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Senator  Jim Lawler - 1997
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Prime Sponsor
BillBill Type1Bill2Title
HB 1078HB1078to allow a school board to request a levy in dollars per thousand dollars of taxable valuation to meet its budget.
HB 1181HB1181to revise certain provisions regarding child protection teams.
HB 1204HB1204to provide that funds held in an irrevocable prearranged funeral trust be paid to a licensed funeral director, funeral establishment, or embalmer selected by the purchaser of the prearranged funeral trust or the next of kin of the purchaser.
HB 1217HB1217to increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
HB 1225HB1225to create a Legislative Ethics Committee in the House of Representatives and in the Senate.
HCR 1005HCR1005Urging the Board of Regents to make hospice care and pain management part of the core curriculum of the University of South Dakota Medical School and requesting the Department of Health to educate the public about the availability of hospice care and pain management for terminally ill persons.
SB 101SB101to provide for the payment of property taxes when a portion of the property has been purchased.
SB 106SB106to provide for protection orders in cases of stalking.
SB 196SB196to provide for civil enforcement of statutes against assisted suicide.
SB 224SB224to make odor subject to air quality regulation.
Co Sponsor
BillBill Type1Bill2Title
HB 1012HB1012to raise the minimum driving age and to repeal the provisions for a restricted minorÆs permit.
HB 1062HB1062to allow more time for a mental illness hearing.
HB 1063HB1063to require the state to reimburse expenses of mental illness proceedings incurred in behalf of residents of Indian reservations.
HB 1068HB1068to provide for six-person juries in small claims actions.
HB 1070HB1070to require payment of sales commissions after termination of employment.
HB 1075HB1075to provide for statewide open enrollment of students in public school districts.
HB 1077HB1077to allow for the purchase of certain items out of a school districtÆs capital outlay fund.
HB 1080HB1080to revise certain restrictions pertaining to carrying on similar business within specified geographical areas in sales of good will.
HB 1083HB1083to revise certain provisions relating to workers' compensation managed care insurance.
HB 1087HB1087to revise certain statutes pertaining to abortions.
HB 1088HB1088to prohibit partial-birth abortions, to provide a criminal penalty therefor, and to establish a civil cause of action.
HB 1101HB1101to provide the director of insurance rule-making authority to require proper disclosure and prohibit misrepresentation of life insurance policies.
HB 1102HB1102to authorize additional off-sale retail liquor licenses in certain municipalities of the first class, to provide certain restrictions for off-sale licensees, and to allow municipalities and counties to provide restrictions on off-sale licensees.
HB 1115HB1115to secure South Dakota Retirement System benefits for members whose employers are privatized.
HB 1139HB1139to allow early admission for certain kindergarten students.
HB 1143HB1143to require school boards to establish staff reduction and recall policies.
HB 1145HB1145to revise the list of projects included in a special appropriation to the State Fair.
HB 1151HB1151to require motor vehicle passengers under the age of eighteen to wear a seat belt.
HB 1152HB1152to provide for character development instruction in the school curriculum.
HB 1158HB1158to prohibit certain hog farming operations that have committed environmental or other violations from operating in South Dakota.
HB 1166HB1166to create the South Dakota Commission on Higher Pay, to prescribe its duties, and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1170HB1170to revise certain provisions regarding shoplifting.
HB 1173HB1173to require newborns to be screened for hearing impairment.
HB 1182HB1182to revise the places where vending machines selling tobacco products may be located.
HB 1184HB1184to revise certain provisions relating to school district elections.
HB 1186HB1186to allow counties and municipalities to regulate use, distribution, marketing, and promotion of instant, on-line, or video lottery.
HB 1194HB1194to revise the definition of domestic water use for certain hog farm operations.
HB 1199HB1199to prohibit the location of certain livestock feeding operations over shallow aquifers.
HB 1212HB1212to exempt transportation services, veterinarian services, animal speciality services, and gross receipts from certain auctions from sales and use tax.
HB 1233HB1233to prohibit the expansion of the number of certain licensed hospital beds.
HB 1234HB1234to provide certain compensation to legislators for constituent services.
