State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2009 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Representative Bill Van Gerpen

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1117 permit water user districts to provide certain health and life insurance benefits.
HB 1163 provide for excusing certain elderly persons from jury duty upon request.
HB 1206 allow a school district to transfer funds from the capital outlay fund to the bond redemption fund for a period of one year following a reorganization.
SB 151 provide for a special motor vehicle license plate for parents of members of the United States Armed Forces who died while in service of this country.
SB 177 adopt the South Dakota Indian Child Welfare Act.
SC 21 Commending the outstanding efforts of Willis and Sharon Ratzlaff of Freeman, South Dakota, in offering generous, compassionate, and selfless foster and adopted child care service for the past forty-three years.
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.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1098 regulate state investment in certain companies conducting business in Sudan.
HB 1121 establish certain procedural requirements related to the relocation of electrical lines, communication lines, and pipelines.
HB 1133 authorize certain specialty license plates to be placed on motorcycles.
HB 1140 make an appropriation from the railroad trust fund for the construction of a railroad siding.
HB 1142 appropriate money for an adult farm and ranch management program.
HB 1156 provide for the establishment of a task force to study human trafficking.
HB 1173 appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
HB 1181 establish a veterinary education loan repayment program for veterinarians who fulfill certain requirements and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1184 clarify provisions dealing with the initiative process.
HB 1186 reimburse and reward public school counselors who earn the credential of National Certified School Counselor.
HB 1224 place certain restrictions on state participation in a national animal identification system.
HB 1231 increase the exemption on the proceeds of the sale of certain homesteads.
HB 1264 provide for the utilization of conditional early release bonds in regard to certain furloughs and paroles.
HB 1285 place certain restrictions on the granting of easements associated with pipelines.
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.
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 1022 Honoring Milo Smith of Pierre for his service to the South Dakota Legislature.
HC 1023 Commending the Platte-Geddes High School Black Panthers Boys' Basketball Team for winning the 2008 State A Boys' Basketball Championship.
HC 1024 Recognizing and congratulating Jeremiah Peterson of Canton for being named the Outstanding Wrestler at the 2009 State Class A Wrestling Tournament.
HC 1026 Commending the Sturgis Brown High School Scoopers Wrestling Team on winning the 2009 South Dakota Class A Wrestling Championship.
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 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 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.
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 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 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 136 repeal the provision that requires cooperatives to set aside a portion of the net proceeds as an education fund.
SB 140 allow school districts to enter into contractual agreements to provide for the whole-grade sharing of students.
SB 155 provide for the revision of certain offensive geographic place names.
SB 169 revise certain provisions relating to wind easements.
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.
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 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 6 Supporting certain health screening programs sponsored by the South Dakota Lions Foundation.
SJR 2 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article VI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the utilization of English as the official language.