State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2011 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Senate Members

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Ryan Maher

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 55 allow the shooting of coyotes from snowmobiles.
SB 57 revise the investment fee rate for certain employers and to declare an emergency.
SB 58 provide tuition benefits to certain National Guard members attending tribal colleges.
SB 66 revise certain provisions regarding land leased by counties.
SB 73 establish a preference for veterans and disabled persons when leasing residential property owned by counties.
SB 74 classify certain farm winery land as agricultural.
SB 95 provide for the printing of voting rights notices.
SB 96 revise the fee schedule for certain documents filed with the county register of deeds.
SB 145 revise the provisions concerning the types of taxes that the state may enter into compacts with Indian tribes.
SB 155 revise the contents of the notice to the county where hospitalization is furnished to indigent persons.
SC 12 Honoring and supporting the Isabel Celebration in Isabel, South Dakota, on the occasion of the town's centennial anniversary.
SC 23 Commending and honoring former Army Corporal Frank Buckles for his service in World War I.
HB 1046 revise the composition of the State Brand Board and to provide for its election by district.
HB 1047 revise certain prairie dog shooting season provisions.
HB 1048 provide for the distribution of the proceeds of certain civil fines and civil penalties.
HB 1049 require that funds from the sale of certain estrays and livestock on "hold" status be deposited in the permanent school fund.
HB 1053 repeal the requirement to provide notice to abutting counties when changing the county plan or ordinances.
HB 1063 provide for the deposit in the general fund of the proceeds from the sale of certain contraband or abandoned items by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
HB 1064 deposit certain funds associated with snowmobiles and motorized boats into the state highway fund.
HB 1065 transfer money from the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to South Dakota State University for wildlife and fisheries instruction.
HB 1066 provide a penalty for violations of custody or visitation decrees.
HB 1068 require that certain land acquisitions by the State of South Dakota be conditioned upon subsequent legislative approval.
HB 1135 require certification for operators of boilers in public buildings.
HB 1152 provide for drug testing for certain TANF recipients.
HB 1157 revise the rate of the insurance company premium and annuity taxes applied to court appearance bonds and to establish an annual fee for certificate of authority for domestic insurers issuing court appearance bonds.
HB 1178 restrict the entry of conservation officers onto certain private land without permission.
HB 1191 authorize school district boards to provide licensed day care facilities on or off school district property.
HC 1015 Honoring Mary Jo May on her participation and achievements in the Washington Internships for Native Students program.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 56 revise the qualifications of a county veterans' service officer.
SB 60 repeal the reduction in state aid to general education funding for any school district that receives proceeds from the Commission on Gaming.
SB 63 repeal certain provisions regarding the reduction in state aid to education based upon the school district's general fund balance.
SB 64 provide that interest paid on negative balances in employers' experience rating accounts be credited to their experience rating accounts.
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 84 revise certain provisions regarding administrative penalties when filing campaign finance disclosure statements.
SB 86 revise the investment fee rate for certain employers and to declare an emergency.
SB 88 revise certain penalties involving the bribery of a voter.
SB 93 authorize an organization to contribute to a political action committee and to set a limit on contributions.
SB 99 revise the provisions that determine the amount of the motor vehicle registration fees that shall be applied based on the age of the vehicles.
SB 106 provide for reciprocal nonresident trapping licenses.
SB 108 allow for the appointment of an alternate board member for the county legal expense relief board.
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 121 authorize an alcoholic beverage retail license for certain malt beverage and wine dealers.
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 125 revise the time period for computing unemployment insurance employer contribution rates.
SB 128 require the Commission of Human Rights to meet no less than annually.
SB 131 clarify certain provisions relating to establishing identity by applicants for certain licenses, permits, and identification cards.
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 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 154 provide funding for education by temporarily increasing the state sales and use tax.
SB 159 increase the maximum allowable uniform charge relating to 911 emergency services.
SB 160 repeal exemptions from sales and use taxes for certain security and commodity brokers.
SB 161 prohibit certain unfair or discriminatory practices based on veteran or military status.
SB 169 revise certain requirements relating to participation by tribal schools in the federal school lunch program.
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 177 increase certain registration fees and taxes for the use of motor vehicles on the public highways.
SB 179 define and prohibit the offenses of juvenile sexting and aggravated juvenile sexting and to provide for certain sanctions and remedies.
SB 180 impose a fee on certain pipelines carrying crude oil and to create a crude oil pipeline compensation fund that may be used in the event of a crude oil spill.
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 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 20 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce.
SCR 1 Honoring pregnancy care centers.
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 1037 revise certain posting requirements relating to hunting in the Black Hills Fire Protection District.
HB 1050 revise the voting requirements for the county board of adjustment.
HB 1051 provide deadlines for the transmission of voter registration files.
