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Track 648 bills from the South Dakota 2013 legislative session. 260 bills have passed. View South Dakota House of Representatives and Senate legislation, sponsors, and voting records.
Bills (648)
Impact education in South Dakota, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Justin Cronin
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
Allow licensed insurance agents to act as consultants in certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Allow certain opportunity scholarship recipients who graduate early to use the remainder of their scholarship award for graduate studies.
Sponsor: Paula Hawks
Establish the public purpose and goals of postsecondary education, to provide for the funding of higher education, and to create the Council on Higher Education Policy Goals, Performance, and Accountability.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Repeal certain provisions relating to the deferral of action by municipalities on committee reports.
Sponsor: Steve Westra
Revise certain requirements regarding when an insurer's certificate of authority may be revoked.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Authorize the Department of Social Services to dismantle, demolish, preserve, or rehabilitate buildings on the Human Services Center campus in Yankton, South Dakota, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Extend the sunset date for certain expenditures from a school district's capital outlay fund.
Sponsor: Bill Van Gerpen
Make an appropriation for the construction of a maintenance building and to authorize the razing of three buildings at the STAR Academy in Custer County.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Prohibit certain persons who fail to pay certain campaign finance related penalties from running for office.
Sponsor: Kristin Conzet
Revise certain requirements relating to health insurance plans for county officers and employees.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Provide for the sale of the state's interests in certain real estate and improvements located at the Human Services Center campus.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise certain provisions regarding informational directional signing on the interstate right-of-way.
Sponsor: Larry Tidemann
Define certain terms relating to bail bonds.
Sponsor: Steve Hickey
Adopt updated guidelines for the evaluation of permanent impairment in connection with workers' compensation claims.
Sponsor: Jean Hunhoff
Revise certain provisions for a secondary election if the candidates for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, or Governor do not receive a sufficient percentage of the votes cast during a primary election.
Sponsor: Blaine Campbell
Revise the General Appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
Sponsor: Deb Peters
Clarify the open meetings requirement as applied to the Public Utilities Commission.
Sponsor: Corey Brown
Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of swine teaching and research facilities at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Establish Good Earth State Park at Blood Run in Lincoln County.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Require the Legislature to approve bonds for lease purchase agreements with the four postsecondary technical institutes, and to approve bonds for lease purchase agreements with Western Dakota Technical Institute and Southeast Technical Institute.
Sponsor: Dan Dryden
Revise certain provisions concerning the agricultural land task force.
Sponsor: David Lust
Revise certain provisions concerning the notice given to municipalities and counties for bingo games and lotteries.
Sponsor: Blaine Campbell
Clarify, remove inconsistencies from, and revise certain provisions relating to the formation and operation of watershed districts.
Sponsor: Jason Frerichs
Revise the maximum weight allowed on certain wide-based super single tires.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Provide a limited exception to the provisions that exempt sport shooting ranges from the public nuisance laws and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Scott Ecklund
Revise provisions related to consent to sexual activity.
Sponsor: Deb Peters
Revise certain provisions related to the filing of the certificate of limited partnerships.
Sponsor: David Lust
Permit the euthanization of wildlife that have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Exempt certain property from bankruptcy levy.
Sponsor: Steve Hickey
Revise certain reversion provisions relating to funding in the Governor's Office of Economic Development for the purpose of enhancing military value of Ellsworth Air Force Base, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
Provide for the appointment of members of the South Dakota Pulse Crops Council.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Revise the membership of the Judicial Qualifications Commission.
Sponsor: Corey Brown
Authorize the South Dakota Building Authority to finance the construction of improvements in the state park system for the Department of Game, Fish and Parks and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Amend provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code relating to electronic funds transfers and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Deb Soholt
Revise certain provisions regarding the application of the collection allowance credit for collecting the sales tax.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Restructure the policy advisory committee for animal damage control.
Sponsor: Betty Olson
Correct the name of a postsecondary institution authorized to provide educational programs in South Dakota, and to revise the requirements for an institution seeking such authorization.
Sponsor: Jean Hunhoff
Revise certain provisions concerning campaign finance.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Revise the massage therapy licensing requirements.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Permit the use of golf carts under certain circumstances within state parks or recreation areas.
Sponsor: Tim Rounds
Create the critical teaching needs scholarship program, to make an appropriation to the education enhancement trust fund to provide for the annual funding of the scholarships, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Timothy Rave
Increase the surcharge on certain hunting licenses for predator control purposes, approve temporary funding provisions relating to predator control, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Betty Olson
Revise certain provisions relating to liability and to worker's compensation and disability payments for law enforcement officers performing duties in other jurisdictions.
