State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2011 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Al Novstrup

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 100 repeal certain provisions regarding unemployment insurance benefit eligibility of workers attending approved training.
SB 101 provide a penalty for denying access to public records.
HB 1160 regulate certain automatic periodic financial transfers for the purpose of funding political contributions.
HB 1198 provide for the state and local enforcement of certain federal immigration laws, to criminalize the knowing transportation, concealment, or solicitation of illegal aliens, and to provide penalties therefor.
HB 1217 establish certain legislative findings pertaining to the decision of a pregnant mother considering termination of her relationship with her child by an abortion, to establish certain procedures to better insure that such decisions are voluntary, uncoerced, and informed, and to revise certain causes of action for professional negligence relating to performance of an abortion.
HB 1218 prohibit surrogate mother contracts, to prohibit enforcement of such arrangements, and to establish standards to award custody of children born as a result of such arrangements.
HC 1011 Congratulating and honoring Coach Don Meyer, from Aberdeen, South Dakota, the winningest college basketball coach in NCAA history.
HC 1030 Congratulating Aberdeen, South Dakota, for its recognition as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 70 prohibit the creation of private transfer fee obligations and to require certain procedures for notice and disclosure for existing private transfer fee obligations.
SB 72 revise how certain kindergarten students are counted for the purpose of state aid to education funding, to establish in statute the minimum number of hours required in a school term for grades one through three, and to provide for the redistribution of certain funds appropriated for state aid to education.
SB 86 revise the investment fee rate for certain employers and to declare an emergency.
SB 102 repeal an outdated provision regarding the assessment of property for school districts.
SB 124 authorize the Bureau of Administration to construct a maintenance shop in Pierre, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
SB 143 allow artisan distillers and farm wineries to sell certain distilled spirits to wholesalers and retailers.
SB 148 increase the authorized number of nonresident waterfowl hunting licenses and to revise certain provisions regarding the number of allowable nonresident hunting days.
SB 153 revise fees for resident nurserymen and nursery stock dealers.
SB 156 prohibit the employment of unauthorized aliens, and to provide penalties therefor.
SB 183 provide for the application of LEAN techniques to certain state agencies and to repeal the legislative review of state agencies.
SC 1 Honoring the city of Deadwood on its fiftieth anniversary as a National Historic Landmark.
SC 2 Commending and honoring United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, United States District Court Judge John Roll, and all those who lost their lives and demonstrated courage in light of the tragedy that occurred in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, January 8, 2011.
SC 4 Congratulating and honoring Susan Turnipseed of Brookings as South Dakota's 2011 Teacher of the Year.
SC 5 Congratulating and honoring the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology's Programming Team for competing in the 2011 World Finals of the Association for Computing's Intercollegiate Programming Contest.
SC 6 Commending and honoring the 2010 Habitat for Humanity--South Dakota Habitat Supporters of the Year.
SC 9 Honoring Erin Williams of Watertown, South Dakota Girls State Governor, and Daniel Wanous of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Boys State Governor, and commending the South Dakota American Legion and Auxiliary for their sponsorship and coordination of the Girls State and Boys State programs.
SC 11 Commending and honoring the community of Turton on its one hundred twenty-fifth birthday.
SC 15 Commending and honoring Clarence W. Skye for his forty-one years of visionary work and service as the Executive Director of the United Sioux Tribes of South Dakota Development Corporation.
SC 16 Congratulating the Deuel High School Girls Gymnastics Team for winning the State Class A Gymnastics Team Tournament on February 18, 2011.
SC 17 Commending and honoring Jim Schlekeway, a teacher in the Mobridge-Pollock School District, on his retirement from the school district after forty-three exceptional years in education.
SC 19 Honoring and commemorating the town of Armour on its quasquicentennial celebration.
SC 23 Commending and honoring former Army Corporal Frank Buckles for his service in World War I.
SCR 2 Urging the United States Congress to appropriate $35 million in fiscal year 2012 for the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System
SCR 4 Endorsing the adoption of a national flag to honor and remember those who died while serving in America's military.
HB 1056 establish an additional time period during which fireworks may be sold and discharged and to revise certain provisions regarding county regulation of fireworks.
HB 1076 increase the fee for a payor to withhold child support.
HB 1088 make certain legislative findings concerning the constitutionality of certain federal health care laws.
HB 1133 revise certain provisions relating to the excusal of a child from school.