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 1060 revise certain provisions concerning how motor vehicle license fees are distributed in the unorganized territories of a county.
HB 1070 prohibit school districts from employing school counselors who are not certified.
HB 1074 revise the allowable time periods for use of nonresident small game hunting licenses.
HB 1082 provide for reduced hunting license fees for senior citizens.
HB 1083 revise certain state education benefits for veterans.
HB 1084 require drug screening for county sheriffs.
HB 1085 prohibit certain political advertising in highway rights-of-way.
HB 1086 require the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to receive the approval of the Senate before acquiring certain land.
HB 1088 make certain legislative findings concerning the constitutionality of certain federal health care laws.
HB 1089 prohibit political contributions by certain state employees to gubernatorial candidates.
HB 1090 provide for legislative redistricting based on single-member house districts.
HB 1091 repeal the provision requiring certain school districts with a fall enrollment of less than one hundred to reorganize.
HB 1094 revise certain provisions concerning the filing of campaign finance disclosure statements.
HB 1097 provide for the assessment of certain agricultural land as noncropland.
HB 1101 provide for legislative redistricting by a bipartisan, nonlegislative commission and to declare an emergency.
HB 1103 revise certain provisions regarding zero based budgeting requirements.
HB 1107 provide for a process to limit state government spending.
HB 1108 revise certain provisions with regard to the rights of industrial and construction equipment dealers.
HB 1114 revise the conditions under which contracts with local officials are permitted.
HB 1119 revise the procedure for reissuing certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
HB 1120 require persons applying or receiving certain aid or assistance from the state to submit to drug and substances tests.
HB 1124 authorize the taking of carp by snagging.
HB 1127 repeal the requirement that rear vehicle registration plates be illuminated.
HB 1133 revise certain provisions relating to the excusal of a child from school.
HB 1141 establish a date to begin absentee voting and to revise the deadline for the printing of ballots.
HB 1147 revise the taxation of rural electric companies with respect to receipts collected for compliance with certain environmental laws.
HB 1148 revise the minimum wage law for certain seasonal employees and to declare an emergency.
HB 1158 revise the filing deadlines for the nomination of certain independent candidates.
HB 1162 authorize the secretary of state to allow a person in charge of election to use the state system.
HB 1163 allow certain disabled veterans to obtain a disabled hunter permit.
HB 1164 authorize senior citizens to hunt from vehicles.
HB 1170 require schools to provide instruction on certain historical documents and speeches.
HB 1171 expand the definition of justifiable homicide to provide for the protection of certain unborn children.
HB 1177 revise certain provisions regarding the use of eminent domain.
HB 1181 authorize the release of information related to users of certain state lodging facilities.
HB 1182 provide for the release of information relating to persons attending or invited to certain state-sponsored events.
HB 1183 protect the rights of public employees to participate in certain political activities and to have contact with elected officials.
HB 1188 authorize landowners and lessees to possess certain game animal and game bird trophies.
HB 1189 impose a fee on certain pipelines carrying crude oil and to create a crude oil pipeline compensation fund that may be used in the event of a crude oil spill.
HB 1190 exempt certain wind farms from taxation if located in an Indian reservation on land held in trust by the United States.
HB 1192 increase certain registration fees for the use of motor vehicles on the public highways.
HB 1193 clarify certain statutes prohibiting political subdivisions from restricting firearms.
HB 1209 provide for the establishment of rural community-based energy development projects.
HB 1210 provide for the lease of hunting rights on certain school and public lands.
HB 1216 prohibit certain contract restrictions on the use of ethanol blender pumps by retailers.
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 1222 temporarily increase the state sales and use tax to fund education and other budget needs and to declare an emergency.
HB 1238 revise who may be issued special alcoholic beverage licenses in conjunction with a special event and to require local governing bodies to establish rules regulating and restricting the operation of special alcoholic beverage licenses.
HB 1242 authorize the use of tribal identification cards as the equivalent of certain state-issued documents for identification purposes.
HB 1252 grant certain authority to municipalities and counties regarding outdoor advertising structures.
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 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 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 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 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 1006 In support of reforming the federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976.
HCR 1007 Endorsing Taiwan's participation as observer in the International Civil Aviation Organization and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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 1010 Recognizing the needs of certain veterans for state assistance.
HCR 1011 Expressing support for civic education in the public schools in South Dakota, and recognizing March 9, 2011, as Civic Education Day at the state capitol.
HCR 1013 Recognizing March 2, 2011, as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in South Dakota.
HJR 1002 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the limitation of expenditures for the State of South Dakota.
HJR 1004 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article V, section 1 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota relating to prohibiting the application of international law, the law of foreign nations, and certain foreign religious or moral codes in the state courts of South Dakota.