Sponsor: Craig Tieszen
Clarify the application of certain open meetings provisions to certain three-member public boards.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise certain definitions regarding the appraiser certification program.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Provide for the transfer and appropriation of funds upon the occurrence of certain events and to assist rural counties in the recruitment of attorneys.
Sponsor: Brian Gosch
Create the South Dakota Athletic Commission and to provide for the supervision of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts competitions and sparring exhibitions in the state.
Sponsor: Mark Johnston
Revise the crime of rustling to include sheep and goats.
Sponsor: Betty Olson
Increase the commercial fertilizer inspection fee for purposes of fertilizer-related research and to create the Nutrient Research Education Council to promote such research.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Clarify the authority of the interim rules review committee.
Sponsor: Jean Hunhoff
Make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to fund certain improvements to the state park system.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Reinstate certain provisions repealed in the Eighty-seventh Legislative Session regarding the accounting for federal impact aid.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
Revise provisions regarding the South Dakota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act.
Sponsor: Tim Rounds
Revise certain provisions pertaining to snowmobile operation.
Sponsor: Don Kopp
Provide alternative brand inspection procedures for certain rodeo livestock.
Sponsor: Troy Heinert
Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of an indoor practice and human performance facility on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Clarify the deliberative process exception to certain open records provisions.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Allow regional intergovernmental cooperation for sewer utilities and to provide for the establishment of rates and charges.
Sponsor: Scott Munsterman
Provide for expenditures for early learning services from the special education fund, and to revise certain provisions regarding state aid to special education.
Sponsor: Education
Revise certain provisions regarding alternative apportionment methods available for determination of the bank franchise tax.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Prohibit the disposal of certain oil and gas field wastes.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Repeal and revise certain obsolete and unnecessary statutes and rules relating to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Revise certain provisions concerning elections and petitions.
Sponsor: Local Government
Revise the distribution of the wind energy tax.
Sponsor: Larry Rhoden
Revise the membership of the Legislative Planning Committee.
Sponsor: Scott Munsterman
Prohibit certain minors from using wireless communication devices while operating motor vehicles upon the public highways.
Sponsor: Transportation
Revise and clarify requirements relating to limits of small game and fish taken by small game hunting parties and fishing parties.
Sponsor: Spencer Hawley
Repeal and reenact certain provisions regarding forestry and fire suppression.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Increase certain levies relating to predator control districts.
Sponsor: Betty Olson
Revise various trust and trust company provisions.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Make an appropriation for costs related to the suppression of mountain pine beetles, to establish a cost share program with the counties in the state, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Provide for the funding of educational programs for children in residential treatment centers, intensive residential treatment centers, or licensed group care centers.
Sponsor: Jim White
Revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Allow disqualification of commercial driver licenses for violations of federal, state, or local texting bans while driving a commercial vehicle to comply with federal regulations and requirements.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Repeal and revise certain statutes related to the Animal Industry Board.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Grant limited immunity for the provision of voluntary medical services under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Scott Ecklund
Require the Department of Labor and Regulation to determine certain job placement outcomes for graduates of all public postsecondary education institutions in the state.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Make an appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Prohibit the release of medical waste and to provide a penalty therefor.
Sponsor: Mark Mickelson
Require the reporting of the outcomes of certain licensure and certification examinations.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Exempt credit health insurers from certain provisions related to preexisting conditions.
Sponsor: Tim Rounds
Provide for openness in certain electronic records databases and to open certain information regarding electronic record systems.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise the terms and expiration dates of appointees to certain boards and commissions.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Appropriate money to the Board of Regents to fund the expansion of information systems programs and cyber security programs at Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Revise and repeal certain provisions related to the Department of Agriculture.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Revise the provisions regarding plugging and performance bonds for oil and gas wells and to repeal the supplemental restoration bond requirement.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
Provide for special organ donation decals for license plates.
Sponsor: David Lust
Establish a classroom innovation grant program and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: David Lust
Clarify the maintenance responsibilities on unimproved section lines.
Sponsor: Mike Vehle
Revise certain provisions related to the regulation of captive insurance companies.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Increase the expense allowances of legislators.
