the application of the inventory tax on certain fuels in storage immediately prior to a tax increase.
SB 119 revise the authority of the state, counties, and townships to transfer highway right-of-ways under certain conditions.
SB 128 create a limited electrician license.
SB 132 allow resident students that attend school out of state to be counted in the resident school district's average daily membership for the purpose of distributing school and public lands funds.
SB 141 establish certain requirements regarding the siting of certain wind turbine towers.
SC 2 Honoring the memory and the life of Fred Koupal.
SC 3 Commending and honoring the 2007-2008 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: David Peters, Spearfish, School Superintendent; Richard Unruh, Jr., Yankton, School Business Official; Norman Graham, Sturgis, Elementary School Principal; Neil Goter, Wagner, Secondary School Principal; Michael Taplett, Huron, Middle School Principal; Brad Brandsrud, Watertown, Assistant Secondary Principal; Dorothy Zuiderhof, Brookings, Curriculum Director; and Dennis Champ, Pierre, Director of Special Education for being named outstanding administrators by their respective administrator parent groups.
SC 8 Honoring Earv Archambeau, son of Rita and the late Merv Archambeau of Avon, South Dakota, for his outstanding accomplishments as a high school athlete.
SC 12 Honoring Chairman Michael Jandreau of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe for his dedication and lifelong service to his tribe, state, and nation.
SC 13 Honoring Malcom Chapman of Rapid City as the 2008 winner of the South Dakota Municipal League Excellence in Municipal Government Award.
SC 15 Honoring Anna Joy Thvedt, of Beresford, South Dakota's Junior Miss 2009.
SC 18 Commending and honoring the 2008-2009 Madison High School Lady Bulldogs Gymnastics Team for its fifteenth consecutive state championship title in Class A Gymnastics and for setting the national record for consecutive gymnastics state championships.
SC 22 Commending Steve Morgan for his election as South Dakota Sportscaster of the Year for 2008.
SC 26 Honoring Valerie Melmer for her outstanding commitment and service to the South Dakota legislative page program and the youth of South Dakota.
SC 28 Honoring the life and times of Chester Sorensen of Freeman, South Dakota.
SC 29 Honoring Jack Van Der Geest who passed away on March 5, 2009.
SC 32 Congratulating and honoring Delaney Tyon, the Nastar National Ski Champion.
SC 33 Commending and congratulating the Philip High School Lady Scotties Basketball Team for earning a trip to the State Class B Girls' Basketball Tournament for the first time in the school's history.
SC 34 Congratulating and honoring Jami Fralick, a native of Martin, South Dakota, for his eighth place finish in the Bassmaster Classic.
SCR 8 urging the members of the State Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board to amend its treatment of certain food coupons, certificates, and other documentation as gross receipts.
SCR 9 Opposing certain practices by corporations in the genetically modified and genetically engineered seed industry.
HB 1093 revise the boundaries of the James River Water Development District.
HB 1096 provide for a temporary reduction of legislator salaries and to declare an emergency.
HB 1121 establish certain procedural requirements related to the relocation of electrical lines, communication lines, and pipelines.
HB 1122 require that prosecutors notify victims of domestic abuse regarding the status of their case.
HB 1149 allow a person or entity to offer postsecondary education credit in South Dakota while seeking accreditation from a recognized accrediting agency.
HB 1152 establish certain requirements relating to appraisals of real property by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
HB 1153 revise the elements of the crime of indecent exposure involving a child, to revise the elements of the crime of indecent exposure, and to establish the crime of private indecent exposure.
HB 1154 revise certain requirements for eligibility for opportunity scholarships.
HB 1156 provide for the establishment of a task force to study human trafficking.
HB 1164 exempt certain trees from requirements related to the removal of vegetation and debris from township road rights-of-way.
HB 1168 prohibit multiple payday loan transactions with the same person or within a specified time period and to provide for a database to verify transactions.
HB 1184 clarify provisions dealing with the initiative process.
HB 1197 allow single-family dwellings that are under construction or listed for sale by contractors to be classified as owner-occupied single-family dwellings for the purpose of taxation.
HB 1213 allow school districts to enter into group health insurance contracts that include dental and vision insurance, and to allow school districts to offer group life and group health insurance benefits to retired employees.
HB 1269 provide for the governance of public postsecondary technical education and to provide for the transfer of authority for public postsecondary technical education from local school districts to the Department of Education.
HB 1270 change the purpose of the veterans affairs special revenue fund.
HB 1293 provide for the establishment of school administration regions and to provide for the sharing of certain school administrators and school service specialists among school districts.
HC 1005 Honoring Olivia Olson of Waubay as the 2009 South Dakota Snow Queen.
HC 1015 Commending and honoring the South Dakota Home Builders Association, their one thousand eight hundred members, and their eight local affiliated associations on their thirtieth anniversary, including the Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire, the Black Hills Home Builders Association, the Aberdeen Home Builders Association, the Watertown Home Builders Association, the Brookings Home Builders Association, the Lewis and Clark Home Builders Association, the Mitchell Home Builders Association, and the Oahe Home Builders Association.
HC 1017 Honoring the Pierre Junior Shooters' BB Gun Team as International Champions.
HC 1018 Honoring Dr. Robert V. Burns on thirty-five years of outstanding service to the South Dakota Legislative Internship Program.
HC 1020 Honoring Elizabeth Volzke as a Prudential Spirit of Community Award recipient.
HC 1022 Honoring Milo Smith of Pierre for his service to the South Dakota Legislature.
HC 1027 Honoring Terry Woster for his contributions to South Dakota journalism and culture and for forty years of reporting on the South Dakota State Legislature.
HC 1040 Recognizing the South Dakota State University Women's Basketball Team on its outstanding athletic and academic achievements.
HCR 1003 Expressing solidarity with Israel in its defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip.
HCR 1005 To honor and thank George W. Bush, the forty-third president of the United States of America.
HCR 1012 Supporting the exploration and development of energy resources.
HCR 1014 Urging awareness and support for reading programs in our homes and communities.