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Party: Republican Term: Incumbent District: 06 Counties: Lincoln Occupation: Construction |
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Home Address: 27543 468th Ave. Lennox, SD 57039 |
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Home: 605-941-1770
Capitol: 605-773-3851 Business: 605-941-1770 Email: Herman.Otten@sdlegislature.gov |
| Committee | Chair/ViceChair | Days | Time | Room |
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| Agriculture and Natural Resources | Chair | TTh | 7:45 AM | Room 414 |
| Local Government | Member | TTh | 10:00 AM | Room 414 |
| Bill | Title |
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| HB 1119 | revise certain provisions regarding riparian buffer strips. |
| HB 1140 | revise certain provisions regarding access to public water. |
| HB 1156 | require voter registration information be made available to the public by certain licensing agents. |
| HC 1020 | Commending the Department of Game, Fish and Parks and the landowners of South Dakota on thirty years of partnership to provide public hunting access through the Walk-In Area program. |
| SB 137 | revise certain provisions regarding the minimum hunting age. |
| SB 170 | direct the implementation of the requirements of certain provisions regarding nonmeandered waters. |
| SB 178 | provide certain exceptions from alcoholic beverage provisions regarding events conducted by certain civic, charitable, educational, fraternal, or veterans organizations. |
| SC 6 | Commending and honoring the 2017 Tea Area High School Boys Basketball Team and the students and staff involved in the program. |
| SC 7 | Commending and honoring Joan Allison, a second grade teacher at Legacy Elementary, on being named Tea Area School District's Teacher of the Year. |
| SC 23 | Congratulating and honoring Jeff and Janine Nielsen on being awarded the 2018 South Dakota Retailer of the Year Award by the South Dakota Retailers Association. |
| SC 24 | Honoring and congratulating the Matt and Paula Loewe family as the 2018 Farm Family of the Year as awarded by the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. |
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| HB 1074 | revise certain provisions regarding the creation of business improvement districts. |
| HB 1075 | authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of the Madison Cyber Labs (MadLabs) and the demolition of Lowry Hall at Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. |
| HB 1078 | revise certain provisions regarding the removal of security freezes. |
| HB 1082 | revise certain provisions regarding licensure for the lending of money. |
| HB 1086 | exempt certain assisted living facilities from the salon license requirement. |
| HB 1088 | revise the consignment sales requirements for dealers of motorcycles, off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, boats, and boat trailers. |
| HB 1093 | authorize certain insurance transactions and policies in a language other than English. |
| HB 1101 | revise certain provisions regarding used motorcycles offered for sale at an event. |
| HB 1102 | revise certain provisions regarding the use and display of the great seal of South Dakota. |
| HB 1103 | require state agencies to comply with the appropriate display or use of the state seal. |
| HB 1104 | revise certain provisions regarding the arrest of certain victims of domestic abuse. |
| HB 1106 | authorize hunting preference points to be granted to persons age ten years or older. |
| HB 1114 | establish certain requirements for students enrolling in resident school districts or assigned schools after participating in open enrollment. |
| HB 1116 | revise certain provisions regarding special interest motor vehicle license plates. |
| HB 1117 | revise certain provisions regarding the licensing of historical motor vehicles. |
| HB 1118 | make an appropriation to allow the Veterans Services Center in Sioux Falls to resume and enhance operational services on Saturdays. |
| HB 1146 | revise certain provisions regarding the consumption of alcoholic beverages by passengers aboard vehicles operated by licensed carriers. |
| HB 1148 | revise certain provisions regarding the eligibility to serve on the Game, Fish, and Parks Commission. |
| HB 1149 | prohibit the sale of certain industrial and construction equipment at a price higher than is offered to other buyers. |
| HB 1166 | revise certain provisions regarding waivers recommended by the School Finance Accountability Board. |
| HB 1174 | revise certain provisions regarding rights for crime victims. |
| HB 1176 | revise certain provisions regarding campaign finance disclosure reports. |
| HB 1185 | establish provisions regarding the storage of wine at certain licensed premises. |
| HB 1195 | revise certain provisions regarding refunds of motor vehicle license fees. |
| HB 1199 | prohibit collective bargaining by employees of the Board of Regents. |
| HB 1205 | require certain health benefit plans to provide coverage to persons with a serious medical condition for certain dental care services. |
| HB 1229 | provide for the primary enforcement of the seat belt law and to revise the penalty for a violation of that law. |
| HB 1230 | provide for the primary enforcement of the law prohibiting certain electronic communications while operating a motor vehicle and to revise the penalty for a violation of that law. |
| HB 1241 | establish an annual fee for certain electric motor vehicles and electric hybrid motor vehicles. |
| HB 1264 | authorize the construction of the precision agriculture building and certain renovations at South Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. |
| HB 1268 | provide for revised dates to prefile legislation. |
| HB 1311 | revise certain provisions regarding legislator salaries. |
| HC 1001 | Honoring Arlene Kvislen for her outstanding commitment and dedicated service to the State of South Dakota, the Legislature, and the South Dakota House of Representatives. |
| HC 1005 | Honoring the South Dakota Association of Rural Water Systems, Inc. on being named 2017 State Association of the Year. |
