State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2011 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Senate Members

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Tim Begalka

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 144 establish dates to begin absentee voting for primary and general elections.
SB 153 revise fees for resident nurserymen and nursery stock dealers.
SB 154 provide funding for education by temporarily increasing the state sales and use tax.
SC 16 Congratulating the Deuel High School Girls Gymnastics Team for winning the State Class A Gymnastics Team Tournament on February 18, 2011.
HB 1088 make certain legislative findings concerning the constitutionality of certain federal health care laws.
HB 1123 provide for reciprocal nonresident trapping licenses.
HB 1128 modify the registration of certain anemometer towers used for wind energy testing purposes.
HB 1153 prohibit the Board of Education from adopting certain standards for the subject of history.
HB 1170 require schools to provide instruction on certain historical documents and speeches.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 1193 clarify certain statutes prohibiting political subdivisions from restricting firearms.
HB 1199 provide for a compact concerning citizenship.
HB 1204 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 1209 provide for the establishment of rural community-based energy development projects.
HB 1214 revise the period of time in which a refund of certain commercial motor vehicle license fees may be requested.
HCR 1004 Making certain legislative findings about the constitutionality of the federal health care system.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 54 criminalize certain acts exploiting minors and to provide a penalty therefor.
SB 55 allow the shooting of coyotes from snowmobiles.
SB 84 revise certain provisions regarding administrative penalties when filing campaign finance disclosure statements.
SB 88 revise certain penalties involving the bribery of a voter.
SB 109 authorize the secretary of state to promulgate rules concerning lobbyist registration fees, to impose a penalty for the failure to timely file lobbyist or lobbyist employer reports, and to repeal certain provisions concerning lobbyists who fail to comply with certain requirements.
SB 111 extend for two years the period of time in which school districts may expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation, insurance, energy, and utility costs.
SB 113 revise certain provisions regarding the notice requirements for changes in zoning requested by landowners.
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 148 increase the authorized number of nonresident waterfowl hunting licenses and to revise certain provisions regarding the number of allowable nonresident hunting days.
SB 149 establish policies for youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities.
SB 160 repeal exemptions from sales and use taxes for certain security and commodity brokers.
SB 167 repeal certain sales and use tax exemptions.
SB 170 amend the South Dakota Uniform Securities Act with certain provisions relating to fraud and civil liability.
SB 172 reduce the interest rate applied for certain judgements, liens, and damages.
SB 174 temporarily increase the state sales and use tax to fund the state budget shortfall and to declare an emergency.
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 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 13 Recognizing the work of the Girl Scouts in combating bullying and cyber bullying.
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 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 7 Urging Congress to enact legislation banning bisphenol A in children's products.
HB 1054 increase the amount that the court may assess against the defendant for failure to appear in regard to certain motor vehicle violations.
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 1061 provide for the practice and regulation of registered midwives.
HB 1079 repeal certain provisions related to the purchase of firearms by out-of-state residents.
HB 1094 revise certain provisions concerning the filing of campaign finance disclosure statements.
HB 1127 repeal the requirement that rear vehicle registration plates be illuminated.
HB 1137 prohibit the sale of caffeinated alcoholic beverages.
HB 1142 repeal certain tort liability arising out of causes of action based on seduction, abduction, and alienation of affections.
HB 1144 create a statutory lien for certain health care providers.
HB 1146 limit copayment or coinsurance amounts for chiropractic services.
HB 1149 allow legal residents of the United States to obtain a concealed pistol permit.
HB 1165 establish certain legislative findings, to prohibit the enforcement of certain federal health care laws, and to provide a penalty therefor.
HB 1179 permit local political subdivisions with volunteer advanced life support personnel to establish deferred compensation plans.
HB 1191 authorize school district boards to provide licensed day care facilities on or off school district property.
HB 1192 increase certain registration fees for the use of motor vehicles on the public highways.
HB 1216 prohibit certain contract restrictions on the use of ethanol blender pumps by retailers.
HB 1237 provide for an individual mandate to adult citizens to provide for the self defense of themselves and others.
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 1011 Congratulating and honoring Coach Don Meyer, from Aberdeen, South Dakota, the winningest college basketball coach in NCAA history.
HC 1012 Commending and honoring the forty-fifth anniversary of the Scottie Stampede Rodeo Days event and the Scotland Rodeo Club.
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 1014 Honoring and commemorating the anniversary in 2011 of the fifty-third annual Schmeckfest in Freeman, South Dakota.
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 1027 Commending and honoring Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin for her six and a half years of service in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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 1052 Commemorating the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce.
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 1008 Expressing opposition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' proposal to levy fees for the storage of water in the Missouri River reservoirs.
HCR 1009 Urging the reinstatement and funding of federal inspection programs governing equine slaughter and processing facilities.
HCR 1013 Recognizing March 2, 2011, as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in South Dakota.