State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2012 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Senate Members

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Senator Russell Olson

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 76 revise certain provisions relating to the retirement of justices and judges.
SB 77 provide for the establishment of a scholarship program for postsecondary technical institute students and to make an appropriation therefor.
SB 78 allow an arrest to be expunged when the criminal case is dismissed.
SB 105 impact education in South Dakota.
SB 138 revise the state aid to education formula and to make an appropriation.
SB 157 revise certain provisions relating to outdoor advertising signs.
SB 187 repeal certain provisions regarding the legislative review of state agencies.
SB 188 authorize the establishment, operation, and control of research parks on lands controlled by the Board of Regents.
SC 1 Commending and honoring the 2010-2011 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota.
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.
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.
HB 1093 revise certain property tax levies for the general fund of school districts.
HB 1132 prohibit businesses and employers from establishing certain policies against the ability of an invitee or employee to store firearms and ammunition in a locked motor vehicle parked on the premises.
HB 1133 establish the Legislature's Planning Committee.
HB 1134 place the caucus leadership on the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council ex officio.
HB 1136 revise the state aid to education formula and to make an appropriation.
HB 1160 provide for the award of filing fees as court costs in certain appeals.
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 1265 expand the scope of the Governor's house program.
HC 1022 Honoring and commemorating Roger Nelson for his life-long commitment to sports in South Dakota.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
SB 58 revise certain provisions concerning elections conducted at voting centers and to declare an emergency.
SB 60 provide for the award of joint physical custody of children under certain circumstances.
SB 61 exempt the production of certain plants and sod from sales and use taxes.
SB 65 revise the list of products offered to consumers by motor vehicle dealers and sales finance companies.
SB 69 repeal the sunset provision on certain statutes relating to nursing homes on Indian reservations.
SB 70 revise the procedures for filing referred laws, initiated constitutional amendments, and initiated measures and to revise certain election provisions and campaign finance requirements for referred laws, initiated constitutional amendments, and initiated measures.
SB 79 require undergraduate students to pay the self-support rate of tuition for certain credit hours in excess of the credit hours required for the student's baccalaureate degree program.
SB 84 allow for the reimbursement of travel expenses during the recruitment of certain professional staff.
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 100 modify the ethanol production incentive payment to include qualified producers of biobutanol.
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 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 162 provide for the designation of certified technology parks.
SB 164 require public school students in grade eleven to take certain assessments.
SB 166 require evidence of financial responsibility at the time of vehicle registration, to provide for a motor vehicle insurance data base, and to provide for the administration thereof.
SB 174 increase the 911 emergency surcharge, to revise the collection and distribution of the surcharge revenue, to provide for point of sale collection of the prepaid wireless 911 emergency surcharge, and to provide funding for the upgrade of 911 emergency services.
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 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 16 Honoring Courtney Peterson of Sisseton, South Dakota, as the recipient of the 2012 Miss Rodeo South Dakota crown.
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.
HB 1053 establish the hope card program relating to protection orders.
HB 1055 allow for joint physical custody orders after a court awards joint legal custody if in the best interest of the child.
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 1099 increase the fee for a payor to withhold child support.
HB 1121 amend rate stability provisions to include plant additions.
HB 1123 establish the state employee work enhancement program to equalize the tuition rates paid by state employees.
HB 1138 declare that any person who maintains or provides roll-your-own cigarette machines at retail establishments are cigarette manufacturers.
HB 1195 authorize the collection of fees for certain educational programming and services, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1202 repeal certain provisions regarding reckless and unsafe driving.
HB 1213 revise certain provisions regarding liability for torts and product identification requirements.
HB 1222 limit the authority of South Dakota delegates to an Article V convention to amend the United States Constitution, to prohibit any delegate from exceeding such authority, and to provide certain penalties therefor.
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 1227 revise certain provisions with regard to the rights of industrial and construction equipment dealers.
HB 1231 provide that hydraulic fracturing is an acceptable recovery process in South Dakota.
HC 1023 Commending and honoring Spc. Dennis Jensen who was killed on active duty in Afghanistan.
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 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 1006 in opposition to certain actions by animal rights groups to undermine agricultural producers.
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 1014 Urging the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to reconsider its proposed closure of certain VA facilities in Hot Springs.
HCR 1016 Concerning endorsement of Taiwan's participation as observer in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and the 28th anniversary of sister state relations with the Province of Taiwan in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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.