| HC 1006 | Expressing gratitude and admiration for all the men and women who are in active military service, who are veterans, or who are or have been first responders in our state. |
| HC 1007 | Recognizing and congratulating Sioux Falls Little League on their historic first season of Little League Baseball in 2017. |
| HC 1008 | Honoring and commending Jermaine Robinson and Brandon Peguese for their bravery in pulling Tami Crate from a burning vehicle and saving her life. |
| HC 1009 | Recognizing and congratulating the Sioux Falls Storm for the team's successes both on and off the playing field. |
| HC 1013 | Celebrating and honoring Tabor's Annual Czech Days festivities on the occasion of its seventieth anniversary on June 14-16, 2018. |
| HC 1014 | Honoring the Pierre Junior Shooters' BB Gun Team for winning the 2017 Daisy National BB Gun Championship. |
| HC 1015 | Honoring Brian Garrett for his outstanding commitment and dedicated service to the Oglala Lakota people. |
| HC 1016 | Commending the entire South Dakota Army National Guard on being elected as the overall winner in the 2017 Army Communities of Excellence Awards. |
| HC 1017 | Commending the South Dakota Army National Guard's 155th Engineer Company on being awarded the Itschner Award and the Reserve Family Readiness Award. |
| HC 1019 | To honor and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Vermeer Corporation and their contribution to the farming industry. |
| HC 1021 | Honoring and thanking Bonnie Luecke for her thirty-one years of dedicated service to Detachment 780, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, at South Dakota State University. |
| HC 1022 | Commending and honoring Shannon Tjaden for being selected as the 2017-18 Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Society for Health And Physical Educators (SHAPE) of South Dakota. |
| HC 1023 | Recognizing and congratulating Oran Sorenson on his induction into the State Wrestling Hall of Fame. |
| HCR 1002 | Recognizing the great need and offering support for additional mental health services in western South Dakota. |
| HCR 1004 | Urging the Governor to fuel the state fleet with premium E-30 fuel. |
| HCR 1006 | Commemorating the life of George Speaker Mickelson and calling for a bust of Mickelson to be displayed in the lobby of the State House of Representatives. |
| HCR 1008 | that tobacco, alcohol, and other drug marketing have no place in the lives of the children of the state. |
| HCR 1010 | Recognizing and honoring William Mervin "Billy" Mills, also known as Tamakoce Tek'hila, for his unselfish and loyal contributions to the State of South Dakota and to his country. |
| HJR 1004 | Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next election a Constitutional amendment to revise certain provisions relating to the rights of crime victims. |
| HJR 1005 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to fishing, hunting, and trapping. |
| HJR 1006 | Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to amendments to the Constitution. |
| SB 71 | revise certain provisions related to a license renewal for the practice of medicine, osteopathy, surgery, or obstetrics. |
| SB 91 | authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the design, construction, and equipping of a state veterans cemetery in Minnehaha County, to create a veterans cemetery fund, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. |
| SB 95 | revise certain provisions regarding ingestion of certain controlled substances. |
| SB 98 | revise certain provisions regarding the 911 emergency surcharge, the public safety 911 emergency fund, and revenue distribution and to repeal the 911 emergency surcharge sunset clause. |
| SB 99 | authorize the release of certain 911 emergency surcharge information to public safety answering points. |
| SB 100 | establish certain provisions related to grant monitoring and review and to revise certain record retention policies. |
| SB 164 | prohibit certain instances of inserting a urinary catheter without consent of the patient. |
| SB 173 | establish certain provisions regarding microbreweries and malt beverage manufacturers. |
| SB 181 | provide for the Servicemember Firearms Protection Act. |
| SB 183 | provide funds to the precision agriculture fund by revising the allocation of petroleum release compensation and inspection fee revenues and online lottery revenues and to repeal the ethanol fuel fund. |
| SB 199 | revise certain provisions regarding nonmeandered waters. |
| SC 5 | Commending and honoring the 2017 Tea Area High School Titans Boys Soccer Team and the students and staff involved in the program. |
| SC 38 | Congratulating and commending the Deuel Cardinals on their Class A High School Gymnastics Championship and their successful 2018 season. |
| SC 40 | Commending the South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing on being awarded the Distinguished Flying Unit Plaque. |
| SC 45 | Commending and honoring Greysen Hertting of the University of South Dakota, for being named the Summit League Diver of the Year for the fourth consecutive season. |
| SC 46 | Commending Reverend William (Billy) F. Graham, Jr. for his life of evangelistic ministry and efforts to reach the world with the gospel of Christ. |
| SC 50 | Honoring, commending, and thanking Sheriff Dennis Johnson, upon his retirement, for forty-one years of steadfast service in law enforcement. |
| SCR 9 | Strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of South Dakota and the Republic of China (Taiwan), supporting the signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement between Taiwan and the United States, and reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile. |
| SCR 14 | Encouraging Congress and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to overturn the rules regarding electronic logging devices. |
| SJR 2 | Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the militia of the state. |
| SJR 4 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election a new section to Article XII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the creation and administration of a trust fund with the net receipts from certain unclaimed property. |
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