State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2012 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Representative Burt Tulson

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1131 revise certain provisions relating to the posting of public notice for meetings of public bodies.
HB 1266 reduce the period of time necessary to cure and validate certain adoption proceedings.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1052 grant discretion to the court with regard to personal appearances in certain adoption appearances.
HB 1057 revise certain provisions concerning the manner in which county wheel taxes are imposed.
HB 1072 provide for the recall of county commissioners.
HB 1099 increase the fee for a payor to withhold child support.
HB 1104 define the responsibility of the Department of Transportation regarding portions of certain intersecting county and township highways located within the right-of-way of the state highway system.
HB 1122 revise certain provisions relating to the vacation, change, or location of highways.
HB 1123 establish the state employee work enhancement program to equalize the tuition rates paid by state employees.
HB 1140 require that all recorded votes of the Legislature be displayed on the Legislative Research Council's internet site and to establish a penalty.
HB 1141 require that the Legislative Research Council's internet site include a listing of votes cast by individual legislators.
HB 1170 include certain speeding offenses in the point system for traffic violations for the purposes of driver license records.
HB 1175 provide for certain further exemptions from certain childhood immunizations.
HB 1182 revise the filing deadlines for the nomination of certain independent candidates.
HB 1186 prohibit registered sex offenders from circulating petitions and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof.
HB 1187 exempt health care sharing ministries from the provisions of the health insurance code.
HB 1191 provide for an interstate compact on public health care, to establish an interstate advisory health care commission, to specify the relationship between the member states and the federal government, and to assert the right to federal funding in lieu of certain federally funded incentives.
HB 1195 authorize the collection of fees for certain educational programming and services, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1200 grant certain authority to municipalities and counties regarding outdoor advertising structures or signs.
HB 1208 establish the South Dakota Early Learning Advisory Council.
HB 1213 revise certain provisions regarding liability for torts and product identification requirements.
HB 1218 rescind the statute of limitations for any civil cause of action arising out of childhood sexual abuse.
HB 1230 modify the publication requirements for water rights applications.
HB 1231 provide that hydraulic fracturing is an acceptable recovery process in South Dakota.
HB 1235 revise certain provisions relating to the South Dakota state flag.
HB 1237 assess agricultural land based on its actual use.
HB 1245 revise certain provisions regarding the suspension of a driver license for certain alcoholic beverage violations.
HB 1250 permit counties and townships to levy a capital improvement property tax for highways, secondary roads, bridges, and culverts.
HB 1262 provide a license for certain small scale mechanized mining operations.
HC 1001 Honoring and supporting the Scotland Kuchen Feier on the occasion of its third annual event.
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 1022 Honoring and commemorating Roger Nelson for his life-long commitment to sports in South Dakota.
HC 1023 Commending and honoring Spc. Dennis Jensen who was killed on active duty in Afghanistan.
HC 1024 Commending and honoring 2012 Miss Teen Great Plains International Alaina Bertsch on her accomplishment.
HC 1025 Thanking and commending Sanford Health, the University of South Dakota, and the Matson Halverson Christiansen Hamilton Foundation for their tireless efforts to promote rural economic development in South Dakota by assisting rural South Dakota's nontraditional students as they complete their healthcare degrees through the Prairie Futures initiative.
HC 1039 Commending and honoring Darin Peterka of Miller High School for his outstanding athletic performance.
HC 1040 Posthumously honoring South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Douglas Leigh Nelson, Sr. (HP 110) for his thirty-five and one half years dedicated service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman and a veteran of the U.S. Army.
HC 1041 Honoring, commending, and thanking South Dakota Highway Patrolman Jerry Boyer for his thirty-two and one-half years of dedicated service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman.
HC 1042 Honoring the Canton High School wrestling program.
HC 1064 Commending and honoring Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, South Dakota, on receiving the designation as a Finalist With Distinction in the first annual Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence Program.
HCR 1004 Supporting and encouraging the academic study of the Bible in South Dakota public schools.
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.
HCR 1017 Expressing opposition to a state run health care system that is established or operated contrary to the interests of the people of South Dakota.
HJR 1002 To propose a constitutional amendment to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session.
HJR 1004 To propose a constitutional amendment regarding legislative term limits.
HJR 1009 Requesting appropriate action by the Congress, either acting by consent of two-thirds of both houses thereof or, upon the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, calling a constitutional convention therefor to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require, with certain exceptions, that the total of all federal appropriations may not exceed the total of all estimated federal revenues in any fiscal year.
SB 58 revise certain provisions concerning elections conducted at voting centers and to declare an emergency.
SB 61 exempt the production of certain plants and sod from sales and use taxes.
SB 147 limit compensatory damages in civil actions related to death or injury.
SB 153 authorize the transfer of certain landowner preference big game licenses.
SB 157 revise certain provisions relating to outdoor advertising signs.
SB 160 revise certain provisions relating to the James River Water Development District.
SB 161 revise certain provisions concerning public meetings held by teleconference or videoconference.
SB 169 establish the Regional Watershed Advisory Task Force.
SB 183 establish the elements of the offense of juvenile sexting and to provide a penalty therefor.
SC 1 Commending and honoring the 2010-2011 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota.
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 14 Congratulating Aberdeen, South Dakota, for its recognition as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People.
SC 17 Honoring Amy Shan of Madison as a recipient of the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
SC 18 Acknowledging the Waverly-South Shore High School Football Team for winning the 2011 State 9B Football Championship.
SC 19 Congratulating the Deuel High School Girls Gymnastics Team for winning the 2012 State Class A Gymnastics Team Tournament.
SC 21 Congratulating and commending Wyatt DeJong of Winner, South Dakota, and the Winner FFA Chapter for his outstanding year as the 2010-2011 National FFA Central Region Vice President.
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.