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Party: Republican Term: New Member District: 23 Counties: Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson, Potter, Spink, Walworth Occupation: Self Employed/Farm |
| Committee | Chair/ViceChair | Days | Time | Room |
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| Agriculture and Natural Resources | Member | TTh | 7:45 AM | Room 414 |
| Local Government | Member | TTh | 10:00 AM | Room 414 |
| Committee | Chair/ViceChair |
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| Ag. Land Assessment Task Force | Member |
| Executive Board | Member |
| Long-term Highway Needs and Department of Transportation... | Member |
| Bill | Title |
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| HB 1093 | revise the boundaries of the James River Water Development District. |
| HC 1030 | Honoring the life of Thomas Schlachter of Gettysburg. |
| Bill | Title |
|---|---|
| HB 1104 | authorize a sentencing court to impose consecutive revocations of hunting, fishing, or trapping privileges under certain conditions. |
| HB 1142 | appropriate money for an adult farm and ranch management program. |
| HB 1164 | exempt certain trees from requirements related to the removal of vegetation and debris from township road rights-of-way. |
| HB 1171 | exempt any school district from the minimum size requirement if it operates the only remaining public high school located within the boundaries of any county. |
| HB 1172 | suspend for two years the requirement that certain school districts with low enrollment reorganize. |
| HB 1173 | appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute. |
| HB 1181 | establish a veterinary education loan repayment program for veterinarians who fulfill certain requirements and to make an appropriation therefor. |
| HB 1183 | leverage public investments in higher education facilities and grant programs with private moneys, to authorize the Board of Regents and the South Dakota Building Authority to contract for construction of the Higher Education Center-West River, to fund certain postsecondary education grant programs, to authorize the use of higher education facilities funds to construct the new dairy manufacturing plant at South Dakota State University in Brookings, and to make an appropriation therefor. |
| HB 1197 | allow single-family dwellings that are under construction or listed for sale by contractors to be classified as owner-occupied single-family dwellings for the purpose of taxation. |
| HB 1203 | limit asbestos-related liabilities for certain successor corporations. |
| HB 1213 | allow school districts to enter into group health insurance contracts that include dental and vision insurance, and to allow school districts to offer group life and group health insurance benefits to retired employees. |
| HB 1231 | increase the exemption on the proceeds of the sale of certain homesteads. |
| HB 1260 | require that a request for proposals be issued for certain state contracts for professional services. |
| HB 1264 | provide for the utilization of conditional early release bonds in regard to certain furloughs and paroles. |
| HB 1265 | allow sellers to receive attorney fees in actions involving the disclosure statement required for certain real estate transfers. |
| HB 1269 | provide for the governance of public postsecondary technical education and to provide for the transfer of authority for public postsecondary technical education from local school districts to the Department of Education. |
| HB 1275 | authorize electronic bingo devices. |
| HC 1001 | Honoring Coach Don Meyer for becoming the most winning coach in men's college basketball. |
| HC 1002 | Commending and honoring the 2008 Habitat for Humanity—South Dakota Habitat Supporters of the Year: Ward Cheney, Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity - Rapid City; Paul Evenson and Rob Boniface, Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity - Brookings; St. Joseph's Catholic Church, DacotahTipis Habitat for Humanity - Ft. Thompson; Paul Johnson, East Central South Dakota Habitat for Humanity - Lake and Moody Counties; Wells Fargo Financial, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls - Sioux Falls; First United Methodist Church, Hub Area Habitat for Humanity - Aberdeen; Nystrom Electrical Contracting, Inc., Oahe Habitat for Humanity - Pierre; State Bank of Eagle Butte, Okiciyapi Tipi Habitat for Humanity - Eagle Butte; Habitat for Humanity - South Dakota, Sicangu Tikaga Okiciyapi Habitat for Humanity - Mission; Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Watertown Region - Watertown; Martin Mazourek, Habitat for Humanity of Yankton County - Yankton; Larson Manufacturing and Larson Family Foundation, Habitat for Humanity - South Dakota. |
| HC 1015 | Commending and honoring the South Dakota Home Builders Association, their one thousand eight hundred members, and their eight local affiliated associations on their thirtieth anniversary, including the Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire, the Black Hills Home Builders Association, the Aberdeen Home Builders Association, the Watertown Home Builders Association, the Brookings Home Builders Association, the Lewis and Clark Home Builders Association, the Mitchell Home Builders Association, and the Oahe Home Builders Association. |
| HC 1016 | Honoring coach Tom Rogers for achieving his 300th win as the head coach of the Stanley County Lady Buffs Basketball Team. |
