State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2010 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Representative Lance Russell

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1145 limit certain requirements associated with animal identification systems.
HB 1204 authorize reasonable suspicion testing and prohibit the use of controlled substances by welfare recipients.
HB 1205 prohibit and penalize certain alien employment.
HB 1260 revise the definition of federal law enforcement officer to include certain United States Forest Service personnel.
SB 127 ensure certain rights related to the marketing of products, commodities, and livestock.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1106 limit the fee that may be charged for inmate labor used in response to emergency and disaster situations.
HB 1116 limit certain outside employment and compensation by presidents and executive officers of state institutions of higher education.
HB 1119 prohibit certain acts of sexual penetration and contact between certain school employees and students and to provide penalties therefor.
HB 1121 require a permit and fee for public access on certain school and public lands and to establish a penalty.
HB 1129 provide for the early reinstatement of a student expelled from school under certain circumstances.
HB 1130 include the families of certain members of the armed forces who died in military service as eligible for gold star special license plates.
HB 1134 revise the organizational status of the Mike Durfee State Prison.
HB 1135 rescind all previous applications of the State of South Dakota for the calling of a federal constitutional convention to amend the Constitution of the United States.
HB 1139 clarify the application of common law civil trespass on agricultural land and to provide for the recovery of liquidated damages against trespassers.
HB 1161 provide that an out-of-country foreign judgment need not be recognized if the cause of action resulted in a defamation judgment obtained in a jurisdiction outside the United States, unless a court in this state first determines that the defamation law applied in the foreign court's adjudication provided at least as much protection for freedom of speech and press as would be provided in this state.
HB 1162 limit the liability of covered persons if health care service contractors are impaired or liquidated.
HB 1168 require children to attend school until age sixteen rather than age eighteen.
HB 1169 prohibit businesses and employers from establishing certain policies against the ability of an invitee or employee to store firearms and ammunition in a locked motor vehicle parked on the premises.
HB 1175 provide for the establishment of performance standards for certified teachers, and to provide for the evaluation of the performance of certified teachers.
HB 1177 prohibit the granting of subsequent suspended impositions of sentence to the same defendant.
HB 1179 revise certain provisions concerning the period within which tax deeds may be procured.
HB 1182 prohibit certain employment practices.
HB 1184 revise employee sick leave used for the care of a spouse, child, or parent of the employee if the spouse, child, or parent has a serious health condition.
HB 1185 provide property tax benefits to the surviving spouses of certain disabled veterans.
HB 1216 prohibit local units of government from requiring fire sprinklers in single family dwellings.
HB 1218 provide for the election of the secretary of agriculture.
HB 1246 revise the definition of new business facilities that are eligible for certain tax refunds and to declare an emergency.
HB 1264 provide for the issuance of free antlerless deer licenses to certain landowners and lessees.
HB 1272 revise certain provisions regarding paternity and termination of parental rights.
HC 1010 Commending and honoring South Dakota's one hundred eighty-eight agriculture educators on National Teach Agriculture Day, February 25, 2010.
HC 1026 Recognizing the South Dakota State University Women's Basketball Team on its outstanding athletic and academic achievements.
HCR 1004 Expressing the heartfelt condolences of South Dakotans to the people of Haiti for their losses resulting from the devastating and horrific earthquake of January 12, 2010, and also to urge the people of South Dakota to be charitable in this time of great human suffering.
HCR 1006 Urging the United States Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and other federal agencies to actively manage mountain pine beetle infestations on lands under their control in South Dakota.
HCR 1008 Urging Congress to oppose current energy and climate legislation under consideration in the United States Senate.
HCR 1009 Calling for a balanced approach for instruction in the public schools relating to global climatic change.
HCR 1014 Urging the members of the United States Congress to propose the Parental Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
HCR 1017 Opposing federal control of state water rights through unnecessary expansion of the federal Clean Water Act
HJR 1001 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election a new section to Article XXI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to freedom of choice in health care.
SB 75 define certain terms related to liability for agritourism activities.
SB 82 require certain state contracts to be displayed on a searchable internet website.
SB 89 exempt from federal regulation any firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured and retained in South Dakota.
SB 133 revise certain procedures for handling complaints regarding open meeting requirements.
SB 134 provide for divestiture of state investment funds in certain companies liable to sanctions under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
SB 137 nullify certain federal health care laws within the state of South Dakota.
SB 156 require that determinations in both adult and juvenile court proceedings relative to a controlled substance violation of a high school student participating in extracurricular activities be reported to the South Dakota High School Activities Association and to the school administrator.
SB 180 clarify certain statutes prohibiting political subdivisions from restricting firearms.
SC 15 Honoring and supporting Pioneer Days in Dupree, South Dakota, on the occasion of Dupree's centennial anniversary.
SC 16 Honoring Newell, South Dakota, on the occasion of its centennial celebration and supporting Labor Day in Newell.
SC 20 Recognizing Don Meyer for his distinguished service to the State of South Dakota.
SC 21 Honoring and supporting Hometown Days in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, on the occasion of its centennial anniversary.
SC 24 Commending and honoring the 2009-2010 Madison High School Lady Bulldogs Gymnastics Team for its sixteenth consecutive state championship title in Class A Gymnastics and for setting the national record for consecutive gymnastics state championships.
SCR 1 Opposing the government takeover of health care as currently proposed by Congress and encouraging preservation of states' rights regarding health care regulation.
SCR 3 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the South Dakota State Capitol.