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Party: Democrat Term: New Member District: 14 Counties: Minnehaha Occupation: Attorney |
| Committee | Chair/ViceChair | Days | Time | Room |
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| Judiciary | Member | MWF | 10:00 AM | Room 413 |
| Retirement Laws | Member | Call of Chair | 3:00 PM | Room 413 |
| Taxation | Member | TTh | 7:45 AM | Room 464 |
| Committee | Chair/ViceChair |
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| Retirement Laws | Member |
| Bill | Title |
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| HB 1139 | revise certain provisions of the South Dakota Business Corporations Act regarding the issuance of shares and cumulative voting for directors. |
| HB 1146 | revise certain provisions regarding subsequent administration of an estate. |
| HB 1167 | exempt the services provided by certified birth doulas and certified postpartum doulas from sales and use taxes. |
| HB 1272 | revise the defined sources of renewable electricity and recycled energy. |
| HC 1004 | Congratulating coach Eric Smith and players Corey Backer, Parker Hanson, Kyle Cooper, Tyler Pridey, Trevor Mathison, and Levi Smith of the Sioux Falls Washington High School Boys' Golf Team for their 2007 State Class AA Championship season. |
| HC 1005 | Honoring Sioux Falls Washington High School for celebrating one hundred years of education on February 14, 2008. |
| HC 1015 | Honoring five top seniors from Washington High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as finalists for the Merit Scholarship Awards. |
| HC 1027 | Honoring Jeff Berndt for being selected as the South Dakota Advanced Placement Teacher of the Year. |
| HJR 1001 | To propose a constitutional amendment to repeal certain provisions of the State Constitution relating to corporations. |
| HJR 1002 | Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XIV of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota to clarify which educational institutions are under the control of the Board of Regents. |
| SB 79 | increase the payments made to school districts with growing enrollments. |
| SB 159 | allow the discretionary formula for reduced property taxation to be applied to research facilities. |
| SB 179 | increase general funding for school districts, to impose a temporary limit on the growth of state general fund spending, and to suspend the transfer of moneys from the general fund to the budget reserve fund, and to the property tax reduction fund. |
| Bill | Title |
|---|---|
| HB 1007 | make form and style revisions to certain taxation and revenue statutes. |
| HB 1114 | revise certain provisions concerning the definition and operation of farm wineries. |
| HB 1118 | authorize the issuance of special off-sale package wine dealers licenses. |
| HB 1122 | increase the jurisdictional amount in certain civil actions and small claims proceedings. |
| HB 1129 | establish the Commission on Equal Access to Our Courts and to make an appropriation therefor and to provide for the distribution of any residual funds from class action lawsuits to the commission or other nonprofit charitable organizations. |
| HB 1136 | revise certain provisions regarding the registration of business names. |
| HB 1137 | adopt the Model Registered Agents Act. |
| HB 1141 | prohibit the implanting of a microchip and provide a civil recovery. |
| HB 1144 | make an appropriation for costs related to the purchase of motorcycles for use in the motorcycle safety training courses, and to declare an emergency. |
| HB 1145 | revise certain campaign speech provisions relating to constitutional amendments, initiated measures, and referred laws. |
| HB 1149 | revise certain provisions regarding protection orders granted upon a finding of domestic abuse. |
| HB 1157 | revise certain provisions relating to the residency or military presence of parties in divorce or separate maintenance proceedings. |
| HB 1162 | prohibit the branding of a minor and to provide a penalty therefor. |
| HB 1163 | increase the duration of juvenile diversion programs. |
| HB 1165 | prohibit certain immunizations from containing more than trace amounts of mercury. |
| HB 1166 | revise the distribution of revenues generated by Deadwood gaming. |
| HB 1186 | revise the eligibility requirements for the opportunity scholarship by allowing a student to take the ACT or SAT test after graduating from high school. |
| HB 1187 | require the Department of Revenue and Regulation to maintain an internet site that allows the public to search for certain property assessment and taxation information. |
| HB 1188 | require the property tax notification sent to taxpayers to include taxable value, assessed value, and market value of the property. |
| HB 1209 | allow unemployment benefits for an individual in the employ of a tribal government educational institution. |
| HB 1217 | authorize the creation of a circuit court judgeship in the Seventh Judicial Circuit and to make an appropriation therefor. |
| HB 1218 | increase the maximum allowable outstanding amount of bonds issued by the Health and Educational Facility Authority on behalf of the four technical institutes. |
