State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2009 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Representative Lance Carson

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1142 appropriate money for an adult farm and ranch management program.
SB 181 make an appropriation for the support of the state fair.
SC 24 Celebrating the life of Gerhard Storm of Mitchell, South Dakota, on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1140 make an appropriation from the railroad trust fund for the construction of a railroad siding.
HB 1152 establish certain requirements relating to appraisals of real property by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
HB 1163 provide for excusing certain elderly persons from jury duty upon request.
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 1188 require that five percent of the qualified electors in one-half of the counties sign initiative and referendum petitions.
HB 1260 require that a request for proposals be issued for certain state contracts for professional services.
HB 1270 change the purpose of the veterans affairs special revenue fund.
HB 1279 require each school district to develop a policy to prohibit bullying and harassment that meets certain requirements.
HB 1285 place certain restrictions on the granting of easements associated with pipelines.
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 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 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 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 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 108 exclude parole agents from concealed weapons permit requirements.
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 145 prohibit the transfer and subsequent expenditure of certain moneys appropriated to state aid to general and special education without specific legislative authorization.
SB 180 revise certain provisions concerning statements submitted by organizations making contributions to ballot questions committees.
SC 1 Honoring and supporting Czech Days in Tabor, South Dakota, on the occasion of its sixty-first anniversary.
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.
SC 30 Honoring the life of Elsa Marie Winter Siefken of Wessington, South Dakota, on the occasion of her one hundredth birthday.
SCR 4 Supporting transportation of horses to foreign processing facilities.
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.