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Senator  Craig Kennedy - 2018
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HB 1085HB1085adopt the Uniform Unsworn Domestic Declarations Act.
HB 1312HB1312establish the Tax Revenue Study Task Force to study tax revenue in this state.
SB 8SB8establish provisions as to how campaign contribution limits apply to certain aggregate contributions.
SB 95SB95revise certain provisions regarding ingestion of certain controlled substances.
SB 102SB102revise certain provisions defining gifts from registered lobbyists to public officials.
SB 154SB154revise certain provisions concerning the transfer of motor vehicle titles to satisfy unpaid motor vehicle repair bills.
SCR 15SCR15making formal application to the United States Congress to lawfully change the medical enrollment criteria for the Veterans Health Administration, to include all veterans who served in World War II and the Korean War and who received an honorable discharge or discharge under honorable conditions for their service regardless of current income status.
SJR 8SJR8making formal application to the United States Congress to lawfully change the medical enrollment criteria for the Veterans Health Administration, to include all veterans who served in World War II and the Korean War and who received an honorable discharge for their service regardless of current income status.
Co Sponsor
BillBill Type1Bill2Title
HB 1002HB1002revise certain provisions concerning campaign finance requirements.
HB 1003HB1003revise certain provisions concerning the content of the campaign finance disclosure reports and to declare an emergency.
HB 1075HB1075authorize 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 1076HB1076authorize townships to use a tax levy for emergency medical services.
HB 1077HB1077update certain language regarding capital punishment and to revise the mandatory sentence for persons with an intellectual disability convicted of murder in the first degree.
HB 1080HB1080revise certain requirements to qualify for emblem specialty plates for motor vehicles.
HB 1089HB1089repeal the South Dakota certified beef program and to transfer remaining funds from the South Dakota certified beef fund.
HB 1092HB1092revise certain requirements regarding municipal annexation resolutions.
HB 1100HB1100require a name be printed on public contracts.
HB 1101HB1101revise certain provisions regarding used motorcycles offered for sale at an event.
HB 1104HB1104revise certain provisions regarding the arrest of certain victims of domestic abuse.
HB 1109HB1109provide for parole eligibility for certain inmates.
HB 1118HB1118make an appropriation to allow the Veterans Services Center in Sioux Falls to resume and enhance operational services on Saturdays.
HB 1119HB1119revise certain provisions regarding riparian buffer strips.
HB 1123HB1123prohibit certain persons suffering from a severe mental illness from receiving capital punishment.
HB 1140HB1140revise certain provisions regarding access to public water.
HB 1143HB1143revise certain provisions regarding the tax exemption of certain school owned property.
HB 1151HB1151require persons transporting railroad employees to have certain insurance.
HB 1152HB1152authorize certain representatives of railroad workers to investigate the railroad for safety purposes.
HB 1154HB1154revise certain provisions regarding municipal lease-purchase agreements.
HB 1161HB1161revise certain references to the International Building Code.
HB 1163HB1163revise certain provisions regarding municipal publication deadlines.
HB 1170HB1170revise law on notarial acts.
HB 1173HB1173provide for inactive status of airport liquor licenses.
HB 1174HB1174revise certain provisions regarding rights for crime victims.
HB 1183HB1183revise the deadline for the certification of certain municipal ballot language to the county auditor.
HB 1195HB1195revise certain provisions regarding refunds of motor vehicle license fees.
HB 1202HB1202make an appropriation to the University of South Dakota law school.
HB 1204HB1204revise certain provisions regarding power of attorney.
HB 1213HB1213revise certain provisions regarding telephone and telegraph corporations.
HB 1218HB1218establish an independent legislative redistricting commission.
HB 1229HB1229provide for the primary enforcement of the seat belt law and to revise the penalty for a violation of that law.
HB 1230HB1230provide 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 1238HB1238lower the state sales and use tax on certain food items and to increase the rate of taxation for the sales and use tax on certain goods and services.
