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Representative  Oren L. Lesmeister - 2022
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Prime Sponsor
BillBill Type1Bill2Title
HB 1307HB1307revise the definition of cremation.
HC 8007HC8007honoring and remembering the life of Betty Lou Kost.
HJR 5002HJR5002proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, establishing the commissioner of agriculture and natural resources as an elected constitutional officer.
Co Sponsor
BillBill Type1Bill2Title
HB 1007HB1007codify a joint committee for legislative redistricting.
HB 1039HB1039provide for the assessment of certain agricultural land as noncropland.
HB 1066HB1066prohibit the personal possession of a loaded firearm while under the influence of marijuana or intoxicated.
HB 1067HB1067require the waiver of animal adoption fees for veterans
HB 1068HB1068clarify the processing of sexual assault kits performed on individuals ages sixteen and seventeen.
HB 1070HB1070clarify certain provisions of the rural access infrastructure improvements grant program.
HB 1075HB1075modify legal and official notice publication requirements.
HB 1076HB1076permit certain municipalities to elect aldermen at large.
HB 1089HB1089revise provisions related to abandoned mobile or manufactured homes.
HB 1092HB1092make an appropriation for the precision agriculture cybersecurity CyberAg partnership initiative and to declare an emergency.
HB 1093HB1093increase the annual fee for certain electric motor vehicles.
HB 1096HB1096revise provisions regarding livestock identification.
HB 1100HB1100revise provisions related to the video recording of certain victim testimony at a preliminary hearing or deposition.
HB 1112HB1112authorize the use of crossbows by senior hunters.
HB 1120HB1120include carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide capture companies in certain provisions regarding pipeline taxation.
HB 1131HB1131provide for a revocation of hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges.
HB 1137HB1137make an appropriation for high performance computing and data storage systems at South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency.
HB 1156HB1156revise provisions regarding weed removal along highways.
HB 1170HB1170incorporate the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings in the social studies curriculum.
HB 1171HB1171revise provisions related to missing children.
HB 1194HB1194make an appropriation to the Office of Attorney General to temporarily fund a position within the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1195HB1195direct the Indian Education Advisory Council to make an annual report to the Governor and the State-Tribal Relations Committee.
HB 1196HB1196designate the traditional flute as the official indigenous musical instrument of South Dakota.
HB 1210HB1210make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to provide grant funding for a new biomedical facility at the research park in Sioux Falls, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1214HB1214prohibit forms of caller identification manipulation and to impose a penalty therefor.
HB 1248HB1248make an appropriation for the erection of the South Dakota Sioux Code Talker Memorial and to declare an emergency.
HB 1264HB1264make an appropriation for the Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Office, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1268HB1268revise provisions related to name changes when obtaining a marriage license.
HB 1270HB1270require a defendant in a criminal proceeding to be physically present during the reading of victim impact statements.
HB 1273HB1273authorize the Department of the Military to purchase certain real property in Chamberlain and to declare an emergency.
HB 1277HB1277make an appropriation to the State Conservation Commission, transfer moneys thereto, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1296HB1296provide for the killing of mountain lions under certain circumstances.
HB 1316HB1316revise provisions regarding soil health in resource conservation and forestry and conservation districts.
HB 1320HB1320appropriate funds to reconstruct Custer West Dam and to declare an emergency.
HB 1323HB1323increase the amount transferred into the coordinated natural resources conservation fund.
HB 1325HB1325revise the classification of agricultural land according to soil type.
HC 8001HC8001honoring the 2020-2021 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Dr. Becky Guffin, Aberdeen School Superintendent; Fran Ruesink, Dell Rapids Middle School Principal; Susan Purintun, DeSmet School Business Official; Nick Gottlob, Spearfish Elementary School Principal; Mathew Raba, Belle Fourche Secondary School Principal; Joe Williams, Meade Assistant Middle School Principal; Dr. Tonia Warzecha, Tea Curriculum Leader; and Deb Muilenburg-Wilson, Sioux Falls Director of Special Education.
HCR 6007HCR6007Celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan.
SB 72SB72establish the crime of hazing and to provide a penalty therefor.
SB 84SB84make an appropriation for the design, renovation, and construction of a multi-purpose facility at the Cottonwood Field Station and to declare an emergency.
SB 92SB92require that taxpayer funded pool arrangements providing workers' compensation coverage demonstrate financial stability, reliable management, and fair pricing.
SB 137SB137establish gestational surrogacy arrangements and agreements.
SB 147SB147authorize the construction and operation of a nursing facility in Lyman County and to declare an emergency.
SB 149SB149establish a restaurant meals program as part of the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
SB 184SB184provide for limited elk licenses to landowners.
SB 197SB197require the POW/MIA flag be displayed in the Senate and House of Representative chambers.
SB 201SB201revise provisions regarding industrial hemp and to declare an emergency.
SC 804SC804Commending the South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing of Sioux Falls for being awarded the Distinguished Flying Unit Plaque and the United States Air Force Outstanding Unit Award.
SC 806SC806commending the Rapid City Babe Ruth 14U Braves baseball team for being the first South Dakota team to reach the Babe Ruth World Series.