State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2010 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Representative Don Kopp

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
HCR 1009 Calling for a balanced approach for instruction in the public schools relating to global climatic change.
SB 180 clarify certain statutes prohibiting political subdivisions from restricting firearms.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1005 make form and style revisions to certain statutes related to the Bureau of Personnel.
HB 1067 restrict the entry of conservation officers onto certain private land without permission.
HB 1068 revise the limitation on damages for medical malpractice actions.
HB 1085 prohibit certain interaction between children and registered sex offenders at youth activities.
HB 1087 provide criteria for enacting ordinances or amendments thereto that have a retrospective application and to repeal certain provisions related to the enforcement of ordinances.
HB 1088 revise certain provisions regarding the rights of certain new vehicle dealers and to declare an emergency.
HB 1096 revise the penalty for an open burning violation in the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District.
HB 1098 require state agencies to conduct a public hearing before acquiring certain real property.
HB 1099 permit taxing districts to revise the base amount of revenue payable from property taxes.
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 1120 revise certain provisions and assessments related to the South Dakota Oilseeds Council.
HB 1122 appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
HB 1127 authorize landowners and lessees to possess certain game animal and game bird trophies.
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 1148 authorize counties to change the method of electing the county board of commissioners to either an at-large or district basis.
HB 1154 require written incident notice from law enforcement to a juvenile's school under certain circumstances.
HB 1160 allow certain students to participate in the opportunity scholarship program under certain circumstances.
HB 1167 revise the term of service of a grand jury.
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 1170 authorize the issuance of certain lifetime hunting and fishing licenses.
HB 1179 revise certain provisions concerning the period within which tax deeds may be procured.
HB 1182 prohibit certain employment practices.
HB 1183 authorize birth centers to operate in the state.
HB 1185 provide property tax benefits to the surviving spouses of certain disabled veterans.
HB 1195 provide for certain overweight permits during the time of seasonal vehicle weight restrictions.
HB 1203 provide for the regulation of acupuncturists.
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 1208 provide for legislative representation on the Game, Fish and Parks Commission.
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 1230 permit certain persons to assist women during pregnancy and childbirth under certain conditions.
HB 1250 provide that ordinances or amendments may not have a retrospective application.
HB 1253 refer to a vote of the people a bill to authorize smoking in certain establishments under certain conditions.
HB 1254 revise the requirements for the assignment of certain funeral benefits.
HB 1266 assess and tax certain outdoor sign structures as real property.
HB 1267 create a new malt beverage retailer licenses that has certain membership and age requirements.
HB 1274 repeal certain restrictions relating to the location of apiaries.
HB 1277 provide for a process of obtaining certain information from online content providers in slander and libel actions.
HB 1278 provide for a process of obtaining certain information from online content providers in slander and libel actions.
HC 1010 Commending and honoring South Dakota's one hundred eighty-eight agriculture educators on National Teach Agriculture Day, February 25, 2010.
HC 1018 Commending and honoring the 2009 State A Boys' Track Champions, the Dell Rapids Quarriers, for their outstanding athletic performance in Spearfish and Rapid City at the 2009 State A Boys' Track Meet.
HC 1025 Commending and honoring Tyler Oran Sorenson, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Western Wrestling Conference 197-pound champion, for his outstanding and unprecedented athletic performance in Brookings, South Dakota, at the 2010 Western Wrestling Conference Meet.
HC 1026 Recognizing the South Dakota State University Women's Basketball Team on its outstanding athletic and academic achievements.
HCR 1002 Requesting federal natural resource agencies to refrain from designating wilderness or roadless areas in South Dakota without Legislative approval.
HCR 1003 Supporting the reintroduction of horse slaughter and processing operations in the United States.
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 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 72 revise certain provisions regarding the testing of applicants for a driver license.
SB 89 exempt from federal regulation any firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured and retained in South Dakota.
SB 93 exempt certain small wind energy facilities from property taxation.
SB 96 provide for the continuation of the waiver of the collaborative agreement requirement for certified nurse midwives providing out-of-hospital birth services.
SB 99 revise the distribution of the pesticide registration fee and to establish the weed and pest early detection rapid response fund.
SB 107 provide for the practice and regulation of licensed midwives.
SB 111 prohibit certain outside employment and compensation by presidents of state institutions of higher education.
SB 132 permit the utilization of certain DNA samples to determine parentage under certain conditions.
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.
SC 14 Honoring and congratulating the members of the 2009 Corsica VFW Teener youth baseball team: Kris Menning, Adam Fink, Aaron Groeneweg, Kiefer Johnson, Luke Bamberg, Colin Wieczorek, Gunner Baan Hofman, Ryan Hongslo, Eric Vanden Hoek, Harlan Big Crow, and Kyle Beltman with bat boy Gavin Zomer and Coaches Bob Bamberg and Dave Holstein on their first-ever State B Baseball Championship Title
SC 20 Recognizing Don Meyer for his distinguished service to the State of South Dakota.
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.
SCR 5 Expressing support for the public awareness of multiple sclerosis and recognizing MS Awareness Week as March 8-14, 2010.