HB 1166 restrict, under certain circumstances, the transfer of certain land parcels by the federal government.
HB 1167 provide for the taxation of severed mineral interests and to provide for the extinction of de minimis claims through the utilization of tax deeds.
HB 1170 require schools to provide instruction on certain historical documents and speeches.
HB 1172 require the issuance of a request for proposals concerning the administration of the Medicaid program.
HB 1199 provide for a compact concerning citizenship.
HB 1200 include certain state officials in protections afforded law enforcement and judicial officers.
HB 1216 prohibit certain contract restrictions on the use of ethanol blender pumps by retailers.
HC 1001 Honoring and supporting the Scotland Kuchen Feier on the occasion of its second annual event.
HC 1002 Honoring and supporting Czech Days in Tabor, South Dakota, on the occasion of its sixty-third anniversary.
HC 1003 Commending and honoring the 2009-2010 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Dean Christensen, Deuel, School Superintendent; Susan Proefrock, Belle Fourche, School Business Official; Micy Highstreet, Tri-Valley, Elementary School Principal; Steve Benson, Deuel, Secondary School Principal; Kyley Cumbow, Pierre, Assistant Middle School Principal; Becky Guffin, Aberdeen, Curriculum Director and Kristi Wallin, Lennox, Director of Special Education for being named outstanding administrators by their respective administrator parent groups.
HC 1009 Honoring 2011 Miss Rodeo America, McKenzie Haley.
HC 1013 Commending and honoring the Mitchell School District Board of Education on its selection to receive the Associated School Boards of South Dakota School Board Award of Excellence for 2011.
HC 1016 Recognizing and honoring James and Theresa Sedlacek on receiving the 2009 Spark Plug of Scotland Award.
HC 1017 commending the 200th Camo Quilt Project for their support of the 200th Engineer Company of the South Dakota National Guard.
HC 1019 Honoring, commending, and thanking the 2010 retirees of the South Dakota Highway Patrol.
HC 1020 commending and honoring David Linngren, a member of the Watertown School District Board of Education, on his selection as the Associated School Boards of South Dakota Outstanding School Board Member of South Dakota for 2010.
HC 1022 Honoring the South Dakota Health Care Association on the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary.
HC 1023 Congratulating and honoring the Flandreau Fliers High School Football Team, its coaches, and student managers for their 2010 South Dakota State 11B Championship season.
HC 1024 Honoring Randy Parry for his work with the Maroney Rural Learning Center and his contributions to rural South Dakota.
HC 1028 Honoring and commemorating Tripp-Delmont/Armour boys basketball head coach Burnell Glanzer on earning his 600th career win on February 24, 2011.
HC 1031 Honoring former Governor M. Michael Rounds for his service as a South Dakota State Senator and the thirty-first Governor of South Dakota.
HC 1039 Commending and honoring SrA Blaine H. Reynolds for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Airman of the Year.
HC 1040 Commending and honoring Tsgt Jason C. Mark for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
HC 1041 Commending and honoring MSgt Jonathan L. Goehring for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
HC 1042 Commending and honoring TSgt Thomas D. Dummermuth for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Honor Guard Member of the Year.
HC 1043 Commending and honoring MSgt Scott H. Leebens for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Outstanding First Sergeant of the Year.
HC 1044 Commending and honoring Sgt. Tanner Haines for his selection as the South Dakota Army National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year (NCO) award.
HC 1045 Commending and honoring all the personnel of the South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing for their selection as the most outstanding Air National Guard fighter unit in the nation.
HC 1046 Commending and honoring Spc. Rob Buechler for his selection as the South Dakota Army National Guard Soldier of the Year award.
HC 1049 Honoring the Webster Bearcats for winning the 2011 State B Wrestling Championship.
HC 1050 Honoring and recognizing Logan Storley on his state wrestling championship for the Webster High School Bearcats.
HC 1053 Commending and honoring Keith Cutler for his dedication to developing and promoting the sport of baseball throughout the state of South Dakota.
HCR 1001 Honoring the historical, political, cultural, social, and economic relationships among Canada, the United States, and the State of South Dakota, and recognizing January 24, 2011, as Canada Day at the Capitol.
HCR 1002 To declare February 6, 2011, as Ronald Reagan Day, in South Dakota.
HCR 1004 Making certain legislative findings about the constitutionality of the federal health care system.
HCR 1013 Recognizing March 2, 2011, as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in South Dakota.