State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2009 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Senate Members

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Jason Gant

Prime 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 8 revise certain provisions relating to the promulgation of rules to set various licensing and other fees for certain professions and occupations.
SB 77 repeal the maximum number of off-sale alcoholic beverage licenses that may be issued to any person, corporation, or business entity and to establish requirements for physical barriers for certain off-sale alcoholic beverage establishments.
SB 110 repeal the limited campaign finance disclosure statement which could be used by certain candidates or candidate campaign committees for legislative office.
SB 143 require a searchable internet website for the posting and access of certain public records and financial information.
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 154 require new construction of certain structures and buildings to comply with the building code.
SB 178 limit the amount that may be claimed in liens.
SB 179 require title insurers to offer coverage for liens filed after certain purchases of real property.
SB 192 exempt the gross receipts from certain food coupons from sales tax.
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.
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 1114 allow a broker to form certain business entities under certain conditions.
HB 1117 permit water user districts to provide certain health and life insurance benefits.
HB 1148 clarify requirements for employment of a city engineer.
HB 1159 provide for the adjustment of prices in certain public contracts.
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 1234 revise the filing deadlines for the nomination of certain independent candidates.
HB 1260 require that a request for proposals be issued for certain state contracts for professional services.
HB 1264 provide for the utilization of conditional early release bonds in regard to certain furloughs and paroles.
HB 1270 change the purpose of the veterans affairs special revenue fund.
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 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.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 70 repeal the provision requiring a forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol.
SB 71 broaden the application of the public indecency and indecent exposure statutes.
SB 74 direct the Office of the Attorney General to study the creation of a state medical examiner system.
SB 76 require background investigations for certain optometrist licensees and applicants.
SB 82 provide for the right to possess a firearm on the campuses of public institutions of higher education.
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 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 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 124 require persons claiming reimbursement for state travel to sign affidavits of performance of duties.
SB 126 revise certain provisions regarding school attendance.
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 146 increase the penalty for solicitation of a minor.
SB 147 provide for public access to public records, to provide certain exemptions, and to provide for judicial remedies for noncompliance.
SB 152 prohibit the physical presence of registered sex offenders at certain day care, preschool, and elementary school premises under most circumstances and to provide a penalty therefor.
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.
SB 196 increase the sales and use tax and to allocate and appropriate the increased revenue for property tax reduction.
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 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 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 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.
SC 27 Commending David Adickes of President's Park Sculpture Garden near Lead, South Dakota, for his vision and talent as the designer and creator of the monumental patriotic artworks on permanent display in the Black Hills.
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 9 Opposing certain practices by corporations in the genetically modified and genetically engineered seed industry.
HB 1092 regulate the practice of genetic counseling and to prohibit the practice of genetic counseling without a license.
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 1099 revise certain provisions regarding insurance coverage for residential property that is destroyed while under construction.
HB 1100 revise where business records of insurance producers may be maintained.
HB 1101 allow affidavits for change of judge in habeas corpus actions.
HB 1104 authorize a sentencing court to impose consecutive revocations of hunting, fishing, or trapping privileges under certain conditions.
HB 1105 require public high school students to perform acts of volunteerism in order to receive a high school diploma.
HB 1115 increase the education requirement for broker associate license.
HB 1116 require post-licensing education for broker associates.
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 1123 remove certain sanctions related to public assistance for certain felony drug offenders.
HB 1134 require notice of the cost of certain public notices.
HB 1135 authorize the posting on the internet by the state, municipalities, counties, and school districts in addition to or in lieu of certain publication requirements.
HB 1145 revise provisions related to the waiver or reduction of certain special assessments.
HB 1155 require that the testing of blood samples of suspects of sexual assault be initiated within a specified time.
HB 1156 provide for the establishment of a task force to study human trafficking.
HB 1157 provide for the establishment of a task force to study issues relating to domestic abuse and sexual assault and to declare an emergency.
HB 1169 revise the certain provisions concerning the regulatory planning and zoning powers of municipalities.
HB 1184 clarify provisions dealing with the initiative process.
HB 1198 allow school districts to charge students a fee to participate in interscholastic activities for which no academic credit is earned.
HB 1203 limit asbestos-related liabilities for certain successor corporations.
HB 1207 provide for the reduction of certain sentences upon provision of substantial assistance from the recipient.
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 1221 increase the monthly benefit for child dependants of workers who are killed on the job.
HB 1245 provide certain protections to governmental employees who report certain violations or suspected violations of law.
HB 1257 provide for the right to possess a firearm on the campuses of public institutions of higher education.
HB 1265 allow sellers to receive attorney fees in actions involving the disclosure statement required for certain real estate transfers.
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 1272 add a portion of roadway in Mellette County to the state trunk highway system as a part of Highway 63.
HB 1278 revise certain provisions prohibiting political subdivisions from restricting firearms.
HC 1001 Honoring Coach Don Meyer for becoming the most winning coach in men's college basketball.
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 1014 Urging awareness and support for reading programs in our homes and communities.
HCR 1015 Stating South Dakota's policy on animal identification programs.