Sponsor: David Novstrup
Transfer the value added agriculture subfund from the Governor's Office of Economic Development to the Department of Agriculture.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Allow the use of dogs to hunt mountain lions and leashed dogs to track and retrieve wounded or presumed dead big game animals.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Revise certain provisions relating to the administrative office and to the appointment and direction of the executive director of the South Dakota Wheat Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission.
Sponsor: Julie Bartling
Revise the number of years that permits to carry a concealed weapon are valid.
Sponsor: Larry Rhoden
Appropriate funds for deposit into the need-based grant fund, to provide for annual funding of the need-based grant fund with a portion of the funds received from the education enhancement trust fund, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Revise and expand certain provisions related to organ and tissue donation.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Establish a penalty for a juvenile convicted as an adult of a Class A or B felony and allow a sentence of up to life imprisonment after a sentencing hearing.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Authorize certain pesticide applicators to apply pesticide on their own property.
Sponsor: Brock Greenfield
Make certain form and style changes regarding the bank franchise tax.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Create the building South Dakota fund and certain other funds and programs to enhance economic development and education, to make certain deposits and transfers, to make continuous appropriations, to revise certain education funding to support economic development, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Corey Brown
Amend provisions relating to violations of no contact orders.
Sponsor: David Novstrup
Provide for the issuance of additional retail fireworks licenses.
Sponsor: Dan Dryden
Revise the style and form of certain provisions, to amend certain provisions to streamline and clarify, and to repeal certain obsolete and unnecessary provisions pertaining to the Real Estate Commission.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Exempt certain property used for educational purposes from taxation.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Require that newborns be screened for congenital heart defects.
Sponsor: Jean Hunhoff
Revise certain provisions relating to out-of-country foreign judgments.
Sponsor: Daniel Lederman
Extend general immunity from liability for directors and officers of certain nonprofit fire and ambulance departments and to limit certain actions for personal injury or death.
Sponsor: Tim Rounds
Revise the period during which fireworks may be discharged.
Sponsor: Jim Stalzer
Establish a local government road improvement grant fund for the purpose of serving new agricultural facilities and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Revise the state aid to general education formula by including an adjustment for students with limited English proficiency.
Sponsor: Jim White
Authorize township boards to increase the front foot assessment for road maintenance, repairs, and improvements and to revise certain provisions concerning road districts established by townships.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Require the forfeiture of preference points for certain hunting licenses upon conviction of unlawfully killing, destroying, taking, or possessing trophy animals.
Sponsor: Larry Rhoden
Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of an addition, remodeling, and renovation of Medary Commons on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Authorize the Board of Regents to purchase a structure for use by South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Provide remedies for assets omitted from the division of property in the entry of a divorce decree.
Sponsor: Mike Stevens
Authorize the Board of Regents to construct multi-use storage facilities at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Revise the location of the cow-calf research and education unit authorized in chapter 107 of the 2012 Session Laws.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Revise certain provisions concerning the content of annual property tax bill.
Sponsor: Al Novstrup
Provide licensing reciprocity for social workers.
Sponsor: Corey Brown
Determine whether factors affecting productivity should be applied if the actual use of agricultural land does not correspond to the soil classification standards.
Sponsor: Larry Rhoden
Revise certain provisions concerning absentee voting.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Regulate certain market activity in a health exchange.
Sponsor: Ried Holien
Ensure freedom of media coverage of high school activities.
Sponsor: Mark Johnston
Establish and revise certain provisions, bond amounts, fees, and penalties related to the regulation of grain warehouses and grain buyers and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Revise certain provisions to abortion counseling.
Sponsor: Jon Hansen
Authorize the hunting of wolves in certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Mike Vehle
Provide for the creation of school sentinel programs and for the training of school sentinels.
Sponsor: Scott Craig
Establish a pharmacy audit integrity program.
Sponsor: Timothy Rave
Revise provisions relating to the possession of firearms on snowmobiles.
Sponsor: Chuck Welke
Repeal the state's membership in the multistate tax commission.
Sponsor: Deb Peters
Exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize due to low enrollment.
Sponsor: Mark Johnston
Protect the identity of the person or entity supplying the intravenous injection substance for executions and to increase the penalty for a violation of those provisions.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Allow the prosecution to appeal from certain judgments of acquittal.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Increase the minimum salary payable to county officials, state's attorneys, and sheriffs.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Revise certain exemptions from licensure by the Real Estate Commission.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Define a credit card bank and to revise certain provisions regarding the distribution of the bank franchise tax.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Authorize the use of an online reverse auction for the procurement of certain goods and services by governmental agencies.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise certain provisions of the health professionals diversion program.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Remove the required waiting period before cremated remains may be released to be scattered.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Appropriate money to the Board of Regents for the purpose of funding increased employee health insurance costs, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Kyle Schoenfish
Limit the liability of retail dealers in petroleum products under certain conditions.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Provide for the issuance of a resident medical license and to repeal certain resident training permits issued by the Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise certain provisions relating to domestic abuse and protection orders.
