State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2009 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

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Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Russell Olson

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 90 increase the number of varieties of malt beverages, wine, distilled spirits, liqueur, and cordials that an off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee may offer for sampling in one day.
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 97 encourage the Department of Health to include online training programs for courses required of food service managers.
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.
SB 186 provide for the imposition of a late payment fee for certain chronically delinquent child support obligations.
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 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.
HB 1104 authorize a sentencing court to impose consecutive revocations of hunting, fishing, or trapping privileges under certain conditions.
HB 1143 encourage the Department of Revenue and Regulation to include online training programs on the approved list of programs for the instruction on techniques to prevent underage purchasing and consuming of alcohol.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 5 revise the form and style of certain provisions and to delete certain obsolete provisions regarding the Department of Tourism and State Development.
SB 70 repeal the provision requiring a forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol.
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 86 revise certain provisions concerning the application of the inventory tax on certain fuels in storage immediately prior to a tax increase.
SB 98 revise the minimum amount required for reporting damage to a motor vehicle and a boat.
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 119 revise the authority of the state, counties, and townships to transfer highway right-of-ways under certain conditions.
SB 121 revise certain provisions related to municipal election procedures.
SB 128 create a limited electrician license.
SB 133 provide for central filing of documents necessary to perfect a security interest in personal property or fixtures of a rural electric cooperative.
SB 142 place certain limitations on legislative travel, expenses, and reimbursement.
SB 143 require a searchable internet website for the posting and access of certain public records and financial information.
SB 177 adopt the South Dakota Indian Child Welfare Act.
SB 181 make an appropriation for the support of the state fair.
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.
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 11 Honoring Sioux Falls Washington, Armour, Bonesteel-Fairfax, Bridgewater, DeSmet, Edgemont, Emery, Harding County, Harrisburg, Hot Springs, Lake Preston, Lyman, McIntosh, Waubay, and White Lake High Schools for their recognition by News & World Report's rankings of the nation's top high schools.
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 15 Honoring Anna Joy Thvedt, of Beresford, South Dakota's Junior Miss 2009.
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.
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 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.
HB 1093 revise the boundaries of the James River Water Development District.
HB 1094 require applicants for licensure as real estate brokers, broker associates, salespersons, property managers, residential rental agents, auctioneers, home inspectors, and timeshare agents and such licensees who are the subject of a disciplinary investigation to submit to a state and federal criminal background check.
HB 1095 include the improper influence of a real estate appraisal by a real estate licensee to the acts constituting unprofessional conduct.
HB 1114 allow a broker to form certain business entities under certain conditions.
HB 1115 increase the education requirement for broker associate license.
HB 1116 require post-licensing education for broker associates.
HB 1117 permit water user districts to provide certain health and life insurance benefits.
HB 1124 prohibit improper influence regarding real estate appraisals.
HB 1142 appropriate money for an adult farm and ranch management program.
HB 1173 appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
HB 1177 revise the definition of transmission facilities.
HB 1184 clarify provisions dealing with the initiative process.
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 1243 modify the requirements regarding the ownership and use of local government endowment funds.
HB 1263 revise certain provisions concerning compensation for service rights of electric utilities in areas annexed by municipalities.
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 1279 require each school district to develop a policy to prohibit bullying and harassment that meets certain requirements.
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 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 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 1008 Expressing support for improved adolescent health and wellness by recognizing the importance of an adolescent well physical to prevent chronic diseases, help better identify and treat chronic diseases, and update immunizations.
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 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.