State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2012 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Senate Members

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Joni Cutler

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 145 prohibit rebates and regulate contracts for residential roofing goods and services.
SB 146 provide for an affirmative defense of compulsion for the crime of prostitution.
SB 149 revise certain provisions relating to the conditional release of persons charged with domestic abuse.
HB 1053 establish the hope card program relating to protection orders.
HB 1054 amend certain provisions concerning Worker's Compensation.
HB 1055 allow for joint physical custody orders after a court awards joint legal custody if in the best interest of the child.
HB 1056 revise certain provisions of the South Dakota Business Corporations Act regarding the issuance of shares and cumulative voting for directors.
HB 1074 exempt certain counties from restrictions relating to the taking of muskrat.
HB 1086 clarify certain provisions relating to establishing identity by applicants for certain licenses, permits, and identification cards.
HB 1095 revise the procedure for the discharge of civil judgments against a person who has received a discharge of debt pursuant to the United States Code, Title 11.
HB 1096 specify the venue for certain appeals involving home-rule municipalities.
HB 1117 provide for the taking of muskrats by shooting under certain conditions.
HB 1146 increase the personal property and annuity payments exempt from process, levy, or sale.
HB 1198 revise the definition of firearm to include certain antique, muzzle-loading, and black powder weapons in certain circumstances.
HB 1229 exempt certain persons from the requirement to license as a mortgage loan originator.
HB 1271 revise certain provisions relating to insurance policies.
HC 1053 Commending and honoring the National Merit PSAT Semifinalists Greg Berg, Sai Sai Chen, Jackson Erpenbach, Claire Gregg, Ethan Nemmers, and Hannah Purtell of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School for their outstanding academic achievements.
HC 1054 Commending and honoring the 2011 Girls' Bowling State Champions of Sioux Falls Washington High School for their outstanding athletic performance.
HC 1055 Commending and honoring the 2011 Boys' State AA Soccer Champions of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School for their outstanding athletic performance for the second consecutive year.
HC 1056 Commending and honoring the 2011 Competitive Dance State AA Champions of Sioux Falls Washington High School for their outstanding athletic performance.
HC 1057 Commending and honoring the 2011 Girls' Softball State Champions of Sioux Falls Washington High School for their outstanding athletic performance.
HC 1058 Commending and honoring Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as a National School of Excellence for Speech and Debate by the National Forensic League.
HC 1059 Commending and honoring the 2011 Girls' State AA Volleyball Champions of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School for their outstanding athletic performance for the second year in a row.
HC 1060 Commending and honoring the 2011 Boys' Track State AA Champions of Washington High School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for their outstanding athletic performance.
HC 1061 Commending and honoring the South Dakota Football Gatorade Player of the Year Alex Schultz and South Dakota Volleyball Gatorade Player of the Year Erin Radke of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School for their outstanding athletic performances.
HC 1062 Commending and honoring the 2011 South Dakota Girls Outstanding Athlete and the South Dakota Gatorade Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year, Kari Heck of Washington High School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for her outstanding athletic performance.
HC 1063 Commending and honoring National Merit Semifinalist Matt DeYoung of Sioux Falls Washington High School for his outstanding academic achievements.
HJR 1001 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XVII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to corporations.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 64 revise provisions regulating the perfection of security interest liens filed on-line.
SB 65 revise the list of products offered to consumers by motor vehicle dealers and sales finance companies.
SB 66 permit the filing of certain documents with the secretary of state by electronic means and to remove the notary requirements.
SB 68 provide that no statute of limitations applies to certain rape offenses.
SB 74 require the direct billing of anatomic pathology services.
SB 92 exempt certain funeral services and expenses from sales and use tax.
SB 100 modify the ethanol production incentive payment to include qualified producers of biobutanol.
SB 119 revise the Human Relations Act to allow certain discriminatory practices to be investigated by municipalities and counties.
SB 124 revise per student allocation for state aid to education, to revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts, and to revise certain provisions concerning state aid and local effort.
SB 137 revise certain provisions concerning the application for absentee voting.
SB 140 repeal certain provisions regarding glazing material on motorcycle windshields and wind deflectors.
SB 141 revise the legal definition of the term, domestic abuse.
SB 148 revise certain provisions relating to battery committed against infants and unborn children.
SB 156 establish strangulation as one element of the crime of aggravated assault.
SB 163 provide safety provisions by requiring registration of certain family day care facilities, to establish notification and reporting requirements for violations, and to provide penalties therefor.
SB 181 repeal certain tort liability arising out of causes of action based on seduction, abduction, and alienation of affections.
SB 183 establish the elements of the offense of juvenile sexting and to provide a penalty therefor.
