State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2012 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Senate Members

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Elizabeth Kraus

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 67 provide provisions that all documents filed with and maintained by the Office of the Secretary of State may be filed electronically.
SB 73 repeal the provisions regarding the assessment of real property located in a floodplain.
SB 74 require the direct billing of anatomic pathology services.
SB 75 revise the determination of fees that may be charged for certain public records.
HB 1125 clarify the definition of engaging in business in certain circumstances.
HB 1128 require the Board of Education to conduct public hearings before adopting certain standards.
HB 1177 establish provisions to exempt breastfeeding mothers or new parents from jury duty.
HB 1254 revise certain provisions pertaining to the decision of a pregnant mother considering termination of her relationship with her child by an abortion, to establish certain procedures to 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 1255 prohibit the enforcement of surrogacy arrangements.
HCR 1004 Supporting and encouraging the academic study of the Bible in South Dakota public schools.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 2 repeal and to make style and form revisions to certain provisions related to the Department of Human Services.
SB 72 regulate persons offering speech-language pathology to the public.
SB 85 revise the calculation of the small school adjustment in the state aid to education formula, and to provide for the distribution of certain funds to school districts.
SB 89 revise certain provisions regarding a municipality's ability to specially assess property for street maintenance.
SB 91 allow shareholders of corporations to represent corporations in property tax appeals at the Office of Hearing Examiners.
SB 93 provide for the withdrawal of referred measures in certain circumstances.
SB 94 establish a pilot uninsured motorist identification database program and to make an appropriation therefor.
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 139 establish the Teach for America grant program within the Department of Education.
SB 149 revise certain provisions relating to the conditional release of persons charged with domestic abuse.
SB 155 prohibit the employment of unauthorized aliens and to provide penalties therefor.
SB 160 revise certain provisions relating to the James River Water Development District.
SB 182 revise certain provisions concerning tax incremental districts.
SB 186 update the definition of the nonsectarian textbooks that are loaned to certain students to include digital materials.
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 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 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 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 23 Honoring and commending the citizens of South Dakota for their exemplary response to the Missouri River Flood of 2011.
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 1075 allow certain property tax documents to be transmitted electronically.
HB 1076 retain certain members of municipal governing bodies in office following the redistricting of municipal wards.
HB 1111 revise certain provisions regarding the use of eminent domain by certain nongovernmental entities.
HB 1114 amend provision limiting the time used to determine if a violation is a third or subsequent offense.
HB 1170 include certain speeding offenses in the point system for traffic violations for the purposes of driver license records.
HB 1171 clarify certain rules of evidence to determine the value of services for which special damages may be awarded in health care malpractice cases.
HB 1183 limit copayment or coinsurance amounts for physical and occupational therapy services.
HB 1184 permit public bodies to keep minutes of executive session and to restrict who may review the minutes.
HB 1193 regulate the sale of dextromethorphan and to provide a penalty thereto.
HB 1194 revise certain provisions regarding the payment for rape and sexual offense examinations.
HB 1195 authorize the collection of fees for certain educational programming and services, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1196 revise certain provisions concerning lobbyists.
HB 1200 grant certain authority to municipalities and counties regarding outdoor advertising structures or signs.
HB 1204 clarify certain rules of evidence to determine the value of services for which special damages may be awarded in health care malpractice cases.
HB 1220 conditionally repeal certain provisions establishing network adequacy standards, quality assessment and improvement requirements, utilization review and benefit determination requirements, and grievance procedures for managed health care plans, and certain standards for managed health care plans if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is found to be unconstitutional.
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 1249 permit a probationer who is a registered sex offender to reside in an assigned halfway house or supervised living center within a community safety zone and to prohibit sex offenders who committed sexual offenses against children to qualify for certain residency exceptions.
HB 1264 amend the mandatory reporting requirements regarding child abuse.
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 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 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.
HCR 1008 Recognizing the week of June 25 through June 29, 2012, as Ag Week in South Dakota.
HCR 1009 Urging the federal government to honor tribal identification cards.
HCR 1011 Requesting that a United States Navy submarine be named the USS South Dakota.
HCR 1018 Urging Congress to restore the impact aid program.
HJR 1002 To propose a constitutional amendment to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session.
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.