| HB 1219 | revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008 regarding appropriations to the Department of Education for the payment of bonds at the technical institutes. |
| HB 1220 | make an appropriation to the postsecondary technical institutes for the maintenance and repair of buildings, and to declare an emergency. |
| HB 1221 | create the postsecondary technical institute auxiliary fund and to provide continuing funding to the postsecondary technical institutes for the costs of maintenance and repair. |
| HB 1222 | create the postsecondary technical institute auxiliary fund and to provide continuing funding from the future fund to the technical institutes for the start-up costs of new programs being created to meet workforce development needs. |
| HB 1223 | create the postsecondary technical institute auxiliary fund and to provide continuing funding from the future fund to the technical institutes for the cost of replacing old or outdated equipment to meet workforce development needs. |
| HB 1237 | revise certain provisions regarding the prohibition of smoking in certain public places or places of employment. |
| HB 1238 | revise the limitation period for commencing child abuse prosecutions. |
| HB 1239 | permit persons convicted of driving under the influence to operate a vehicle for 24/7 sobriety testing and to declare an emergency. |
| HB 1244 | require the county planning and zoning commission to publish certain minutes. |
| HB 1245 | revise the boundaries of the Central Plains, East Dakota, James River, and South Central water development districts, and to revise provisions related to the board of directors in the affected districts. |
| HB 1252 | revise certain procedures regarding real property assessment and taxation, to revise certain criteria for property to qualify for the nonagricultural acreage classification, to repeal the alternative assessment procedure for agricultural land based on agricultural income value, and to repeal certain provisions regarding the assessment of property. |
| HB 1258 | require that certain gift certificates conspicuously disclose information regarding fees and expiration dates. |
| HB 1271 | abolish the doctrine of abatement ab initio of a criminal proceeding and to provide for the posthumous sentencing of certain criminal defendants. |
| HB 1286 | provide for legislative redistricting by a bipartisan, nonlegislative commission. |
| HB 1297 | provide a maximum finance charge for short-term consumer loans and title loans. |
| HB 1299 | establish a task force to study highway needs and financing of highway needs in the state and to declare an emergency. |
| HB 1302 | establish notification requirements for certain relatives of children in the custody of the Department of Social Services. |
| HB 1303 | require the South Dakota State Library to deliver services and materials to residents in remote areas of the state, and to deliver those services and materials free of charge. |
| HB 1304 | implement the recommendations of the Indian Child Welfare Commission. |
| HB 1317 | require the Department of Education to develop a pilot program which provides certain school district information on a centralized website and to provide certain reporting requirements. |
| HC 1002 | Honoring Louie Krogman of White River, South Dakota, for setting the all-time scoring record for South Dakota boys' high school basketball. |
| HC 1003 | Honoring Brittany Davis of Waubay as the 2008 South Dakota Snow Queen. |
| HC 1006 | Honoring Marletta Pacheco for her efforts as the founder of the South Dakota Prisoner Support Group. |
| HC 1007 | Expressing appreciation to the groups and agencies associated with the observance of Native American Day at the Capitol. |
| HC 1009 | Honoring Drew Carroll for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. |
| HC 1010 | Honoring Drew Whitney for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. |
| HC 1013 | Honoring Lisa Jan Thvedt, of Beresford, South Dakota, for being selected to represent her state as South Dakota's Junior Miss 2007 in the America's Junior Miss Scholarship Program in Mobile, Alabama. |
| HC 1023 | Honoring the 2007 University of Sioux Falls Football Team and the students and staff involved in the football program. |
| HC 1024 | Honoring Toby Flint of Brookings as a recipient of a 2008 Prudential Spirit of Community Award. |
| HC 1028 | Honoring Emma Wang for earning a Siemens Foundation Award for excelling in math and science. |
| HC 1029 | Honoring Daniel Parrott for earning a Siemens Foundation Award for excelling in math and science. |
| HC 1030 | Honoring eleven top seniors from Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls as finalists for the Merit Scholarship Awards. |
| HC 1033 | Honoring Dora Brugier of Eagle Butte for her lifelong civic contributions as a Lakota storyteller, deacon, grandmother, aunt, mother, and community leader. |
| HC 1034 | Honoring Sue Horstmeyer for her years of dedicated service to the South Dakota education system. |
| HC 1035 | Honoring Sarah Thvedt as a distinguished finalist for the Prudential Spirit of Community Award. |
| HC 1037 | Commending and honoring Casimir Ziolkowski for pushing forward with his father's dream of the Crazy Horse Memorial. |
| HCR 1005 | To declare March 29, 2008, as Vietnam Veterans Day, in South Dakota. |
