State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2011 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Russell Olson

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
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.
SC 8 Honoring Jeff Heinemeyer of Madison as Municipal Finance Officer of the Year.
SCR 2 Urging the United States Congress to appropriate $35 million in fiscal year 2012 for the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System
HB 1079 repeal certain provisions related to the purchase of firearms by out-of-state residents.
HB 1110 appropriate funding for the purpose of a one-time increase in state aid to education.
HB 1111 revise the amount reverted to the general fund from the financing statement and annual reporting filing fund.
HB 1187 provide for an interim study of the exemptions provided for the sales, use, and excise taxes imposed by the state.
HB 1208 revise certain provisions relating to public schools to allow school districts to operate more economically.
HB 1216 prohibit certain contract restrictions on the use of ethanol blender pumps by retailers.
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.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 58 provide tuition benefits to certain National Guard members attending tribal colleges.
SB 67 reduce the minimum size for improvement districts.
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 93 authorize an organization to contribute to a political action committee and to set a limit on contributions.
SB 132 provide the right of first refusal to construct and own electric transmission lines to incumbent electric utilities.
SB 141 grant limited immunity from arrest and prosecution for certain alcohol consumption related offenses to persons who assist certain persons in need of emergency assistance or who are themselves in need of emergency assistance.
SB 152 revise certain provisions concerning state aid to education, to revise and provide for the adjustment of the per student allocation for the state aid to general education formula, and to revise certain property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.
SB 158 toll the Department of Environment and Natural Resources administrative rules on underground injection control Class III wells and in situ leach mining until the department obtains primary enforcement authority of the comparable federal programs.
SB 164 revise certain provisions regarding the regulation of traffic on municipal streets.
SB 169 revise certain requirements relating to participation by tribal schools in the federal school lunch program.
SB 173 allow specific details of alleged sex crimes against minors be suppressed under certain conditions.
SB 176 provide for the crime of human trafficking, to establish the elements and degrees of the crime, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof.
SB 183 provide for the application of LEAN techniques to certain state agencies and to repeal the legislative review of state agencies.
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 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 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 4 Endorsing the adoption of a national flag to honor and remember those who died while serving in America's military.
SCR 9 Memorializing the Congress of the United States to balance the federal budget and hold itself to the same fiscal standards to which it expects its citizens to adhere.
HB 1066 provide a penalty for violations of custody or visitation decrees.
HB 1076 increase the fee for a payor to withhold child support.
HB 1086 require the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to receive the approval of the Senate before acquiring certain land.
HB 1108 revise certain provisions with regard to the rights of industrial and construction equipment dealers.
HB 1149 allow legal residents of the United States to obtain a concealed pistol permit.
HB 1183 protect the rights of public employees to participate in certain political activities and to have contact with elected officials.
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 1235 create the Board of Regents performance improvement fund and make an appropriation therefor.
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 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 1021 Congratulating and commending the White River High School Boys Basketball Team for its State Class B Championship and successful 2009-2010 season.
HC 1022 Honoring the South Dakota Health Care Association on the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary.
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 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 1002 To declare February 6, 2011, as Ronald Reagan Day, in South Dakota.
HCR 1003 Requesting the Federal Communications Commission to make substantive changes to the National Broadband Plan.
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.