2012 Regular Session

Revise certain record search fees charged by clerks of court.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Make an appropriation for emergency food assistance grants and to repeal the sales tax on food refund program.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Revise certain provisions regarding child custody during a soldier's deployment.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Revise certain provisions regarding the voting rights of persons convicted of a felony or serving time in the state penitentiary.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Prohibit the judicial enforcement of any religious codes.

Sponsor: Roger Hunt

Repeal certain provisions regarding the legislative review of state agencies.

Sponsor: Russell Olson

Provide for the designation of certified technology parks.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Provide a designation on certain nondriver identification cards, driver licenses, and permits that the card holders or licensees are honorably discharged veterans.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Haverly

Revise certain provisions pertaining to boating while under the influence.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Create an exception to the loan or credit limitations of state chartered banks.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Establish the elements of the offense of juvenile sexting and to provide a penalty therefor.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Establish the Teach for America grant program within the Department of Education.

Sponsor: Larry Tidemann

Criminalize the failure to report the death or disappearance of a child within a specified time by certain persons responsible for the care of the child.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Revise the definition of firearm to include certain antique, muzzle-loading, and black powder weapons in certain circumstances.

Sponsor: Hal Wick

Conditionally repeal certain provisions establishing network adequacy standards, quality assessment and improvement requirements, utilization review and benefit determination requirements, and grievance procedures for managed health care plans, and certain standards for managed health care plans if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is found to be unconstitutional.

Sponsor: Russell Olson

Exempt veterans from the twelve-month residency requirement for the purposes of tuition and fees.

Sponsor: Corey Brown

Establish a deadline within each semester after which no student may transfer to a school district other than the resident school district through the enrollment options program.

Sponsor: Brock Greenfield

Provide for the creation of a new state accountability system for public elementary and secondary schools.

Sponsor: Education

Recognizing the achievements of the South Dakota State University Women's and Men's Basketball Teams.

Sponsor: Jim Bolin

Appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Require the disclosure of certain public employee contracts.

Sponsor: Corey Brown

Revise the determination of fees that may be charged for certain public records.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Authorize counties to borrow money using promissory notes.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Declare that any person who maintains or provides roll-your-own cigarette machines at retail establishments are cigarette manufacturers.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Provide incentives to teach in critical need areas, to provide for rewards for the best teachers and those teaching in math and science subject areas, to revise certain provisions regarding evaluation of teachers, to create a system for evaluating principals, to distinguish between tenured and nontenured teachers, to revise certain provisions regarding the employment of teachers, and to repeal provisions regarding the teacher compensation assistance program.

Sponsor: Education

Revise the fee schedule for certain documents filed with the county register of deeds, to create a county and statewide fund for the purpose of modernizing and preserving records, and to distribute certain revenue.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Authorize the collection of fees for certain educational programming and services, and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Revise certain provisions with regard to the rights of industrial and construction equipment dealers.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise certain provisions relating to the township road system.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Board of Regents to implement the long-term capital project request of the Board of Regents providing for the demolition, construction, remodeling, or renovation of various structures on the campuses of the state's universities and to make appropriations therefor.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Make appropriations from the water and environment fund, the water pollution control revolving fund subfund, and the drinking water revolving fund subfund for various water and environmental purposes, to revise the state water plan, to authorize the construction and establish the state cost share for the Belle Fourche irrigation upgrade project, and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Make an appropriation for certain costs related to disasters and to pine beetle suppression and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Exempt certain impaired driving violations from the statutory limitation on enhanced penalties for second, third, or subsequent violations.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Increase the benefits that the Insurance Guarantee Association may become obligated to cover for annuities, to provide for retroactive application, and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Authorize the Board of Regents to purchase an airport structure for use by South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise the procedure for the discharge of civil judgments against a person who has received a discharge of debt pursuant to the United States Code, Title 11.

Sponsor: Joni Cutler

Revise certain provisions regarding the suspension of a driver license for certain alcoholic beverage violations.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Permit the Department of Public Safety to require certain accident reports to be filed by electronic means.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Repeal certain obsolete or unnecessary provisions pertaining to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.

Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Revise Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Joni Cutler

Provide for the establishment of a scholarship program for postsecondary technical institute students and to make an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Russell Olson

Revise certain provisions regarding habeas corpus.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Provide for mandatory HIV testing for any person convicted of prostitution or solicitation of prostitution and to provide for appropriate utilization of the test results.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Make appropriations for the purpose of one-time increases in education and health care funding.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise the list of products offered to consumers by motor vehicle dealers and sales finance companies.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Increase the authorized square footage for the motor pool building at South Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Allow for the cremation of deceased persons who are indigent and the funeral expenses are the financial responsibility of the county.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Permit the filing of certain documents with the secretary of state by electronic means and to remove the notary requirements.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Repeal the provisions regarding the assessment of real property located in a floodplain.

Sponsor: Eldon Nygaard

Revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Allow an arrest to be expunged when the criminal case is dismissed.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Update the definition of the nonsectarian textbooks that are loaned to certain students to include digital materials.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Revise certain publication date citations for references to the International Building Code.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise certain provisions relating to water development districts.

Sponsor: Lance Carson

Provide for the withdrawal of referred measures in certain circumstances.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise the filing deadlines for the nomination of certain independent candidates.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Clarify the definition of engaging in business in certain circumstances.

Sponsor: Todd Schlekeway

Establish a fee for payments returned to the Office of the Secretary of State due to insufficient funds and to provide for the distribution of the fee.

Sponsor: Larry Tidemann

Amend provision limiting the time used to determine if a violation is a third or subsequent offense.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise certain provisions concerning the investment of public funds.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise certain provisions relating to the posting of public notice for meetings of public bodies.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Provide for special motor vehicle license plates for recipients of the silver star medal, distinguished service cross, navy cross, air force cross, distinguished flying cross, bronze star medal with valor device, or the bronze star medal.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Exempt certain persons from the requirement to license as a mortgage loan originator.

Sponsor: Don Kopp

Amend rate stability provisions to include plant additions.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Revise certain provisions concerning elections.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Repeal certain provisions regarding reckless and unsafe driving.

Sponsor: Russell Olson

Require the Board of Education to conduct public hearings before adopting certain standards.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Revise certain terms regarding tort liability.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise and clarify certain provisions relating to the revocation of fur dealer licenses.

Sponsor: Larry Tidemann

Revise certain provisions regarding personalized motor vehicle license plates.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise the legal definition of the term, domestic abuse.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Allow returns and return information to be disclosed to officers, employees, and legal representatives of the Office of the Attorney General and other state agencies and departments.

Sponsor: Taxation

Allow for the development of an alternative benefit enhancement methodology within the South Dakota Retirement System.

Sponsor: Retirement Laws

Revise certain provisions regarding National Guard discipline and courts-martial.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Provide for the public access to the records of former Governors and lieutenant governors.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Repeal certain provisions regarding the temporary permit for a specialty license plate with an organization or first responder decal.

Sponsor: Transportation

Revise the rule-making authority of the Commission on Gaming to allow the commission to authorize the executive secretary of the Commission on Gaming to take certain actions on gaming licensees.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Revise certain provisions pertaining to reunification and termination of parental rights.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Implement the regulation of insurance coverage for portable electronic devices.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Authorize retailers to choose whether to submit pseudoephedrine purchase records electronically or in writing.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Revise and repeal certain administrative rules relating to the South Dakota Housing Development Authority.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise and repeal certain provisions relating to the South Dakota Housing Development Authority.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise certain provisions related to the calculation of state aid to special education.

Sponsor: Education

Revise certain provisions relating to the South Dakota Retirement System, the South Dakota deferred compensation plan, and the South Dakota special pay retirement program.

Sponsor: Retirement Laws

Concerning endorsement of Taiwan's participation as observer in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and the 28th anniversary of sister state relations with the Province of Taiwan in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Sponsor: Lance Carson

Honoring, commending, and thanking South Dakota Highway Patrolman Captain Rod Olerud upon his retirement, for his many dedicated years of service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman.

Sponsor: J Putnam

Honoring the Yankton High School Girls' Cross Country Team for their outstanding performance at the 2011 State Class AA Girls' Cross Country Meet.

Sponsor: Nick Moser

Commending and honoring Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as a National School of Excellence for Speech and Debate by the National Forensic League.

Sponsor: Joni Cutler

Commending and honoring Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, South Dakota, on receiving the designation as a Finalist With Distinction in the first annual Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence Program.

Sponsor: David Scott

Commending and honoring the National Merit PSAT Semifinalists Greg Berg, Sai Sai Chen, Jackson Erpenbach, Claire Gregg, Ethan Nemmers, and Hannah Purtell of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School for their outstanding academic achievements.

Sponsor: Joni Cutler

Commending and honoring National Merit Semifinalist Matt DeYoung of Sioux Falls Washington High School for his outstanding academic achievements.

Sponsor: Joni Cutler

Honoring, commending, and thanking Mrs. Aldena Ecklein for over forty-one years of dedicated service to the youth and families of the McCook Central School District.

Sponsor: J Putnam

Recognizing the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the reported death of Sacagawea in present day South Dakota.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Congratulating and honoring Maren Johnson of Watertown as South Dakota's 2012 winner of the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.

Sponsor: Roger Solum

Acknowledging the nine sovereign Tribes within the borders of South Dakota and recognizing Governor Dennis Daugaard for his dedication to promoting a cooperative government-to-government relationship between the Tribes and the State of South Dakota.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Haverly

Honoring Coach Gary Munsen for his many successes as the Mitchell Kernels High School basketball coach.

Sponsor: Lance Carson

Honoring, commending, and thanking South Dakota Highway Patrolman Jerry Boyer for his thirty-two and one-half years of dedicated service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Posthumously honoring South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Douglas Leigh Nelson, Sr. (HP 110) for his thirty-five and one half years dedicated service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman and a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Honoring and recognizing Collin Jensen on winning an individual state wrestling championship for Mobridge-Pollock High School.

Sponsor: Todd Schlekeway

Honoring, commending, and thanking South Dakota Highway Patrolman Sergeant Gene Barthel upon his retirement, for his many dedicated years of service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman.

Sponsor: J Putnam

Congratulating and honoring the Huron High School Tigers Wrestling Team, its coaches, and student managers for ranking second in the 2012 South Dakota State Class A Wrestling Championship Tournament.

Sponsor: Susan Wismer

Commending and honoring the 2011 Boys' State AA Soccer Champions of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School for their outstanding athletic performance for the second consecutive year.

Sponsor: Joni Cutler

Repeal the large project development fund and the appropriation therefor, to provide tax rebates for certain energy projects, to establish and provide for the administration of the business incentive grant fund, and to make an appropriation for the business incentive grant fund.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Commending and honoring Technical Sergeant Scott A. Richardson for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year.

Sponsor: Don Kopp

Revise the general appropriations act for fiscal year 2012.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Commending and honoring Chief Warrant Officer Three Brian Maschino for his selection as the South Dakota Army National Guard Warrant Officer of the Year.

Sponsor: Don Kopp

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XIII, sections 20 and 21 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the trust fund created from the proceeds of the state cement enterprise sales.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Congratulating and honoring Earle and Mildred Tanner on their 74th wedding anniversary and Earle on his 100th birthday.

Sponsor: Corey Brown

Commending and honoring Darin Peterka of Miller High School for his outstanding athletic performance.

Sponsor: David Scott

Urging the federal government to secure our national borders and enforce United States immigration laws.

Sponsor: Thomas Nelson

Commending and honoring Master Sergeant Kenneth A. Grunewaldt for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard First Sergeant of the Year.

Sponsor: Don Kopp

Commending and honoring 2012 Miss Teen Great Plains International Alaina Bertsch on her accomplishment.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Commending and honoring Captain Chris Long for his selection as South Dakota Army National Guard Lieutenant of the Year.

Sponsor: Don Kopp

Revise certain property tax levies for the general fund of school districts.

Sponsor: Russell Olson

Congratulating and commending Wyatt DeJong of Winner, South Dakota, and the Winner FFA Chapter for his outstanding year as the 2010-2011 National FFA Central Region Vice President.

Sponsor: David Scott

Revise certain provisions related to the treatment of persons with mental illness, including consent to treatment.

Sponsor: Health and Human Services

Repeal certain outdated and obsolete statutes regarding the Department of Education.

Sponsor: Education

Revise the state aid to education formula and to make an appropriation.

Sponsor: Russell Olson

Allow certain structures or facilities previously used as an elevator to be classified as agricultural property.

Sponsor: Jim Hundstad

Commending and honoring Spc. Dennis Jensen who was killed on active duty in Afghanistan.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Prohibit businesses and employers from establishing certain policies against the ability of an invitee or employee to store firearms and ammunition in a locked motor vehicle parked on the premises.

Sponsor: Russell Olson

Increase the number of video lottery machines that may be placed in a licensed establishment.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Honoring Courtney Peterson of Sisseton, South Dakota, as the recipient of the 2012 Miss Rodeo South Dakota crown.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Directing the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to return a mountain lion carcass or pelt to a certain Harding County resident and to reconsider its policy with respect to possession of mountain lion carcasses and pelts.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Exempt certain contracts from the competitive bidding requirements for water user districts.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Exempt from sales tax certain handling fees paid by religious organizations to approved relief agencies for the distribution of food which is provided for the assistance or relief of the poor, distressed, or underprivileged through food giveaway programs.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Revise certain provisions regarding educational data reporting.

Sponsor: Larry Tidemann

Repeal the South Dakota Commission on Health Care.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Limit copayment or coinsurance amounts for physical and occupational therapy services.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Establish provisions to exempt breastfeeding mothers or new parents from jury duty.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Revise certain provisions concerning elections conducted at voting centers and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Amend certain provisions related to interpreter services in the court system.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Authorize a carryover of the fiscal year 2012 state aid to special education appropriation to fiscal year 2013 for the purpose of maintaining federal maintenance of effort levels.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Authorize the publication of the names of certain delinquent taxpayers.

Sponsor: Taxation

Clarify the supporting documentation necessary for a request to implement the standard visitation guidelines.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Revise certain provisions regarding the rights of victims of crime.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Make an appropriation to continue the veterans' bonus program and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Permit a probationer who is a registered sex offender to reside in an assigned halfway house or supervised living center within a community safety zone.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Revise the purpose of the agriculture mediation program.

Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Revise certain provisions relating to the certificate of health requirement for the importation of animals.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Add certain definitions regarding the Department of the Military.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Allow for joint physical custody orders after a court awards joint legal custody if in the best interest of the child.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians and dentists who have complied with the requirements of the physician tuition reimbursement program and dental tuition reimbursement program and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise the suitability requirements for annuities.

Sponsor: Commerce and Energy

Appropriate additional funds and to extend the availability of appropriations to replace storage facilities at the Cottonwood Agricultural Experiment Station.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise certain provisions regarding liability for torts and product identification requirements.

Sponsor: Lance Carson

To propose a constitutional amendment to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Directing the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to return a mountain lion carcass or pelt to a certain Butte County resident and to reconsider its policy with respect to possession of mountain lion carcasses and pelts.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Revise certain provisions regarding the administration of the county legal expense relief program.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Clarify the procedures for the apportionment of funds among townships.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Revise certain provisions relating to the retirement of justices and judges.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise certain provisions concerning the construction of roads outside the road district.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Repeal certain provisions relating to licenses issued by the Board of Pharmacy.

Sponsor: Health and Human Services

Repeal certain outdated or unnecessary statutes related to the Department of Social Services.

Sponsor: Health and Human Services

Exempt air ambulance services from sales and use taxes.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Repeal certain outdated or unnecessary statutes related to the Division of Behavioral Health within the Department of Social Services.

Sponsor: Health and Human Services

Repeal certain statutes relating to the Bureau of Intergovernmental Relations.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise auditing requirements for water development districts.

Sponsor: Eldon Nygaard

Allow certain property tax documents to be transmitted electronically.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Urging Congress to adopt a proposed constitutional amendment limiting federal legislation to a single subject.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Retain certain members of municipal governing bodies in office following the redistricting of municipal wards.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Honoring and congratulating Orient, South Dakota, on the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding.

Sponsor: Corey Brown

Repeal the Governor's authority to enter the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact on behalf of the state, to repeal the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact, to provide for withdrawal of South Dakota from the compact.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Allow students attending nonpublic high schools to be eligible for the jump start scholarship program.

Sponsor: Nick Moser

Revise the political qualifications for brand board membership.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Recognizing the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Office of Legislative Affairs for its assistance to the State Legislature in carrying out the 2011 legislative redistricting process.

Sponsor: Roger Solum

Require Legislative approval before a health insurance exchange is created or implemented.

Sponsor: Betty Olson

Recognizing the week of June 25 through June 29, 2012, as Ag Week in South Dakota.

Sponsor: Bob Gray

Regulate the sale of dextromethorphan and to provide a penalty thereto.

Sponsor: Todd Schlekeway

Update certain provisions pertaining to motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials.

Sponsor: Transportation

Require public hearings for applications for oil and gas orders only if contested and to reduce the number of hearing notice publications required for oil and gas cases.

Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Authorize criminal background checks for various state employees.

Sponsor: Health and Human Services

Repeal certain obsolete statutes regarding the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Revise the term of service of regional railroad authority commissioners.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Revise certain provisions regarding the use of eminent domain by certain nongovernmental entities.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Revise provisions regarding the renewal process for certain third party insurance administrators.

Sponsor: Commerce and Energy

Revise certain provisions of the South Dakota Business Corporations Act regarding the issuance of shares and cumulative voting for directors.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Modify distributions from the wind energy tax fund.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Provide for a pilot program initiating two mathematics and science academies and to make an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Revise certain requirements pertaining to earnest money paid in a cooperative or cobrokerage real estate transaction.

Sponsor: Commerce and Energy

Revise the limitation on the increases and decreases that may be made to the total taxable value of cropland and noncropland.

Sponsor: Justin Cronin

Define a final stage manufacturer dealer and to provide for licensing of final stage manufacturer dealers.

Sponsor: Transportation

Revise the composition of the state trunk highway system.

Sponsor: Transportation

Impact education in South Dakota.

Sponsor: Russell Olson

Waive certain licensure requirements to hunt fox and coyote with firearms.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Toll any conviction for operation of a boat while under the influence when calculating the number of offenses for enhancement of a driving under the influence charge.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Provide for the establishment and maintenance of a felony domestic violence registry and to provide certain penalties for the violation thereof.

Sponsor: Peggy Gibson

Repeal certain provisions relating to health insurance standards.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Supporting the concept and further development of South Dakota First, an initiative for success and development.

Sponsor: Bill Van Gerpen

Requesting appropriate action by the Congress, either acting by consent of two-thirds of both houses thereof or, upon the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, calling a constitutional convention therefor to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require, with certain exceptions, that the total of all federal appropriations may not exceed the total of all estimated federal revenues in any fiscal year.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Haverly

Require certain day care providers to mail notices of noncompliance.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Require that the Legislative Research Council's internet site include a listing of votes cast by individual legislators.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Permit a probationer who is a registered sex offender to reside in an assigned halfway house or supervised living center within a community safety zone and to prohibit sex offenders who committed sexual offenses against children to qualify for certain residency exceptions.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Require the departments of Agriculture and Game, Fish and Parks to provide certain actions and funding specified in the South Dakota black-tailed prairie dog conservation and management plan.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Revise budget transfer authority for certain state institutions.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Enact certain provisions relating to the federal Indian child Welfare Act and to adopt the South Dakota Indian Family Preservation Act.

Sponsor: Jim Bradford

Revise certain provisions regarding the effective date of certain tax collection allowances.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Prohibit hiring discrimination on the basis of current employment status.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Amend the mandatory reporting requirements regarding child abuse.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Urging the members of the South Dakota Congressional delegation to sponsor and support the Marketplace Fairness Act and the Marketplace Equity Act.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Honoring best-selling author, J.A. Jance.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Authorize the South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority to make certain loans for certain energy development facilities and to provide appropriations therefor.

Sponsor: Jim Hundstad

Regulate certain automatic periodic financial transfers for the purpose of funding political contributions.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Require that all recorded votes of the Legislature be displayed on the Legislative Research Council's internet site and to establish a penalty.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Provide for the award of joint physical custody of children under certain circumstances.

Sponsor: Don Kopp

Establish a funding formula for institutions under the control of the Board of Regents.

Sponsor: Bob Gray

Encourage school districts to adopt a bullying policy and to establish a model bullying policy.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Require the placement of fluorescent orange material on certain big game hunting blinds.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

In opposition to certain actions by animal rights groups to undermine agricultural producers.

Sponsor: Bruce Rampelberg

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XVII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to corporations.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Provide a license for certain small scale mechanized mining operations.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise the number of ownership acres necessary to qualify for certain big game hunting licenses to be used on a landowner's own property.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Revise disciplinary action remedies of the Cosmetology Commission.

Sponsor: Commerce and Energy

Provide that hydraulic fracturing is an acceptable recovery process in South Dakota.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Haverly

Establish a pilot uninsured motorist identification database program and to make an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Haverly

Require evidence of financial responsibility at the time of vehicle registration, to provide for a motor vehicle insurance data base, and to provide for the administration thereof.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Revise certain provisions regarding the grounds for challenges for people making application for ballots during an election.

Sponsor: Local Government

Honoring and commending the twenty-fifth annual Menno Pioneer Power Show.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Make aggravated incest a violent crime for purposes of setting an initial parole date.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Allow the sale of health benefit plans approved in select other states to be sold in South Dakota and to grant the director authority to pursue a multi-state consortium to grant automatic reciprocity for the sale of health benefit plans approved by the participating consortium states.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article III, section 6 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to four-year legislative terms and term limits.

Sponsor: Joni Cutler

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election a new section to Article VI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the distinction between the rights of natural persons and artificial entities.

Sponsor: Jason Frerichs

Repeal and revise certain provisions relating to the Department of Corrections.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Repeal certain rules relating to use of the centennial logo.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article III, section 12 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to legislative qualifications.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Expand the Board of Military Affairs.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Commending and honoring those who served in the Korean War, on the sixtieth anniversary of the war's end.

Sponsor: David Scott

Repeal the authorization to sell certain surplus real estate under the control of the Department of Corrections in Aurora County and Minnehaha County.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Exempt federal veterans' disability benefits from certain support obligations and other claims.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Provide an exception to vaccination requirements for personal beliefs.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Lower 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.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Establish or revise the elements of the criminal offenses of obstructing an officer, refusing the lawful order of a law enforcement officer, and fleeing the scene of a potential investigation, and to provide penalties therefor.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Provide certain exceptions to Department of Game, Fish and Parks promulgated rules pertaining to the taking of mountain lions.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Provide for an interstate compact on public health care, to establish an interstate advisory health care commission, to specify the relationship between the member states and the federal government, and to assert the right to federal funding in lieu of certain federally funded incentives.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

To lower the state sales and use tax on certain food items if certain economic conditions occur.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Permit public bodies to keep minutes of executive session and to restrict who may review the minutes.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Separately classify, assess, and tax agricultural land that is leased for certain purposes that restrict the use of the land.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Urging Congress to clearly delegate responsibility for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing to the states.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Revise the residency requirements of the brand board membership.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Define vehicular homicide and vehicular battery as crimes of violence.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Allow voters to petition for the at large election of county commissioners.

Sponsor: Lance Russell

Require certain persons applying or receiving certain Medicaid financial aid or assistance from the state to submit to drug tests to check for use of controlled substances.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Exempt certain postage and markup for handling from sales and use taxes.

Sponsor: Shawn Tornow

Honoring Cheryl Wait of the city of Hot Springs as 2011 Municipal Finance Officer of the Year.

Sponsor: Mike Verchio

Revise certain provisions relating to the killing of any mountain lion to protect human life, livestock, or pets.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Increase the amount that may be played on a video lottery machine game.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Revise certain provisions relating to the South Dakota state flag.

Sponsor: David Scott

Increase the maximum occupational tax that may be imposed on transient guests for business improvement districts.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Establish the South Dakota Early Learning Advisory Council.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Require the direct billing of anatomic pathology services.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Congratulating State Representative Kim Vanneman of Ideal, for receiving the South Dakota Corn Growers Outstanding Legislative Leadership award.

Sponsor: Don Kopp

Place the caucus leadership on the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council ex officio.

Sponsor: Russell Olson

Establish an education funding goal for elementary and secondary education in South Dakota.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Revise certain requirements concerning the qualifications of petition circulators.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Provide provisions allowing for the practice of medical-aesthetic services by trained professionals, to provide registration and oversight of such providers, and to provide a penalty therefor.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Increase the personal property and annuity payments exempt from process, levy, or sale.

Sponsor: Larry Rhoden

Exempt certain counties from restrictions relating to the taking of muskrat.

Sponsor: Patrick Kirschman

Repeal the contractor's excise tax.

Sponsor: Jim Hundstad

Increase the number of allowable nonresident waterfowl hunting days.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise the issuance of temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Prohibit false advertising by limited services pregnancy centers and to provide for judicial relief.

Sponsor: Susan Wismer

Authorize certain party hunting methods and practices pertaining to the hunting of big game.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Revise the distance within which a school district may charge a fee for providing bus transportation to students.

Sponsor: Jon Hansen

Exempt wind farms and other energy facilities from taxation if located on an Indian reservation on land held in trust by the United States.

Sponsor: Jim Bradford

Create an oil pipeline indemnity bond program.

Sponsor: Larry Lucas

Provide the assessment and payment of taxes on certain school and endowment mineral rights leases.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Increase the fee for a payor to withhold child support.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise the index factor in the state aid to general education and state aid to special education formulas, and to require the Legislature to estimate general fund revenues for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Establish sanctions relating to the hiring of illegal aliens.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Congratulating the Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School Football Team and its coaches and student managers for their 2011 South Dakota State AA Championship season.

Sponsor: Todd Schlekeway

Provide safety provisions by requiring registration of certain family day care facilities, to establish notification and reporting requirements for violations, and to provide penalties therefor.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Prohibit the use of certain handheld electronic wireless devices for electronic messaging while driving.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Provide for the issuance of deer hunting licenses to certain landowners for use by family members.

Sponsor: Justin Cronin

Revise the definition of adjusted gross proceeds that are subject to the Deadwood gaming gross revenue tax.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Provide for a study of the feasibility of establishing an equine processing facility and to make an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Revise the allowable time periods for use of nonresident small game hunting licenses.

Sponsor: Jim Bradford

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article III, section 5 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to single member house districts.

Sponsor: Susan Wismer

Revise certain provisions regarding a municipality's ability to specially assess property for street maintenance.

Sponsor: Corey Brown

Include certain speeding offenses in the point system for traffic violations for the purposes of driver license records.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Prohibit political contributions by certain state employees to gubernatorial candidates.

Sponsor: Patrick Kirschman

Guarantee an employee's right to secure a physician and other medical services of their choosing for care under a worker's compensation claim.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article VI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the right of individuals to secure medical services of their choosing.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Guarantee the right of individuals to secure medical services of their choosing.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Remit certain sales and use taxes collected at county-owned fairgrounds to counties.

Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby

Repeal the taxes imposed on banks and financial corporations.

Sponsor: Daniel Lederman

Require the state to provide the public with access to an electronic database containing certain information on any loans, grants, or tax rebates provided by the state for the purpose of economic development.

Sponsor: Jason Frerichs

Prohibit the use of certain public resources to influence the outcome of elections.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise certain provisions regarding the public records open to inspection and copying.

Sponsor: Larry Lucas

Authorize the sale of nonresident duck hunting licenses in certain counties.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Restrict certain state purchases of gasoline to ethanol blends.

Sponsor: Jason Frerichs

Honoring and commemorating the anniversary in 2012 of the fifty-fourth annual Schmeckfest in Freeman, South Dakota.

Sponsor: Tona Rozum

Commending and honoring the 2010-2011 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota.

Sponsor: Val Rausch

Reduce the term allowed for covenants not to compete.

Sponsor: Patrick Kirschman

Commending and honoring the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers Boys Soccer Team for its 2011 State A Soccer Championship.

Sponsor: Patrick Kirschman

Permit a county to authorize temporary fencing within rights-of-way subject to its jurisdiction.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Thanking and commending the Teach for America corps members who live and teach in South Dakota for their tremendous efforts in working to ensure that every child growing up in poverty receives an excellent education.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Revise the circumstances under which motor vehicle headlamps must be dimmed.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Commending and honoring the community of Delmont on its one hundred twenty-fifth birthday.

Sponsor: Charles Turbiville

Honoring and supporting the Scotland Kuchen Feier on the occasion of its third annual event.

Sponsor: Jeffrey Haverly

Revise certain record search fees charged by clerks of court.

Authorize counties to borrow money using promissory notes.

Establish the Regional Watershed Advisory Task Force.

Prohibit registered sex offenders from circulating petitions and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof.

Establish the Legislature's Planning Committee.

Revise certain provisions concerning public meetings held by teleconference or videoconference.

Reduce the period of time necessary to cure and validate certain adoption proceedings.

Revise certain provisions relating to the conditional release of persons charged with domestic abuse.

Exempt veterans from the twelve-month residency requirement for the purposes of tuition and fees.

Regulate persons offering speech-language pathology to the public.

Prohibit rebates and regulate contracts for residential roofing goods and services.

Revise certain provisions regarding the voting rights of persons convicted of a felony or serving time in the state penitentiary.

Establish provisions that certain bonds paid by, or on behalf of, certain persons with child support arrearages shall be paid to the Department of Social Services to pay any child support the defendant owes.

Provide incentives to teach in critical need areas, to provide for rewards for the best teachers and those teaching in math and science subject areas, to revise certain provisions regarding evaluation of teachers, to create a system for evaluating principals, to distinguish between tenured and nontenured teachers, to revise certain provisions regarding the employment of teachers, and to repeal provisions regarding the teacher compensation assistance program.

Revise certain provisions concerning lobbyists.

Revise certain provisions pertaining to boating while under the influence.

Provide for an affirmative defense of compulsion for the crime of prostitution.

Establish the Teach for America grant program within the Department of Education.

Revise certain provisions related to the distribution of funds to sparse school districts.

Revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012 and to declare an emergency.

Create an exception to the loan or credit limitations of state chartered banks.

Require the school board of each school district to adopt a policy prohibiting bullying.

Appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.

Revise certain provisions concerning the investment of public funds.

Provide for special motor vehicle license plates for recipients of the silver star medal, distinguished service cross, navy cross, air force cross, distinguished flying cross, bronze star medal with valor device, or the bronze star medal.

Revise certain provisions relating to the disposal of local government property.

Amend provision limiting the time used to determine if a violation is a third or subsequent offense.

Exempt certain impaired driving violations from the statutory limitation on enhanced penalties for second, third, or subsequent violations.

Authorize the Bureau of Administration to construct a maintenance shop in Pierre, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Exempt bedding used for agricultural purposes from sales and use taxes.

Increase the benefits that the Insurance Guarantee Association may become obligated to cover for annuities, to provide for retroactive application, and to declare an emergency.

Provide for a special license plate for certain persons on active duty in the military.

Modify the ethanol production incentive payment to include qualified producers of biobutanol.

Revise the procedure for cooperatives giving notice to persons whose records are missing regarding ownership of securities, apportionment of equity interest, money, or property.

Make an appropriation for certain costs related to disasters and to pine beetle suppression and to declare an emergency.

Authorize the Board of Regents to purchase an airport structure for use by South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

Modify the requirements relating to the publication of the administrative rules.

Allow certain alcoholic beverage licensees to charge a corkage fee for serving wine supplied by customers and to allow customers to remove a partially consumed bottle of wine from certain alcoholic beverage licensees.

Revise certain statutes pertaining to persons required to report child abuse and neglect.

Permit the filing of certain documents with the secretary of state by electronic means and to remove the notary requirements.

Allow for the cremation of deceased persons who are indigent and the funeral expenses are the financial responsibility of the county.

Revise certain provisions regulating the investment of unneeded state operating expenses in banks.

Revise the list of products offered to consumers by motor vehicle dealers and sales finance companies.

Revise Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

Revise certain provisions regarding habeas corpus.

Revise the procedures for filing referred laws, initiated constitutional amendments, and initiated measures and to revise certain election provisions and campaign finance requirements for referred laws, initiated constitutional amendments, and initiated measures.

Prohibit the sale of loose leaf incense to minors, to prohibit certain marketing techniques, to regulate the sale of certain types of incense, to provide penalties therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Allow for the redistribution of existing nursing facility beds.

Make appropriations for the purpose of one-time increases in education and health care funding.

Authorize the establishment, operation, and control of research parks on lands controlled by the Board of Regents.

Allow an arrest to be expunged when the criminal case is dismissed.

Revise the time period for which unclaimed property is presumed abandoned and to revise certain provisions regarding the publication notice of unclaimed property.

Revise certain provisions concerning the bonding authority of the South Dakota Conservancy District.

Increase the authorized square footage for the motor pool building at South Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012.

Establish strangulation as one element of the crime of aggravated assault.

Revise certain provisions relating to the township road system.

Revise certain provisions regarding the sale of certain surplus property in Yankton County.

Revise certain provisions concerning the application for absentee voting.

Authorize the collection of fees for certain educational programming and services, and to declare an emergency.

Revise the fee schedule for certain documents filed with the county register of deeds, to create a county and statewide fund for the purpose of modernizing and preserving records, and to distribute certain revenue.

Authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Board of Regents to implement the long-term capital project request of the Board of Regents providing for the demolition, construction, remodeling, or renovation of various structures on the campuses of the state's universities and to make appropriations therefor.

Amend certain limited liability company language.

Require the Board of Education to conduct public hearings before adopting certain standards.

Repeal certain provisions regarding reckless and unsafe driving.

Revise certain provisions regarding the payment for rape and sexual offense examinations.

Revise and repeal certain provisions relating to the South Dakota Housing Development Authority.

Implement the regulation of insurance coverage for portable electronic devices.

Provide provisions that all documents filed with and maintained by the Office of the Secretary of State may be filed electronically.

Allow political subdivisions of the state to operate as organizations formed under § 58-18-52 for the purchase of health insurance.

Exempt certain developer-installed storm sewer detention ponds from public procurement bid requirements.

Revise the license fee for snowmobiles and to revise the period of such license.

Allow military spouses to receive unemployment compensation if they leave their jobs due to a spouse's military transfer.

Repeal the sunset provision on certain statutes relating to nursing homes on Indian reservations.

Revise certain provisions related to the calculation of state aid to special education.

Revise certain provisions relating to military law.

Revise and repeal certain administrative rules relating to the South Dakota Housing Development Authority.

Authorize the Governor's Office of Economic Development to create and administer a working capital loan program.

Revise certain provisions regarding National Guard discipline and courts-martial.

Repeal certain provisions regarding the temporary permit for a specialty license plate with an organization or first responder decal.

Revise certain provisions pertaining to reunification and termination of parental rights.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to a balanced budget.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XIII, sections 20 and 21 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the trust fund created from the proceeds of the state cement enterprise sales.

Repeal certain outdated and obsolete statutes regarding the Department of Education.

Make an appropriation to continue the veterans' bonus program and to declare an emergency.

Revise certain provisions concerning mechanical pull-tab devices.

Establish and revise certain provisions and penalties related to the regulation of grain warehouses, grain buyers, and warehouse receipts.

Permit a probationer who is a registered sex offender to reside in an assigned halfway house or supervised living center within a community safety zone.

Clarify certain requirements relating to insurance examinations.

Revise the purpose of the agriculture mediation program.

Revise the suitability requirements for annuities.

Increase the penalty for leaving the brand inspection area without necessary inspection and authorization.

Place certain substances on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency.

Establish provisions to exempt breastfeeding mothers or new parents from jury duty.

Allow for joint physical custody orders after a court awards joint legal custody if in the best interest of the child.

Make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.

Make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians and dentists who have complied with the requirements of the physician tuition reimbursement program and dental tuition reimbursement program and to declare an emergency.

Exempt from sales tax certain handling fees paid by religious organizations to approved relief agencies for the distribution of food which is provided for the assistance or relief of the poor, distressed, or underprivileged through food giveaway programs.

Authorize a carryover of the fiscal year 2012 state aid to special education appropriation to fiscal year 2013 for the purpose of maintaining federal maintenance of effort levels.

Revise certain provisions regarding the excuse from attendance of children receiving alternative instruction.

Amend certain provisions related to interpreter services in the court system.

Clarify the supporting documentation necessary for a request to implement the standard visitation guidelines.

Revise certain provisions regarding the rights of victims of crime.

Revise certain provisions relating to state employees and to the administration of state personnel matters.

Revise the exemptions for insurance agent examinations.

Repeal certain provisions relating to licenses issued by the Board of Pharmacy.

Repeal certain provisions allowing for the certification of technology parks and to allow public or private developers to apply for certification.

Repeal certain obsolete statutes relating to the State Cement Plant Commission.

Repeal certain provisions regarding the full-time equivalent staffing report.

Repeal certain statutes relating to the Bureau of Intergovernmental Relations.

Repeal certain outdated or unnecessary statutes related to the Division of Behavioral Health within the Department of Social Services.

Repeal certain outdated and obsolete statutes and rules related to the Department of Health.

Repeal and revise certain outdated provisions relating to the Department of Human Services.

Require certain applicants for licensure as a health professional or a licensee who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation to submit to a state and federal criminal background check.

Update certain provisions pertaining to motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials.

Authorize municipalities to establish incidental accounts.

Revise the definition of domestic use of water.

Revise the term of service of regional railroad authority commissioners.

Repeal certain obsolete statutes regarding the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Authorize criminal background checks for various state employees.

Increase the amount of income and principal of a perpetual fund used to maintain a cemetery.

Repeal and to make style and form revisions to certain provisions related to the Department of Human Services.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XVII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to corporations.

Expand the Board of Military Affairs.

Repeal and revise certain provisions relating to the Department of Corrections.

Repeal certain rules relating to use of the centennial logo.

Make aggravated incest a violent crime for purposes of setting an initial parole date.