| HCR 1009 | Supporting full funding, at the federal level, for immigration and custom enforcement officers for the detention of persons who have been determined to be in South Dakota illegally and have been reported to them by local law enforcement officers. |
| HCR 1011 | Expressing the Legislature's consummate respect and appreciation for the service of Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. |
| HJR 1003 | To propose a constitutional amendment to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session. |
| SB 65 | define intentional exposure to HIV infection by sexual intercourse as a sex crime subject to registry as a sex offender. |
| SB 69 | add marijuana to the list of abusive substances for the purposes of determining child abuse. |
| SB 71 | establish a rural community-based energy development program. |
| SB 72 | make an appropriation for an engineering survey and a repair cost estimate of Richmond Lake Dam. |
| SB 89 | direct the State-Tribal Relations Committee to hold hearings on certain issues related to Native American health care. |
| SB 91 | establish design and construction standards for newly constructed or renovated state buildings, public school facilities, and higher education facilities. |
| SB 93 | revise the uniform commercial code. |
| SB 100 | revise the definition of certain public entities that are prohibited from making political campaign contributions. |
| SB 101 | 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 102 | revise certain provisions regarding the homestead exemption, personal property exemptions, and insurance and annuity exemptions. |
| SB 106 | limit state expenditures. |
| SB 107 | authorize county special assessments for certain improvements, maintenance, and repair to roadways in unorganized townships. |
| SB 120 | require that certain bond sales be competitive. |
| SB 122 | provide a legislative deadline for the adoption of the budget for the Department of Education. |
| SB 138 | require financial assurances for certain petroleum pipeline operations for the remediation of potential environmental damage and to declare an emergency. |
| SB 164 | clarify the application of certain statutes relative to contraception and birth control. |
| SB 172 | appropriate money to the Department of Public Safety to fund the South Dakota Highway Patrol. |
| SB 176 | authorize the Legislative Research Council to remodel, renovate, and furnish certain facilities on the fourth floor of the State Capitol Building for use by the Legislature, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. |
| SB 177 | revise certain provisions regarding the disposal of abandoned tenant's property left on leased residential premises. |
| SC 1 | Honoring and supporting Czech Days in Tabor, South Dakota, on the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary. |
| SC 3 | Honoring Tom Schlimgen of Scotland, for his dedication to the sport of baseball and his induction into the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| SC 8 | Recognizing and congratulating the Scotland Highlander Football Team for winning the 2007 State Class 9A Football Championship. |
| SC 16 | Recognizing 2007 as the Year of the Coaches at Scotland High School. |
| SC 17 | Honoring an outstanding South Dakota baseball enthusiast and family man Clement C. Fejfar of Tabor, South Dakota, for his unwavering commitment to his country, family, and community. |
| SC 18 | Commending and honoring the 2007 Habitat for Humanity—South Dakota Habitat Supporters of the Year: Laurie Shelton, Huron, Beadle County Habitat for Humanity; Barbara Garcia and Mayor Jim Shaw, Rapid City, Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity; Steve Helling, Brookings, Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity; Melanie Urich, Dacotah Tipis Habitat for Humanity; Rita Edwards, Madison, East Central SD Habitat for Humanity; Harry Kittams, Sioux Falls, Greater Sioux Falls Habitat for Humanity; Doris Holden, Pierre, Oahe Habitat for Humanity; First Financial Bank USA, Okiciyapi Tipi Habitat for Humanity; Clint Waara, Pierre, Sicangu Tikaga Okiciyapi Habitat for Humanity; Thomas Burns, Watertown, Watertown Region Habitat for Humanity; Barb Mechtenberg, Habitat for Humanity of Yankton County; Sicangu Takaga Okiciyapi Habitat for Humanity, Habitat for Humanity Midwest Resource Center; and StarMark, Sioux Falls, Habitat for Humanity—South Dakota, Inc. |
| SCR 3 | requesting all state agencies and all local governments which subsidize new business development in the state to require certain benefitting businesses to pay a living wage and to provide adequate health benefits to its employees. |
| SCR 5 | Urging the Midwest Independent System Operator to reconsider its pricing methodology with respect to certain energy transmission costs. |
| SCR 9 | Urging the use of market-driven upstream carbon offset programs in the development of regional carbon trading systems. |
| SCR 10 | Urging the Congress and the President of the United States to restore funding for the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System. |
| SCR 11 | Commending youth mentoring programs across the state. |
| SCR 12 | Recognizing the United States of America Women's Olympic Softball Team. |
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