HB 1242HB1242provide for freedom of expression for students in school-sponsored media.
HB 1252HB1252prohibit certain government entities from restricting the wearing of tribal regalia during certain events.
HB 1253HB1253require schools to provide instruction on South Dakota's tribal history, culture, and government.
HB 1273HB1273revise certain provisions regarding convention facility on-sale licenses to sell alcoholic beverages.
HB 1293HB1293increase the penalty for certain assaults committed against firefighters, ambulance service, or health care facility personnel while engaged in the performance of their duties.
HC 1006HC1006Expressing 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 1007HC1007Recognizing and congratulating Sioux Falls Little League on their historic first season of Little League Baseball in 2017.
HC 1009HC1009Recognizing and congratulating the Sioux Falls Storm for the team's successes both on and off the playing field.
HC 1013HC1013Celebrating and honoring Tabor's Annual Czech Days festivities on the occasion of its seventieth anniversary on June 14-16, 2018.
HC 1014HC1014Honoring the Pierre Junior Shooters' BB Gun Team for winning the 2017 Daisy National BB Gun Championship.
HC 1015HC1015Honoring Brian Garrett for his outstanding commitment and dedicated service to the Oglala Lakota people.
HC 1016HC1016Commending the entire South Dakota Army National Guard on being elected as the overall winner in the 2017 Army Communities of Excellence Awards.
HC 1017HC1017Commending the South Dakota Army National Guard's 155th Engineer Company on being awarded the Itschner Award and the Reserve Family Readiness Award.
HC 1019HC1019To honor and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Vermeer Corporation and their contribution to the farming industry.
HC 1020HC1020Commending 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.
HC 1021HC1021Honoring 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 1022HC1022Commending 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 1023HC1023Recognizing and congratulating Oran Sorenson on his induction into the State Wrestling Hall of Fame.
HC 1027HC1027Honoring and thanking Spink County Deputy Sheriff Jason Kraft for his brave and honorable service and his heroic life saving actions.
HC 1028HC1028Honoring the life and public service of former State Representative Hal Wick on the occasion of his death on March 7, 2018.
HCR 1005HCR1005Commending and recognizing the numerous contributions made by South Dakota's social workers and recognizing March 2018 as National Social Work Month.
HCR 1006HCR1006Commemorating 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 1010HCR1010Recognizing 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.
HCR 1011HCR1011Making formal application to the United States Congress to lawfully enable the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide per diem reimbursement to eligible veterans in need of assisted living services.
HJR 1002HJR1002Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, regarding filling legislative vacancies.
HJR 1004HJR1004Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next election a Constitutional amendment to revise certain provisions relating to the rights of crime victims.
HJR 1009HJR1009Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to Article III of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, providing for state legislative redistricting by an independent commission.
SB 69SB69allow certain registration and permit documents to be stored and presented electronically.
SB 70SB70define the term, serve, for the purposes of regulating the sale and use of alcoholic beverages.
SB 76SB76revise certain provisions regarding voter registration.
SB 77SB77revise certain provisions regarding information provided to ballot question committees.
SB 79SB79authorize for voters with no party affiliation to sign nominating petitions for candidates with a party affiliation.
SB 84SB84revise certain provisions regarding public records.
SB 88SB88revise certain provisions in regarding disinterment permits.
SB 91SB91authorize 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 96SB96designate chislic as the official nosh of the State of South Dakota.
SB 120SB120require a minimum amount of paid sick leave for employees.
SB 122SB122provide for the payment of claims for covered services provided by a health care provider via telemedicine or telehealth.
SB 123SB123provide for the utilization of telemedicine or telehealth by a health care professional.
SB 126SB126revise certain provisions regarding municipal annual reports.
SB 129SB129revise certain limitations and penalties concerning campaign contributions.
SB 130SB130make an appropriation to the building South Dakota fund and to provide for the disbursement thereof.
