| Bill |
Title |
| SB 1 |
clarify, repeal, update, and make form and style revisions to certain statutes related to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. |
| SB 2 |
revise the available number and method of allocation of certain nonresident waterfowl hunting licenses. |
| SB 70 |
repeal the provision requiring a forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol. |
| SB 74 |
direct the Office of the Attorney General to study the creation of a state medical examiner system. |
| SB 75 |
allow dogs to be used in the hunting of mountain lions. |
| 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 78 |
provide for a plan to be presented to the Legislature regarding the need for additional drug courts and certain other correctional issues. |
| SB 82 |
provide for the right to possess a firearm on the campuses of public institutions of higher education. |
| SB 86 |
revise certain provisions concerning the application of the inventory tax on certain fuels in storage immediately prior to a tax increase. |
| SB 88 |
rescind the repeal on funding for sparse school districts that will take effect on June 30, 2009. |
| 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 93 |
provide for the establishment of rural community-based energy development projects. |
| SB 94 |
exempt certain small wind energy facilities from property taxation. |
| SB 95 |
authorize certain schools to own and operate wind energy conversion systems, to establish a grant program for such purposes, and to make an appropriation therefor. |
| SB 96 |
revise certain provisions concerning the indemnification of employees, officers, and agents of rural electric cooperatives. |
| 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 112 |
require that certain student meal plans be offered at public colleges and universities. |
| 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 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 137 |
require the sale of aircraft under the control of the Department of Transportation and to declare an emergency. |
| SB 141 |
establish certain requirements regarding the siting of certain wind turbine towers. |
| 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 150 |
establish a presumption regarding occupational disease disabilities of certain firefighters. |
| SB 163 |
revise certain provisions relating to the transfer of appropriations. |
| SB 170 |
authorize certain schools to own and operate wind energy conversion systems, to establish a grant program for such purposes, and to make an appropriation therefor. |
| SB 177 |
adopt the South Dakota Indian Child Welfare Act. |
| SB 180 |
revise certain provisions concerning statements submitted by organizations making contributions to ballot questions committees. |
| SB 184 |
require the terms of certain easements or options to accommodate other easements for wind or essential services. |
| 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 188 |
provide for the appointment of members of the State Brand Board by district. |
| 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 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 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 28 |
Honoring the life and times of Chester Sorensen of Freeman, 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 2 |
Urging the reinstatement and funding of a federal inspection program governing horse slaughter and euthanasia facilities. |
| 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 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 9 |
Opposing certain practices by corporations in the genetically modified and genetically engineered seed industry. |
| SCR 10 |
Supporting legislative efforts in other states addressing the need to provide for equine slaughter and processing in the United States. |
| 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. |
| HB 1001 |
revise certain provisions related to free access to state parks and recreation areas to include certain persons with disabilities. |
| HB 1002 |
provide for the transfer of certain moneys from the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to the county road and bridge funds. |
| HB 1003 |
clarify the application of common law trespass and to provide for the recovery of damages against trespassers. |
| HB 1004 |
provide for the killing of mountain lions under certain circumstances. |
| HB 1005 |
require that certain land acquisitions by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks be conditioned upon subsequent legislative approval. |
| HB 1090 |
prohibit the possession of Salvia divinorum or salvinorin A and to declare an emergency. |
| 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 1096 |
provide for a temporary reduction of legislator salaries and to declare an emergency. |
| 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 1102 |
prohibit certain contractual provisions that restrict legal actions to locations outside the state. |
| HB 1105 |
require public high school students to perform acts of volunteerism in order to receive a high school diploma. |
| HB 1106 |
deposit money in the permanent school fund based on acres of school and public lands open to public hunting. |
| HB 1107 |
revise the composition of the State Brand Board, to provide for its election by district, and to revise certain powers of the board. |
| HB 1112 |
establish certain restrictions and requirements related to encumbrances on wind easements. |
| HB 1113 |