SB 189 provide a designation on certain nondriver identification cards, driver licenses, and permits that the card holders or licensees are honorably discharged veterans.
SC 2 Commending and honoring the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers Boys Soccer Team for its 2011 State A Soccer Championship.
SC 3 Commending and honoring the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers Girls Volleyball Team for its 2011 State A Volleyball Championship.
SC 7 Honoring Beth Mayrose of Salem, South Dakota Girls State Governor, and Jack Gordon 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 10 Congratulating and honoring the South Dakota National Guard, both current members and all those who have served previously, on the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the South Dakota National Guard on January 27, 2012.
SC 11 Recognizing the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Office of Legislative Affairs for its assistance to the State Legislature in carrying out the 2011 legislative redistricting process.
SC 17 Honoring Amy Shan of Madison as a recipient of the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
SC 23 Honoring and commending the citizens of South Dakota for their exemplary response to the Missouri River Flood of 2011.
SC 29 Recognizing the achievements of the South Dakota State University Women's and Men's Basketball Teams.
SCR 1 Honoring the University of South Dakota on its one hundred fiftieth anniversary.
SCR 3 Designating the month of November as COPD Awareness Month in the State of South Dakota.
SCR 4 Supporting the concept and further development of South Dakota First, an initiative for success and development.
SCR 5 Supporting and encouraging a 2012 interim study and thorough review of drainage laws in South Dakota.
SCR 6 Urging the government of Turkey to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights and to respect the property rights and human rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
HB 1059 revise Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1070 revise certain provisions relating to the certificate of health requirement for the importation of animals.
HB 1073 prohibit certain indemnity provisions in motor carrier transportation contracts.
HB 1075 allow certain property tax documents to be transmitted electronically.
HB 1130 revise the fee schedule for certain documents filed with the county register of deeds, to create a county and statewide fund for the purpose of modernizing and preserving records, and to distribute certain revenue.
HB 1138 declare that any person who maintains or provides roll-your-own cigarette machines at retail establishments are cigarette manufacturers.
HB 1170 include certain speeding offenses in the point system for traffic violations for the purposes of driver license records.
HB 1193 regulate the sale of dextromethorphan and to provide a penalty thereto.
HB 1216 lower the state sales and use tax on certain food items and to increase the rate of taxation for the sales and use tax on certain goods and services.
HB 1219 revise certain provisions relating to the process of collecting DNA upon arrest for a qualifying offense.
HB 1223 exempt from sales tax certain handling fees paid by religious organizations to approved relief agencies for the distribution of food which is provided for the assistance or relief of the poor, distressed, or underprivileged through food giveaway programs.
HB 1225 revise the distribution of earnings from the education enhancement trust fund, and to establish the teacher compensation enhancement program.
HB 1226 revise the index factor in the state aid to general education and state aid to special education formulas, and to require the Legislature to estimate general fund revenues for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year.
HB 1235 revise certain provisions relating to the South Dakota state flag.
HB 1242 revise the general appropriations act for fiscal year 2012.
HB 1247 revise certain provisions regarding the voting rights of persons convicted of a felony or serving time in the state penitentiary.
HB 1263 provide for mandatory HIV testing for any person convicted of prostitution or solicitation of prostitution and to provide for appropriate utilization of the test results.
HC 1003 Commending and honoring the community of Delmont on its one hundred twenty-fifth birthday.
HC 1006 Honoring and commemorating the anniversary in 2012 of the fifty-fourth annual Schmeckfest in Freeman, South Dakota.
HC 1009 Commending and honoring the 2011 Habitat for Humanity South Dakota Habitat Supporters of the Year.
HC 1013 Commending and honoring those who served in the Korean War, on the sixtieth anniversary of the war's end.
HC 1015 Celebrating and honoring Tabor's Annual Czech Days Festivities on the occasion of its sixty-fourth anniversary on June 14, 15, 16, 2012.
HC 1021 Commending and honoring the VFW Voice of Democracy, Patriot's Pen, and Teachers of the Year award winners of 2012.
HC 1042 Honoring the Canton High School wrestling program.
HC 1048 Acknowledging the nine sovereign Tribes within the borders of South Dakota and recognizing Governor Dennis Daugaard for his dedication to promoting a cooperative government-to-government relationship between the Tribes and the State of South Dakota.
HC 1050 Commending and honoring the town of Pierpont, South Dakota, on its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary.
HCR 1008 Recognizing the week of June 25 through June 29, 2012, as Ag Week in South Dakota.
HCR 1011 Requesting that a United States Navy submarine be named the USS South Dakota.
HJR 1008 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article III, section 6 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to four-year legislative terms and term limits.