State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2009 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Representative Todd Schlekeway

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
HC 1028 Honoring the Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School Volleyball Team and the students involved in the program for winning the 2008 State Class AA Volleyball Championship.
HC 1029 Honoring the Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School Girls' Cross Country Team and the students involved in the program for winning the 2008 Girls' State Class AA Cross Country Meet.
SB 81 authorize the use of interscholastic activity admission fees by certain endowment funds.
SB 107 revise certain provisions regarding the posting of the penalty for the illegal use of a designated parking space for a person with a physical disability.
SB 143 require a searchable internet website for the posting and access of certain public records and financial information.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
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 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 1169 revise the certain provisions concerning the regulatory planning and zoning powers of municipalities.
HB 1170 provide for legislative representation on the Game, Fish and Parks Commission.
HB 1173 appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
HB 1184 clarify provisions dealing with the initiative process.
HB 1188 require that five percent of the qualified electors in one-half of the counties sign initiative and referendum petitions.
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 1207 provide for the reduction of certain sentences upon provision of substantial assistance from the recipient.
HB 1208 establish certain presumptions concerning the results of blood, breath, and urine tests administered in connection with driving under the influence arrests.
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 1221 increase the monthly benefit for child dependants of workers who are killed on the job.
HB 1225 require certain authorization for the installation of certain fixtures on rental property and to establish penalties related thereto.
HB 1239 create the South Dakota Boxing Commission and to provide for the supervision of boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts competitions and sparring exhibitions in the state.
HB 1241 clarify that certain special education placements are not suspensions or expulsions.
HB 1245 provide certain protections to governmental employees who report certain violations or suspected violations of law.
HB 1246 revise certain provisions relating to service of garnishee summons, affidavit, and garnishment disclosure.
HB 1250 provide funding to certain school districts for students who enroll in the district's virtual school after the date on which fall enrollment is calculated.
HB 1254 exclude any federal stimulus funds in a school district's general fund when determining its allowable general fund balance.
HB 1260 require that a request for proposals be issued for certain state contracts for professional services.
HB 1279 require each school district to develop a policy to prohibit bullying and harassment that meets certain requirements.
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 1287 permit evidence of the defendant's commission of other acts of child molestation to be admissible in certain child molestation cases.
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.
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 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 1021 Honoring the 2008 South Dakota State B Boys' Basketball Championship Team from White River, South Dakota.
HC 1022 Honoring Milo Smith of Pierre for his service to the South Dakota Legislature.
HC 1024 Recognizing and congratulating Jeremiah Peterson of Canton for being named the Outstanding Wrestler at the 2009 State Class A Wrestling Tournament.
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 1033 Congratulating the Sioux Falls Washington High School Girls' Basketball Team, its coaches, and student managers for their 2008 South Dakota State AA championship season.
HC 1035 Congratulating Coach Brett Schlekeway as the recipient of the South Dakota High School Coaches Association 2008 Assistant Coach of the Year Award.
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 1004 Urging Congress to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
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 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.
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.
SB 91 allow any school district, for a period of three years, to expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation costs, for the purchase of property and casualty insurance, and for energy costs, and the cost of utilities.
SB 101 clarify the school residence of a child assigned to an approved out of district special education residential or tuition day program when the residence of the child's parent or guardian changes.
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 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 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 139 provide for certain restrictions for the use of tanning devices by minors.
SB 144 require certain contracts to be retained in the contract's original format or made available by a publicly accessible internet website or database.
SB 147 provide for public access to public records, to provide certain exemptions, and to provide for judicial remedies for noncompliance.
SB 150 establish a presumption regarding occupational disease disabilities of certain firefighters.
SB 160 revise the grounds for which a license of an athletic trainer may be revoked, suspended, or canceled.
SC 1 Honoring and supporting Czech Days in Tabor, South Dakota, on the occasion of its sixty-first anniversary.
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 5 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, Dacotah Tipis 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 - SD, 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; and Larson Manufacturing and Larson Family Foundation, Habitat for Humanity - SD.
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 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.
SCR 4 Supporting transportation of horses to foreign processing facilities.
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.