require the filing of the complete contents of wind easement agreements with the register of deeds. |
| 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 1120 |
provide for the transfer of predatory animal control, rodent control, and reptile control from the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to the Department of Agriculture. |
| HB 1121 |
establish certain procedural requirements related to the relocation of electrical lines, communication lines, and pipelines. |
| HB 1126 |
revise certain provisions regarding a private applicator of pesticides becoming a qualified driver for the purpose of motor carrier safety. |
| HB 1130 |
make an appropriation to the Department of Tourism and State Development to provide for the promotion in Mexico of tourist opportunities in South Dakota and of the products made in South Dakota. |
| HB 1141 |
repeal certain provisions permitting the payment for lands acquired by eminent domain including the cost and expenses of condemnation proceedings from the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks fund. |
| HB 1144 |
revise certain provisions relating to the joint and several liability of a husband and wife for necessities. |
| HB 1151 |
allow citizens without free access to a local library to borrow books directly from any library in the state. |
| 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 1160 |
revise certain provisions requiring the construction of fences by railroads. |
| HB 1165 |
revise certain provisions relating to the exercise of eminent domain by railroads. |
| HB 1171 |
exempt any school district from the minimum size requirement if it operates the only remaining public high school located within the boundaries of any county. |
| HB 1172 |
suspend for two years the requirement that certain school districts with low enrollment reorganize. |
| HB 1173 |
appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute. |
| HB 1177 |
revise the definition of transmission facilities. |
| HB 1178 |
require the Department of Education to administer a pilot program for the purpose of increasing graduation rates among at-risk minority students, and to make an appropriation therefor. |
| HB 1179 |
provide for the practice and regulation of licensed midwives. |
| HB 1180 |
create a dual credit grant program for public high school students and to make an appropriation therefor. |
| HB 1184 |
clarify provisions dealing with the initiative process. |
| HB 1185 |
revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009. |
| HB 1186 |
reimburse and reward public school counselors who earn the credential of National Certified School Counselor. |
| 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 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 1222 |
allow a winter load increase of certain motor vehicle weight restrictions. |
| HB 1224 |
place certain restrictions on state participation in a national animal identification system. |
| HB 1230 |
provide for the assessment of actual representation expenses from nonunion employees. |
| HB 1234 |
revise the filing deadlines for the nomination of certain independent candidates. |
| HB 1239 |
create the South Dakota Boxing Commission and to provide for the supervision of boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts competitions and sparring exhibitions in the state. |
| HB 1241 |
clarify that certain special education placements are not suspensions or expulsions. |
| HB 1245 |
provide certain protections to governmental employees who report certain violations or suspected violations of law. |
| HB 1248 |
authorize the South Dakota Building Authority to provide for the construction of a college of veterinary medicine and to make an appropriation therefor. |
| HB 1255 |
revise certain provisions concerning the telecommunications gross receipts tax. |
| HB 1257 |
provide for the right to possess a firearm on the campuses of public institutions of higher education. |
| HB 1264 |
provide for the utilization of conditional early release bonds in regard to certain furloughs and paroles. |
| HB 1266 |
impose a tax on the gross receipts of advertising services, to create the education advertising gross receipts tax fund, and to deposit the advertising gross receipts tax revenue in the education advertising gross receipts tax fund. |
| 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 1270 |
change the purpose of the veterans affairs special revenue fund. |
| HB 1272 |
add a portion of roadway in Mellette County to the state trunk highway system as a part of Highway 63. |
| HB 1273 |
revise the conditions where the state may enter into tax collection agreements with Indian tribes. |
| HB 1278 |
revise certain provisions prohibiting political subdivisions from restricting firearms. |
| 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. |
| HB 1287 |
permit evidence of the defendant's commission of other acts of child molestation to be admissible in certain child molestation cases. |
| HB 1295 |
authorize the establishment of charter schools. |
| 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 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 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. |
| 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. |
| HCR 1017 |
Urging a finding by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service that the black-tailed prairie dog is not likely to become an endangered species. |
| HCR 1018 |
Urging increased cooperation and collaboration between state, local, and tribal governments. |