Sponsor: Craig Tieszen
Expand Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women and to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Bernie Hunhoff
Authorize the county to deny bids on county sales of tax deed properties if the bidder is not current on property taxes due.
Sponsor: Bruce Rampelberg
Revise certain provisions regarding the crossing of a railroad and to revise the penalty for certain railroad crossing violations by the driver of a commercial motor vehicle.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Revise provisions regarding broker price opinions, comparative market analyses, and appraisals.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Repeal certain provisions regarding the automated library system fund.
Sponsor: Education
Revise the controlled substance schedule and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Honoring Sioux Falls Washington Warriors debate team members, Katlyn Powers and Jordan Simundson.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Commending and honoring the 2012 South Dakota Boys State Class AA High School State Golf Champions of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School for their outstanding athletic performance.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Honoring and thanking Bernie and Myrna Hunhoff and their family for the contributions of South Dakota Magazine to the state of South Dakota.
Sponsor: Julie Bartling
Commending and honoring the National Merit Semifinalists Adam Bierstedt, Zach Bierstedt, Dylan Ensz, Emily Kaufman, Alexis Medima, Charles Mogan, Morgan Nelson, Rachel Nevin, Charles Point, Martha Vandenoever, and Bryant Yang of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School for their outstanding academic achievements.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Repeal the requirement that a minor be accompanied by an adult while hunting mourning doves.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Define the insurer's responsibilities concerning health insurance policies in relation to the eligibility of minor dependents for coverage.
Sponsor: Tim Rounds
Revise certain provisions relating to the evaluation and treatment of persons with mental illness.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Honoring Paige McPherson for winning a bronze medal in Taekwondo during the 2012 summer Olympic Games.
Sponsor: Larry Rhoden
Honoring Courtney Peterson of Sisseton, South Dakota, as the recipient of the 2012 Miss Rodeo America First Runner-up Award.
Sponsor: Jason Frerichs
Designate Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day as a working holiday.
Sponsor: Ried Holien
Congratulating and commending the Washington High School Football Team for winning the 2012 State AA Football Championship.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Provide for the collection of certain gaming taxes, penalties, and interest and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Corey Brown
Honoring Kristina Maddocks of Hecla, South Dakota as 2013 Miss Rodeo South Dakota.
Sponsor: Jason Frerichs
Revise certain provisions regarding certain motor vehicle dealer license plates and permits.
Sponsor: Kent Peterson
Congratulating and honoring Daniel Schmidtman as a recipient of the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Honoring the Sioux Falls Lincoln High School Patriot Marching Band for representing the Upper Midwest at the Rose Bowl Parade.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Commending and honoring the 2012 Boys Cross Country State Class AA Champions of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School for their outstanding athletic performance.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Honoring Katie Johnson of the Sioux Falls Washington High School Warriors Softball Team.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Authorize the Department of the Military to purchase land for use by the South Dakota Army National Guard, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians, dentists, and physician assistants who have complied with the requirements of the recruitment assistance program.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Congratulating the Deuel High School Girls Gymnastics Team for winning the 2013 State Class A Gymnastics Team Tournament.
Sponsor: Tim Begalka
Revise the Human Relations Act to allow certain discriminatory practices to be investigated by municipalities and counties.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Commending and honoring Kari Heck on her outstanding 2012 track and field season for Sioux Falls Washington High School.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Honoring Eugene Martin from DeSmet High School for his back to back state wrestling titles.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Honoring Helen Graslie for her years of service for the South Dakota State University chapter of the Alpha Gamma Rho men's agricultural fraternity.
Sponsor: Jason Frerichs
Honoring Colton Fryer of Aberdeen, South Dakota, for selflessness and good sportsmanship.
Sponsor: David Novstrup
Commending and honoring Homes Are Possible Inc. for constructing its one hundredth house.
Sponsor: David Novstrup
Revise certain provisions concerning the designation of official newspapers for municipalities.
Sponsor: Mike Stevens
Provide for an expedited endorsement of certain licenses, certificates, registrations, and permits for spouses of active duty military personnel.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Establish certain provisions regarding the labeling of motor fuel at a retail fuel pump and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Justin Cronin
Revise certain provisions relating to the posting of public notice for meetings of public bodies.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Commending and honoring the 2012 Boys Track State AA Champions of Washington High School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for their outstanding athletic performance.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Honoring Ronald Olinger for his long-standing service as a lobbyist at the South Dakota State Capitol.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Honoring David Potratz from Washington High School for his state wrestling championship.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Honoring Devon O'Farrell from Washington High School for a state wrestling championship.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Revise certain provisions regarding special motor vehicle license plates for veterans with disabilities.
Sponsor: Roger Solum
Commending and honoring Angela Nieman on her Lifetime Achievement award for Dance.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Increase the fee for certain property tax deeds.
Sponsor: Julie Bartling
Authorize the involuntary treatment of jailed prisoners with psychotropic medication.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
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 and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, to revise the income eligibility requirements for property and sales tax refunds, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Honoring Calder Eschenbaum from Lake Preston High School.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Allow veterans to receive credit for certain military training and experience.
Sponsor: Scott Parsley
Commending and honoring the 2012 South Dakota Varsity A Softball Champions of Sioux Falls Washington High School for their outstanding athletic performance.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Acknowledging the Dakota Valley girls softball program for the progress made in ASA/USA girls fast pitch softball.
Sponsor: Patty Miller
Honoring members of the 1600 meter relay, the 3200 meter relay, and the 1600 meter spirit medley from Washington High School.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Commending and honoring the 2012 Competitive Dance State AA Champions of Sioux Falls Washington High School for their outstanding athletic performance.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Make an appropriation for the construction and renovation of certain office buildings in Rapid City for the Department of Agriculture and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Revise certain provisions relating to public employee grievance procedures.
Sponsor: Tim Rounds
Revise certain provisions relating to the use of principal and interest in cemetery perpetual funds and to require perpetual cemeteries to submit an annual financial report to the secretary of state.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Recognizing Representative Burt Tulson for his personal achievements and congratulating him on his induction into the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sponsor: Brock Greenfield
Commending and honoring the 2012 Boys Tennis Team State Champions of Sioux Falls Washington High School for their outstanding athletic performance.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Revise certain provisions regarding the registration of a place of business with the Real Estate Commission.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Specify the duration of certain municipal appointments.
Sponsor: Anne Hajek
Honoring Mrs. Renita Dose of Lennox Middle School for receiving School Band and Orchestra magazine's "50 Directors Who Make a Difference" award.
Sponsor: Ernie Otten
Revise certain provisions regarding the deposit and expenditure of tobacco settlement revenues and bond proceeds.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Honoring Amanda Poppen from DeSmet High School.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Honoring Katie Johnson, Kathleen Meredith, Michaela Mayer, and Emily Winckler from the Sioux Falls Washington High School Warriors Softball Team.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Authorize the Department of the Military to construct a motor vehicle storage building in Sioux Falls, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Honoring Nathan Gerry, Alex Waddell, and Christian Parker from Washington High School for their first place finishes at the 2012 Boys State Class AA Track Meet.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Make an appropriation to enhance education by revising the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013.
Sponsor: Timothy Rave
Posthumously honoring Sergeant Eduviges Guadalupe Wolf.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant Shane Barnard.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Promote patient choice in selecting health care providers.
Sponsor: Hal Wick
Permit townships to levy a capital improvement property tax for highways, secondary roads, bridges, and culverts.
Sponsor: Burt Tulson
Recognizing Billy Wiseman for his achievements and his personal service to the state of South Dakota, and to the United States as a part of the 2013 Special Olympic Games in South Korea.
Sponsor: Daniel Lederman
Honoring Dale Cook as 2012 Tea Firefighter of the Year.
Sponsor: Ernie Otten
Honoring the memory of Milo Smith.
Sponsor: Tim Rounds
Commending and Honoring Marcelline J. Lesmeister for her service to the people of the State of South Dakota.
Sponsor: Elizabeth May
Honoring Ray Slaba for his contributions to education in South Dakota.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election amendments to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the vote required to increase taxes.
Sponsor: Corey Brown
Establish and provide certain incentives for projects that create new jobs or promote economic activity and to establish the rural economic development partnership program.
Sponsor: Scott Munsterman
Making a formal application to Congress to call a limited constitutional convention for the sole purpose of proposing for ratification an amendment to the Constitution providing that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate states.
Sponsor: Daniel Lederman
Recognizing the fortieth anniversary of the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee.
Sponsor: Troy Heinert
Posthumously honoring Senior Airman Michael Hinkle II.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Honoring Sierra Lutz as the recipient of a 2013 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: Justin Cronin
Honoring and recognizing Taylor Lambert and Tanner Lambert on winning individual South Dakota Class A state wrestling championship titles for Dakota Valley High School.
Sponsor: Daniel Lederman
Honoring and commending Pace Douglas Clayton for his military service to the United States of America.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant Lex Lewis.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Captain Dale Goetz.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise the state aid to education formula and to make an appropriation.
Sponsor: Timothy Rave
Honoring Mr. Tim Raabe of Lennox, South Dakota, for being named High School Principal of the Year.
Sponsor: Ernie Otten
Honoring Tim Koehler, of Harrisburg, South Dakota, for being named Middle School Principal of the Year.
Sponsor: Ernie Otten
Provide a definition of smoking and to permit smoking of hookah or shisha tobacco in certain licensed establishments.
Sponsor: Craig Tieszen
Honoring T.F. Riggs High School Wrestling Team of Pierre, South Dakota, for an excellent season and for its victorious performance at the 2013 Class A State Wrestling Tournament.
Sponsor: Tim Rounds
Honoring Hartman Katz, Reagan Francom, and Matt Halter of the Huron High School Wrestling Team for participating in the 2013 State Class A Wrestling Tournament.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Honoring and commending Bryan and Laura Klock and the staff at Klock Werks for their selfless commitment to their fellow man.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Sergeant Israel Paul O'Bryan.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise certain provisions regarding the production incentive payment available to ethanol producers.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Posthumously honoring First Lieutenant Thomas Martin.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Specialist Daniel Bartels.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Authorize the Department of Agriculture to construct a 4-H exhibit hall in Huron and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Provide for the creation of a trust account for unlocatable mineral interest owners.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Revise certain provisions pertaining to the Certification Board for Alcohol and Drug Professionals and to increase certain fees.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Revise certain provisions regarding the requirements for school bus inspection and to authorize the Highway Patrol to approve school bus inspectors.
Sponsor: Transportation
Continue the Regional Watershed Advisory Task Force under the supervision of the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council in a manner to save public financial resources.
Sponsor: Jon Hansen
Posthumously honoring Senior Airman Jonathan Vega Yelner.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Authorize the Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers and Audiologists to establish a thirty day trial period for the sale of hearing aids.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant Jason Montefering.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Provide for the award of treble damages in certain surface depredation cases.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant Zachary Tomczak.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Chief Warrant Officer Two Paul Pillen.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise the purpose of the agriculture mediation program.
Sponsor: Tona Rozum
Posthumously honoring Lance Corporal Joseph Welke.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise certain provisions relating to the administration of mineral rights on and under research parks.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise the provisions under which the Bureau of Administration may enter into contracts for insurance and reinsurance.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Posthumously honoring Specialist Estell Turner.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Sergeant First Class Richard Schild.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Authorize one cent credit denominations for video lottery machines, to authorize the award of one thousand dollars on a video lottery machine, and to make form and style changes to certain provisions regarding the lottery.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Update citations and revise certain provisions regarding permits for energy facilities.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Posthumously honoring Corporal Tanner O'Leary.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant Daniel Cuka.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Honoring those persons who encourage children to read and those children who participate in the Read Across America Program that builds awareness and supports reading programs in our homes and communities.
Sponsor: Paula Hawks
Commending the Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) pilot program at Wagner Community School, and honoring Sage Zephier for delivering the student address for the JAG National Leadership Awards Luncheon in Washington.
Sponsor: Billie Sutton
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant Robb Rolfing.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Require mineral developers to give notice to surface owners before entering the land.
Sponsor: Betty Olson
Revise previous session laws related to the design, construction, and equipping of a veterans home near Hot Springs, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Permit certain persons to renew an operator's license, a motorcycle operator's license, or nondriver identification card without appearing in person at a driver license exam site.
Sponsor: Transportation
Posthumously honoring Private First Class Gunnar Becker.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant Jeremy Vrooman.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant Gregory Wagner.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise certain provisions relating to the failure to fulfill the responsibilities of jury duty.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Repeal the requirement to separately publish certain information concerning county poor relief from the minutes of the county commissions.
Sponsor: Julie Bartling
Revise the requirements for health maintenance organizations.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Authorize the Department of Agriculture to construct a housing unit in Huron, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Revise certain provisions concerning inspections of food service establishments by the Department of Health.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
Make an appropriation for the purpose of providing funding for career and technical education.
Sponsor: Billie Sutton
Enhance economic development.
Sponsor: Corey Brown
Make certain legislative findings concerning federal infringement on Second Amendment rights.
Sponsor: Larry Rhoden
Establish a state-wide driver education program and make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Transportation
Appropriate money to the animal damage control fund for predator control services and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Increase the administrative assessment fee for the guarantee fund.
Sponsor: Tim Rounds
Revise the contents of the application for the discharge of a civil judgment debt discharged in bankruptcy.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Repeal certain provisions relating to the Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation.
Sponsor: Deb Peters
Revise certain provisions relating to medical requirements for intrastate drivers transporting passengers and to update certain references to federal statutes.
Sponsor: Mike Vehle
Expand the application of certain open meetings provisions to certain committees of public boards.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise certain provisions relating to drainage utility fees in municipalities.
Sponsor: David Lust
Appropriate money to the South Dakota Board of Regents - Agricultural Experiment Station to implement a research investment program.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Exempt certain environmental upgrade values from assessment during construction and to provide a sunset clause for the environmental upgrade exemption.
Sponsor: Kent Peterson
Clarify the gross receipts subject to taxation by the retail sales and service tax, the gross receipts tax on visitor related businesses, the municipal non-ad valorem tax, and the municipal gross receipts tax.
Sponsor: Taxation
Revise the location where certain county highway maps may be filed.
Sponsor: Julie Bartling
Authorize municipalities to pay for certain services in advance.
Sponsor: Dan Dryden
Revise the distribution from the wind energy tax fund.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Revise the definition of a temporary special events lot for the purposes of vehicle dealer licensing.
Sponsor: Lee Qualm
Exempt persons hunting mountain lions from the requirement to wear fluorescent orange exterior garments.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Amend certain provisions relating to the publication of payroll information.
Sponsor: Corey Brown
Establish a procedure for the determination of the competency of a juvenile to proceed in a juvenile court matter.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Repeal certain provisions providing a criminal penalty for a political party to endorse or nominate a judicial candidate.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Revise provisions relating to hunting trespass and to increase certain penalties for trespassing.
Sponsor: Corey Brown
Allow electronic submission and record keeping of placed in service reports.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Designate POW/MIA Recognition Day as a working holiday.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Designate Purple Heart Recognition Day as a working holiday.
Sponsor: Jim Stalzer
Honoring Mrs. Laura Kuper on her ninety-seventh birthday.
Sponsor: Ernie Otten
Honoring Hannah Higdon of Dupree, South Dakota, as a distinguished finalist for a Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: Dean Schrempp
Exposing and opposing United Nations Agenda 21.
Sponsor: Jim Stalzer
Require the Board of Education to obtain legislative approval before adopting any further Common Core standards, and to repeal a provision requiring the board to conduct certain public hearings.
Sponsor: Jim Bolin
Posthumously honoring Sergeant Dennis Morgan.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant Cory Brooks.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Sergeant Allen Kokesh, Jr.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Celebrating and honoring Tabor's Annual Czech Days Festivities on the occasion of its sixty-fifth anniversary on June 20, 21, and 22, 2013.
Sponsor: Bill Van Gerpen
Posthumously honoring Sergeant Jeremiah Boehmer.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Captain Christopher Soelzer.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Specialist Patrick Herried.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Specialist Dennis Jensen.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Corporal Brett Lundstrom.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant LeRoy Webster.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Lance Corporal Jeremy Bohlman.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Private First Class Sheldon Hawk Eagle.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Posthumously honoring Staff Sergeant Bryan Berky.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Provide a reduced amount of state aid to education funding to certain school districts with a fall enrollment of less than one hundred.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Posthumously honoring Chief Warrant Officer Two Scott Saboe.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Requesting the Congress of the United States to enact legislation that would reinstate the separation of commercial and investment banking functions that were in effect under the Glass-Steagall Act (Banking Act of 1933).
Sponsor: Tim Begalka
Recognizing South Dakota's 125th birthday, quasquicentennial, during 2014.
Sponsor: Leslie Heinemann
Posthumously honoring Chief Warrant Officer Two Hans Gukeisen.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise certain rules relating to the Department of Human Services Medicaid waiver programs.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Increase certain penalties regarding the sale of petroleum products.