HB 1236HB1236to place a time limitation on the solicitation of certain campaign funds.
HB 1237HB1237to establish certain limits on campaign expenditures.
HB 1247HB1247to extend medicaid benefits to all children whose family income is up to one hundred thirty-three percent of the federal poverty level.
HB 1248HB1248to provide for guaranteed access to health insurance.
HB 1283HB1283to make an appropriation for certain higher education grant programs.
HB 1284HB1284to establish fifty-five miles per hour as the speed limit on township roads.
HCR 1002HCR1002Urging the Secretary of the Navy to name the first of the fleet of new attack submarines of the Navy the "South Dakota."
HCR 1006HCR1006Requesting the Congress of the United States to pass legislation providing election campaign finance reform.
SB 111SB111to clarify certain provisions relating to the valuation of the insurable interest of certain property insurance policies.
SB 114SB114to revise certain restrictions on the detention of children in an adult jail or lockup and the physical separation of such children from adult prisoners.
SB 115SB115to limit the recovery of certain damages in cases involving the commission of felonies or certain traffic offenses.
SB 116SB116to permit headstart program directors to have limited access to the central registry for abuse and neglect.
SB 118SB118to revise the calculation of state aid to education.
SB 119SB119to revise the index factor for the calculation of state aid to education.
SB 120SB120to clarify certain provisions relating to insurance arbitration between insurance companies.
SB 121SB121to define medical indigence.
SB 122SB122to eliminate the requirement of a transfer hearing in certain proceedings against a delinquent child.
SB 123SB123to require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to eliminate exemptions from a tax.
SB 124SB124to revise the tourism promotion tax, to appropriate the revenue therefrom, and to declare an emergency.
SB 131SB131to provide for the temporary surrender of motor vehicles if the operator fails to provide proof of insurance.
SB 143SB143to revise the definition of the crime of stalking.
SB 151SB151to remove a requirement that sales of malt beverages by a wholesaler to a retailer be by cash only.
SB 160SB160to prohibit any person under the age of eighteen to drive a motor vehicle after consuming alcoholic beverages.
SB 172SB172to authorize a moratorium on certain hog confinement operations.
SB 176SB176to repeal the contractor's excise tax.
SB 185SB185to provide for a refund of taxes attributed to the construction of a new or expanded school district facility.
SB 209SB209to specify certain circumstances that create a rebuttable presumption that awarding custody or granting visitation rights is not in the best interests of a child.
SB 218SB218to establish the value-added agricultural loan fund, to transfer funds from the revolving economic development and initiative fund, and to continuously appropriate the money in the fund.
SB 229SB229to provide for a refund of taxes attributed to the construction of a new or expanded school district facility.
SB 233SB233to reinstate the Mickelson Scholars Program and appropriate money therefor.
SB 243SB243to require financial assurances for certain concentrated animal feeding operations for the remediation of potential environmental damage.
SB 247SB247to establish minimum employee benefits for recipients of economic development loans.
SB 255SB255to create a legislative oversight committee for economic development.
SC 5SC5Commending and honoring the 1995-1996 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Dr. Larry Lickfelt, Tyndall, School Superintendents Association; Larry Vavruska, Spearfish, Business Officials Association; Marly Wilson, Watertown, Elementary School Principals Association; Ivan Dixon, Martin, Secondary School Principals Association; Donna Gross, Vermillion, Supervision and Curriculum Development Association; and Virginia Tobin, Aberdeen, South Dakota Council of Administrators of Special Education for being named outstanding administrators by their respective administrator parent groups.
SC 8SC8Recognizing and commending the seventy-fifth annual Days of '76 celebration and rodeo.
SC 10SC10Commending the achievements of the Casey Tibbs South Dakota Rodeo Center.
SCR 3SCR3Requesting the appointment of a special task force to study a corporate franchise tax and propose a ballot measure and legislation concerning a corporate franchise tax.
SJR 1SJR1Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the vote required to eliminate an exemption from a tax.
SJR 2SJR2Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XXI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the South Dakota Retirement System.
SJR 4SJR4Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota to prohibit the taxation of inheritances.