| HC 1017 | Honoring the Pierre Junior Shooters' BB Gun Team as International Champions. |
| HC 1018 | Honoring Dr. Robert V. Burns on thirty-five years of outstanding service to the South Dakota Legislative Internship Program. |
| HC 1020 | Honoring Elizabeth Volzke as a Prudential Spirit of Community Award recipient. |
| HC 1022 | Honoring Milo Smith of Pierre for his service to the South Dakota Legislature. |
| HC 1024 | Recognizing and congratulating Jeremiah Peterson of Canton for being named the Outstanding Wrestler at the 2009 State Class A Wrestling Tournament. |
| HC 1026 | Commending the Sturgis Brown High School Scoopers Wrestling Team on winning the 2009 South Dakota Class A Wrestling Championship. |
| HC 1027 | Honoring Terry Woster for his contributions to South Dakota journalism and culture and for forty years of reporting on the South Dakota State Legislature. |
| HC 1040 | Recognizing the South Dakota State University Women's Basketball Team on its outstanding athletic and academic achievements. |
| HCR 1002 | To honor and congratulate Barack Obama, the forty-fourth President of the United States of America. |
| HCR 1003 | Expressing solidarity with Israel in its defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip. |
| HCR 1005 | To honor and thank George W. Bush, the forty-third president of the United States of America. |
| HCR 1012 | Supporting the exploration and development of energy resources. |
| HCR 1013 | Reasserting sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers and serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates. |
| HCR 1014 | Urging awareness and support for reading programs in our homes and communities. |
| HCR 1016 | Urging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Western Area Power Administration to avoid overly restrictive wildlife criteria and overly burdensome procedural requirements that create unnecessary delays in the siting of wind energy development projects. |
| SB 70 | repeal the provision requiring a forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol. |
| SB 73 | permit persons sixteen years of age to donate blood under certain circumstances. |
| SB 89 | adopt the revised uniform commercial code, Article 7-Documents of Title. |
| SB 91 | allow any school district, for a period of three years, to expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation costs, for the purchase of property and casualty insurance, and for energy costs, and the cost of utilities. |
| SB 94 | exempt certain small wind energy facilities from property taxation. |
| SB 105 | require the State Brand Board to provide certain reports and information and to provide for Senate confirmation for Brand Board members. |
| SB 128 | create a limited electrician license. |
| SB 132 | allow resident students that attend school out of state to be counted in the resident school district's average daily membership for the purpose of distributing school and public lands funds. |
| SB 136 | repeal the provision that requires cooperatives to set aside a portion of the net proceeds as an education fund. |
| SB 154 | require new construction of certain structures and buildings to comply with the building code. |
| SB 180 | revise certain provisions concerning statements submitted by organizations making contributions to ballot questions committees. |
| SB 182 | repeal the methodology that assesses agricultural land based on its agricultural income value, to dissolve the implementation and oversight advisory task force, and to revise certain provisions concerning the assessment of real property. |
| SC 1 | Honoring and supporting Czech Days in Tabor, South Dakota, on the occasion of its sixty-first anniversary. |
| SC 2 | Honoring the memory and the life of Fred Koupal. |
| SC 12 | Honoring Chairman Michael Jandreau of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe for his dedication and lifelong service to his tribe, state, and nation. |
| SC 13 | Honoring Malcom Chapman of Rapid City as the 2008 winner of the South Dakota Municipal League Excellence in Municipal Government Award. |
| SC 15 | Honoring Anna Joy Thvedt, of Beresford, South Dakota's Junior Miss 2009. |
| SC 18 | Commending and honoring the 2008-2009 Madison High School Lady Bulldogs Gymnastics Team for its fifteenth consecutive state championship title in Class A Gymnastics and for setting the national record for consecutive gymnastics state championships. |
| SC 22 | Commending Steve Morgan for his election as South Dakota Sportscaster of the Year for 2008. |
| SC 25 | expressing the Legislature's respect and appreciation for the sixteen years of devoted service by Gil Koetzle, the first and only legislator in the history of South Dakota to be term limited out of the House of Representatives and the Senate. |
| SC 26 | Honoring Valerie Melmer for her outstanding commitment and service to the South Dakota legislative page program and the youth of South Dakota. |
| SCR 4 | Supporting transportation of horses to foreign processing facilities. |
| SCR 8 | urging the members of the State Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board to amend its treatment of certain food coupons, certificates, and other documentation as gross receipts. |
| SCR 10 | Supporting legislative efforts in other states addressing the need to provide for equine slaughter and processing in the United States. |
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