State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2012 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Representative Thomas Brunner

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1144 enhance educational and economic activities for Native Americans.
HCR 1018 Urging Congress to restore the impact aid program.
SB 96 provide the assessment and payment of taxes on certain school and endowment mineral rights leases.
SB 165 revise certain provisions related to the distribution of funds to sparse school districts.
SB 170 repeal the large project development fund and the appropriation therefor, to provide tax rebates for certain energy projects, to establish and provide for the administration of the business incentive grant fund, and to make an appropriation for the business incentive grant fund.
SB 178 amend the criteria for construction manager engagement.
SC 12 Congratulating the Belle Fourche Area Community Center in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, for twenty years of service to the community.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1057 revise certain provisions concerning the manner in which county wheel taxes are imposed.
HB 1067 guarantee an employee's right to secure a physician and other medical services of their choosing for care under a worker's compensation claim.
HB 1068 guarantee the right of individuals to secure medical services of their choosing.
HB 1070 revise certain provisions relating to the certificate of health requirement for the importation of animals.
HB 1072 provide for the recall of county commissioners.
HB 1090 provide for the issuance of deer hunting licenses to certain landowners for use by family members.
HB 1099 increase the fee for a payor to withhold child support.
HB 1107 revise certain provisions concerning the bonding authority of the South Dakota Conservancy District.
HB 1110 establish an education funding goal for elementary and secondary education in South Dakota.
HB 1114 amend provision limiting the time used to determine if a violation is a third or subsequent offense.
HB 1118 permit school boards to reimburse employment applicants for the expenses of their criminal background investigation
HB 1121 amend rate stability provisions to include plant additions.
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 1131 revise certain provisions relating to the posting of public notice for meetings of public bodies.
HB 1147 remove the individual liability of a school board member who authorizes the making of a void contract, check or registered warrant.
HB 1155 regulate certain automatic periodic financial transfers for the purpose of funding political contributions.
HB 1160 provide for the award of filing fees as court costs in certain appeals.
HB 1161 repeal the reduction in state aid to general education funding for any school district that receives proceeds from the Commission on Gaming.
HB 1164 revise certain provisions regarding the sale of certain surplus property in Yankton County.
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 1176 authorize certain party hunting methods and practices pertaining to the hunting of big game.
HB 1177 establish provisions to exempt breastfeeding mothers or new parents from jury duty.
HB 1179 require certain campaign finance requirements to apply to all counties and municipalities.
HB 1182 revise the filing deadlines for the nomination of certain independent candidates.
HB 1187 exempt health care sharing ministries from the provisions of the health insurance code.
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 1199 revise certain provisions related to the distribution of funds to sparse school districts.
HB 1200 grant certain authority to municipalities and counties regarding outdoor advertising structures or signs.
HB 1206 make an appropriation for emergency food assistance grants and to repeal the sales tax on food refund program.
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 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 1240 separately classify, assess, and tax agricultural land that is leased for certain purposes that restrict the use of the land.
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.
HB 1261 prohibit collective bargaining by public employees.
HB 1268 require certain persons applying or receiving certain Medicaid financial aid or assistance from the state to submit to drug tests to check for use of controlled substances.
HC 1001 Honoring and supporting the Scotland Kuchen Feier on the occasion of its third annual event.
HC 1002 Recognizing and honoring the "Yellowboy" lever action repeating rifle.
HC 1004 Thanking and commending the Teach for America corps members who live and teach in South Dakota for their tremendous efforts in working to ensure that every child growing up in poverty receives an excellent education.
HC 1011 Congratulating State Representative Kim Vanneman of Ideal, for receiving the South Dakota Corn Growers Outstanding Legislative Leadership award.
HC 1012 Commending and honoring the Armour School District Board of Education, on receiving the Associated School Boards of South Dakota School Board Award of Excellence for 2012.
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 1016 Commending and honoring Avon Elementary School as a National Blue Ribbon school for outstanding academic achievement.
HC 1020 Commending and honoring Duane Alm, a member of the Aberdeen School District Board of Education, on his selection as the Associated School Boards of South Dakota Outstanding School Board Member of South Dakota for 2011.
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 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 1037 Honoring and recognizing seventy-five years of conservation leadership.
HC 1050 Commending and honoring the town of Pierpont, South Dakota, on its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary.
HC 1052 Congratulating and honoring the Huron High School Tigers Wrestling Team, its coaches, and student managers for ranking second in the 2012 South Dakota State Class A Wrestling Championship Tournament.
HCR 1003 Encouraging South Dakota hospitals with maternity care services to become Baby Friendly by implementing the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.
HCR 1004 Supporting and encouraging the academic study of the Bible in South Dakota public schools.
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 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 1012 Directing the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to return a mountain lion carcass or pelt to a certain Harding County resident and to reconsider its policy with respect to possession of mountain lion carcasses and pelts.
HCR 1013 Directing the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to return a mountain lion carcass or pelt to a certain Butte County resident and to reconsider its policy with respect to possession of mountain lion carcasses and pelts.
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 1003 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article VI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the right of individuals to secure medical services of their choosing.
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 61 exempt the production of certain plants and sod from sales and use taxes.
SB 69 repeal the sunset provision on certain statutes relating to nursing homes on Indian reservations.
SB 83 revise certain provisions relating to water development districts.
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 86 grant limited immunity from arrest and prosecution for certain alcohol consumption related offenses to persons who assist certain persons in need of emergency assistance or who are themselves in need of emergency assistance.
SB 88 revise the allowable time periods for use of nonresident small game hunting licenses.
SB 92 exempt certain funeral services and expenses from sales and use tax.
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 103 revise the procedure for cooperatives giving notice to persons whose records are missing regarding ownership of securities, apportionment of equity interest, money, or property.
SB 123 revise how the taxes are applied to rural electric companies.
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 159 authorize funding for certain tribal colleges to defray certain costs associated with educating nonbeneficiary students at tribal colleges and to make an appropriation therefor.
SB 164 require public school students in grade eleven to take certain assessments.
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 16 Honoring Courtney Peterson of Sisseton, South Dakota, as the recipient of the 2012 Miss Rodeo South Dakota crown.
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 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 2 Urging the United States Postal Service to reconsider the closing of post offices in rural South Dakota.
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.