SB 131SB131create the career and technical education consortium grant program and the career and technical education consortium fund.
SB 132SB132establish the Early Learning Advisory Council.
SB 133SB133revise the retention of state fiscal records.
SB 134SB134provide for the transfer of funds from the future fund to the education enhancement trust fund for the purpose of funding needs-based grants.
SB 135SB135revise certain provisions regarding the collection of confidential communications records.
SB 136SB136authorize other languages to be used in the process of issuing certain driver licenses and permits.
SB 148SB148revise the list of organizations that may approve and accredit a nonpublic school.
SB 159SB159revise the designated use of the additional net revenue from sales taxes collected from certain remote sellers.
SB 162SB162prohibit school lunch shaming.
SB 163SB163require certain reports in the event of an oil spill.
SB 164SB164prohibit certain instances of inserting a urinary catheter without consent of the patient.
SB 176SB176provide for certain employees in the Office of the Attorney General to investigate and litigate opioid misuse, to provide an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
SB 177SB177require an annual increase in certain state employee pay by an increase in the consumer price index.
SB 185SB185revise certain provisions regarding criminal record expungement.
SB 186SB186prohibit the cancellation or nonrenewal of a health insurance policy for a preexisting condition.
SB 188SB188require certain groundwater observation wells in the event of an oil spill.
SB 192SB192provide for the disclosure of certain documents and records of public officials.
SB 195SB195establish certain provisions regarding the state procurement process for internet, data, and telecommunications services.
SB 197SB197revise certain provisions on the protection of historic properties.
SB 199SB199revise certain provisions regarding nonmeandered waters.
SB 205SB205authorize the production and sale of industrial hemp.
SB 206SB206revise certain provisions to authorize for the inclusion of legislators in the South Dakota Retirement System.
SB 212SB212revise certain provisions regarding the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications assistance to schools.
SC 2SC2Congratulating and honoring the 2017 Madison High School Football Team and the students and staff involved in the football program.
SC 3SC3Congratulating and honoring the Colman-Egan Hawks Football Team for an excellent season and a victorious performance in the 2017 Class 9B State Football Championship.
SC 8SC8Honoring and commending Rick Williamson for his service to our state and nation and for his service as state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
SC 37SC37Honoring and congratulating Nash Hutmacher for winning the 285 pound weight class at the 2017 State Class A Wrestling Tournament.
SC 40SC40Commending the South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing on being awarded the Distinguished Flying Unit Plaque.
SC 43SC43Congratulating and recognizing Brittany Jessen from the University of South Dakota as the only player to be named Summit League Setter of the Year for the third consecutive season.
SC 45SC45Commending 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 48SC48Commending and honoring Chris Nilsen, who represented team USA as a pole vaulter at the IAAF World Championship in London, England.
SC 49SC49Commending and honoring Emily Grove, who represented team USA as a pole vaulter at the IAAF World Championships in London, England.
SC 53SC53Celebrating the memory and homecoming of Sergeant Philip James Iyotte and honoring him for his selfless service and ultimate sacrifice during the Korean War.
SC 54SC54Honoring and congratulating Nash Hutmacher for winning the Class "A" South Dakota State Wrestling Tournament in 2017 and 2018.
SCR 1SCR1Honoring the memory and accomplishments of President Grover Cleveland.
SCR 6SCR6Recognizing the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 2018, and the celebration of Human Rights Day.
SCR 9SCR9Strengthening 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 14SCR14Encouraging Congress and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to overturn the rules regarding electronic logging devices.
SCR 17SCR17Supporting and encouraging the continued evaluation of the Native American achievement school program at Todd County Middle School.
SJR 6SJR6to provide for the appointment process for the secretary of the Department of Tribal Relations.
SJR 9SJR9Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the authorization of certain games of chance in the City of Yankton.
SR 1SR1Confirming the legitimacy of, and South Dakota's support for, the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie.