State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2009 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Representative Jason Frerichs

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1151 allow citizens without free access to a local library to borrow books directly from any library in the state.
HB 1222 allow a winter load increase of certain motor vehicle weight restrictions.
HB 1223 revise the high school course requirements for graduation from the distinguished high school program.
HB 1299 require the state-owned fuel terminals and facilities to supply certain ethanol blends.
HC 1005 Honoring Olivia Olson of Waubay as the 2009 South Dakota Snow Queen.
SB 95 authorize certain schools to own and operate wind energy conversion systems, to establish a grant program for such purposes, and to make an appropriation therefor.
SB 140 allow school districts to enter into contractual agreements to provide for the whole-grade sharing of students.
SB 170 authorize certain schools to own and operate wind energy conversion systems, to establish a grant program for such purposes, and to make an appropriation therefor.
SB 185 revise the graduation requirements for students entering ninth grade in 2010 and thereafter by eliminating the option of the basic high school program.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1096 provide for a temporary reduction of legislator salaries and to declare an emergency.
HB 1100 revise where business records of insurance producers may be maintained.
HB 1105 require public high school students to perform acts of volunteerism in order to receive a high school diploma.
HB 1107 revise the composition of the State Brand Board, to provide for its election by district, and to revise certain powers of the board.
HB 1108 repeal certain provisions relating to the purchase of stationery for county officers.
HB 1109 eliminate the offices of county and township constables.
HB 1110 repeal certain provisions relating to limited liability for Y2K litigation.
HB 1111 clarify and repeal certain redundancies in the provisions relating to the sale of substandard milk.
HB 1122 require that prosecutors notify victims of domestic abuse regarding the status of their case.
HB 1137 establish certain eligibility requirements for purchasers of houses sold through the Governor's house program.
HB 1142 appropriate money for an adult farm and ranch management program.
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 1173 appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
HB 1174 appropriate money from the budget reserve fund to increase the state funded portion to state aid to education, decrease current tax levies, and increase provider inflation.
HB 1179 provide for the practice and regulation of licensed midwives.
HB 1185 revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009.
HB 1196 require the consent of the governing bodies of certain local governments before creating tax incremental districts.
HB 1212 revise certain requirements of written contract documents for public improvements.
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 1230 provide for the assessment of actual representation expenses from nonunion employees.
HB 1245 provide certain protections to governmental employees who report certain violations or suspected violations of law.
HB 1247 revise certain provisions relating to the transfer of appropriations.
HB 1248 authorize the South Dakota Building Authority to provide for the construction of a college of veterinary medicine and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1255 revise certain provisions concerning the telecommunications gross receipts tax.
HB 1260 require that a request for proposals be issued for certain state contracts for professional services.
HB 1262 revise certain provisions regarding paternity and termination of parental rights.
HB 1264 provide for the utilization of conditional early release bonds in regard to certain furloughs and paroles.
HB 1272 add a portion of roadway in Mellette County to the state trunk highway system as a part of Highway 63.
HB 1279 require each school district to develop a policy to prohibit bullying and harassment that meets certain requirements.
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 1286 create a task force to study the feasibility of establishing a cabinet-level Department of Native Affairs and to identify benefits that could result from a closer working relationship between the executive and legislative branches and the tribal governments.
HB 1289 provide for legislative redistricting based on single- member house districts.
HB 1295 authorize the establishment of charter schools.
HB 1296 authorize the use of tribal identification cards as the equivalent of certain state-issued documents for identification purposes.
HC 1001 Honoring Coach Don Meyer for becoming the most winning coach in men's college basketball.
HC 1002 Commending and honoring the 2008 Habitat for Humanity—South Dakota Habitat Supporters of the Year: Ward Cheney, Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity - Rapid City; Paul Evenson and Rob Boniface, Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity - Brookings; St. Joseph's Catholic Church, DacotahTipis Habitat for Humanity - Ft. Thompson; Paul Johnson, East Central South Dakota Habitat for Humanity - Lake and Moody Counties; Wells Fargo Financial, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls - Sioux Falls; First United Methodist Church, Hub Area Habitat for Humanity - Aberdeen; Nystrom Electrical Contracting, Inc., Oahe Habitat for Humanity - Pierre; State Bank of Eagle Butte, Okiciyapi Tipi Habitat for Humanity - Eagle Butte; Habitat for Humanity - South Dakota, Sicangu Tikaga Okiciyapi Habitat for Humanity - Mission; Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Watertown Region - Watertown; Martin Mazourek, Habitat for Humanity of Yankton County - Yankton; Larson Manufacturing and Larson Family Foundation, Habitat for Humanity - South Dakota.
HC 1009 Honoring Kiko Mendoza of Eagle Butte for his many accomplishments both in athletics and academics.
HC 1010 Commending and honoring Eldon and Regina Roth for their outstanding efforts to increase the value of beef in the United States, for their entrepreneurial spirit, and for their commitment to excellence.
HC 1013 Commending and honoring Joanne Groves, a member of the Huron School District Board, on her selection as the 2008-2009 Outstanding School Board Member of South Dakota.
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 1016 Honoring coach Tom Rogers for achieving his 300th win as the head coach of the Stanley County Lady Buffs Basketball Team.
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 1039 Honoring Tyler Sorenson of South Dakota State University for qualifying for the Division I NCAA National Wrestling Tournament in St. Louis, March 19-21, 2009.
HC 1040 Recognizing the South Dakota State University Women's Basketball Team on its outstanding athletic and academic achievements.
HCR 1002 To honor and congratulate Barack Obama, the forty-fourth President of the United States of America.
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 1007 Supporting the Employee Free Choice Act and urging Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
HCR 1014 Urging awareness and support for reading programs in our homes and communities.
HCR 1016 Urging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Western Area Power Administration to avoid overly restrictive wildlife criteria and overly burdensome procedural requirements that create unnecessary delays in the siting of wind energy development projects.
HCR 1018 Urging increased cooperation and collaboration between state, local, and tribal governments.
SB 75 allow dogs to be used in the hunting of mountain lions.
SB 93 provide for the establishment of rural community-based energy development projects.
SB 94 exempt certain small wind energy facilities from property taxation.
SB 104 increase state matching funds for animal damage control.
SB 105 require the State Brand Board to provide certain reports and information and to provide for Senate confirmation for Brand Board members.
SB 106 revise certain provisions regarding the distribution of funds to sparse school districts, and to appropriate funds to distribute to sparse school districts.
SB 112 require that certain student meal plans be offered at public colleges and universities.
SB 114 provide for a study of the feasibility of establishing an equine processing facility and to make an appropriation therefor.
SB 116 impose a tax on ethyl alcohol and methyl alcohol used in motor vehicles on the public highways and to revise certain provisions regarding the fuel excise tax.
SB 117 revise certain budgetary provisions relating to certain funds received from the federal government.
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 134 provide health insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.
SB 137 require the sale of aircraft under the control of the Department of Transportation and to declare an emergency.
SB 142 place certain limitations on legislative travel, expenses, and reimbursement.
SB 150 establish a presumption regarding occupational disease disabilities of certain firefighters.
SB 168 prohibit certain business entities from making political campaign contributions to state officeholders or candidates if the business entity does contractual business with certain state agencies.
SB 181 make an appropriation for the support of the state fair.
SC 1 Honoring and supporting Czech Days in Tabor, South Dakota, on the occasion of its sixty-first anniversary.
SC 2 Honoring the memory and the life of Fred Koupal.
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 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 23 Honoring Dr. Sam Holland, State Veterinarian, for his many years of service to the State of South Dakota.
SC 25 expressing the Legislature's respect and appreciation for the sixteen years of devoted service by Gil Koetzle, the first and only legislator in the history of South Dakota to be term limited out of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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.
SCR 2 Urging the reinstatement and funding of a federal inspection program governing horse slaughter and euthanasia facilities.
SCR 3 Supporting a study of the potential creation of a Department of Veterans Affairs as a cabinet-level department.
SCR 6 Supporting certain health screening programs sponsored by the South Dakota Lions Foundation.
SCR 7 Requesting the State of Nebraska to provide tax relief and amnesty for certain South Dakota trucking companies.
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 10 Supporting legislative efforts in other states addressing the need to provide for equine slaughter and processing in the United States.