State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2009 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Senate Members

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Dave Knudson

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 3 revise certain provisions concerning the assessment of agricultural land.
SB 4 provide for additional responsibilities to the Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Advisory Task Force.
SB 80 revise the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.
SB 83 prohibit smoking tobacco or carrying lighted tobacco products in certain places and to require certain persons to inform violators of the prohibition.
SB 84 revise certain provisions relating to collateral real estate mortgages.
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 89 adopt the revised uniform commercial code, Article 7-Documents of Title.
SB 100 revise the method of sale of certain tobacco products.
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 117 revise certain budgetary provisions relating to certain funds received from the federal government.
SB 126 revise certain provisions regarding school attendance.
SB 127 revise certain provisions relating to trust administration.
SB 145 prohibit the transfer and subsequent expenditure of certain moneys appropriated to state aid to general and special education without specific legislative authorization.
SB 147 provide for public access to public records, to provide certain exemptions, and to provide for judicial remedies for noncompliance.
SB 174 require a school district to which a former contracting school district is annexed to assign certain resident students to a school district in a bordering state, and to temporarily exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize due to low enrollment.
SCR 11 Urging the Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the use of higher blends of ethanol in non-flex fuel vehicles.
HB 1167 revise the statute of frauds with respect to the sale of grain, grain sorghums, beans, and oilseeds.
HB 1216 provide for the deposition of the proceeds from certain fee increases.
HB 1217 provide for the suspension of certain statutory tax exemptions.
HB 1218 provide for a general increase in the fees collected by state departments and agencies.
HB 1240 prohibit smoking tobacco or carrying lighted tobacco products in certain places and to require certain persons to inform violators of the prohibition.
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.
HCR 1005 To honor and thank George W. Bush, the forty-third president of the United States of America.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
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 88 rescind the repeal on funding for sparse school districts that will take effect on June 30, 2009.
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 103 provide for the primary enforcement of the seat belt law.
SB 125 revise certain provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
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 134 provide health insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.
SB 138 revise the qualifications for the director and employees of the Division of Veterans Affairs and for county veterans' service officers.
SB 160 revise the grounds for which a license of an athletic trainer may be revoked, suspended, or canceled.
SB 165 provide for the authorization of certain private, nonprofit benevolent organizations to assist in funding certain school curricula, activities, and programs.
SB 181 make an appropriation for the support of the state fair.
SB 191 establish eligibility criteria, community planning processes, and quality benchmarks for state-supported prekindergarten programs.
SB 201 increase certain fees on motor vehicles and to increase the fuel excise tax on certain fuel used by motor vehicles.
SB 203 make an appropriation for the purposes of funding the Birth to Three Program in the Department of Education and to require a review of the 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 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 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 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 30 Honoring the life of Elsa Marie Winter Siefken of Wessington, South Dakota, on the occasion of her one hundredth birthday.
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 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 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 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 1097 provide for certain filing fees and surcharges in certain civil cases and to provide exemptions in certain cases.
HB 1103 revise certain provisions regarding limited partnerships and limited liability companies related to the rights of judgment creditors.
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 1144 revise certain provisions relating to the joint and several liability of a husband and wife for necessities.
HB 1154 revise certain requirements for eligibility for opportunity scholarships.
HB 1183 leverage public investments in higher education facilities and grant programs with private moneys, to authorize the Board of Regents and the South Dakota Building Authority to contract for construction of the Higher Education Center-West River, to fund certain postsecondary education grant programs, to authorize the use of higher education facilities funds to construct the new dairy manufacturing plant at South Dakota State University in Brookings, and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1184 clarify provisions dealing with the initiative process.
HB 1199 authorize the South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority to study the feasibility of nuclear power plant facility in South Dakota and to make an appropriation therefor.
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 1215 transfer funds from the tax relief fund to the general fund and to revise certain provisions concerning the effective date of the collection allowance.
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.
HC 1001 Honoring Coach Don Meyer for becoming the most winning coach in men's college basketball.
HC 1005 Honoring Olivia Olson of Waubay as the 2009 South Dakota Snow Queen.
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 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 1031 Honoring three top seniors from Washington High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as finalists for the Merit Scholarship Awards.
HC 1032 Congratulating Sioux Falls Washington High School for its U.S. News and World Report Silver Medal rating.
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 1034 Congratulating the Sioux Falls Washington High School Boys' Golf Team on its 2008 South Dakota State Class 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 1036 Congratulating the Sioux Falls Washington High School Highsteppers on the success of their dance team as 2008-2009 South Dakota State AA Champions.
HC 1037 Congratulating the Washington High School Competitive Cheer Team and coaches for their 2008 South Dakota State AA championship season.
HC 1038 Congratulating Sioux Falls Washington High School student Josh Heitkamp for his 2008 South Dakota State AA Boys' Cross Country Individual Championship and for being awarded All-American status by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association.
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 1012 Supporting the exploration and development of energy resources.
HCR 1014 Urging awareness and support for reading programs in our homes and communities.
HCR 1018 Urging increased cooperation and collaboration between state, local, and tribal governments.