Sponsor: Dick Werner
Revise certain provisions concerning the health and educational facilities authority.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Prohibit the use of certain handheld electronic wireless devices for electronic messaging while driving and to prohibit conflicting municipal regulations.
Sponsor: Mike Vehle
Create a leased residential property classification and to establish the school district general fund levy for the property classification.
Sponsor: Hal Wick
Encouraging pedestrians and bicyclists to wear brightly colored clothing when using a public highway and for motorists to watch for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Sponsor: Nancy Rasmussen
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 legislative terms and legislative term limits.
Sponsor: Al Novstrup
Revise the provisions that authorize townships to combine the offices of the clerk and the treasurer.
Sponsor: Jean Hunhoff
Commending and honoring the White River Tigers Boys Gold Team on being champions of the 2012 Boys State Class B Golf Tournament.
Sponsor: Larry Lucas
Revise certain Limited Liability Company statutes.
Sponsor: David Lust
Revise certain provisions relating to the publication of certain records by cooperatives.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Recognizing the achievements of President Gerald Ford.
Sponsor: Jim Bolin
Recognizing Saturday, July 27, 2013, as the National Day of the American Cowboy.
Sponsor: Betty Olson
Grant limited immunity from arrest and prosecution for certain alcohol consumption related offenses to persons who assist certain persons in need of emergency assistance or who are themselves in need of emergency assistance.
Sponsor: Larry Tidemann
Revise the schedule for payment of excise taxes for farm wineries.
Sponsor: Mike Verchio
Revise certain provisions relating to the termination of certain mineral interests.
Sponsor: Roger Solum
Authorize the Board of Regents to accept the donation of land from the University of South Dakota Foundation for the use and benefit of the University of South Dakota.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Include certain speeding offenses in the point system for traffic violations for the purposes of driver license records.
Sponsor: Steve Hickey
Revise certain provisions regarding the procedure for setting petroleum examination and testing specifications and methods.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Revise certain requirements for third party administrators and pharmacy benefits managers.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Amend the provisions regarding the reimbursement of a physical exam of a victim after a rape.
Sponsor: Tona Rozum
Limit political contributions by certain political action committees.
Sponsor: Timothy Rave
Authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Board of Regents to finance, design, construct, furnish, and equip a sports performance enhancement facility arena and a new outdoor track and soccer complex at the University of South Dakota and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Commending and honoring the White River Tigers Boys Basketball Team for its 2012 State Class B Basketball Championship.
Sponsor: Larry Lucas
Revise certain provisions regarding instruction permits and restricted minor's permits to drive a motor vehicle.
Sponsor: Transportation
Honoring Mrs. Tonda Kirton on her selection as Hood Magazine's Teacher of the Year.
Sponsor: Ernie Otten
Commending and congratulating Bridger Gordon, age twelve, of Whitewood on achieving national recognition for exemplary volunteer service by receiving a 2013 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: Fred Romkema
Commending and honoring Parker Elementary School for receiving the National Blue Ribbon Award.
Sponsor: Chuck Jones
Endorsing Taiwan's participation as an observer in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the twenty-ninth anniversary of sister state relations with the Province of Taiwan in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Sponsor: David Lust
Limit the number of passengers allowed in a motor vehicle operated by a holder of a restricted minor's permit.
Sponsor: Transportation
Honoring Daniel Schmidtman as a recipient of the 2013 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Sponsor: Anne Hajek
Honor veterans as certain persons who performed service in reserve components.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Urging the members of the South Dakota Congressional delegation to sponsor and support legislation granting states the authority to require sellers, regardless of nexus, to collect sales and use taxes if certain tax simplification and streamlining thresholds are met by the states.
Sponsor: Larry Lucas
Provide salary assistance to counties for veterans service officers.
Sponsor: Appropriations
Expressing support for civic education in the public schools in South Dakota, and recognizing March 6, 2013, as Civic Education Day at the State Capitol.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Provide for the release of certain military records of deceased veterans.
Sponsor: Jeff Monroe
Honoring the Kopriva family of Clark County as the 2012 Leopold Conservation Award recipient.
Sponsor: Chuck Welke
Commending and honoring Gale Lundberg on his retirement from teaching and coaching for fifty years in South Dakota schools.
Sponsor: Tim Begalka
Allow perpetual care and maintenance guarantee funds for cemeteries to be administered by cemetery corporations.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Allow certain students to participate in the opportunity scholarship program under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Lance Russell
Honoring the South Dakota Department of Agriculture for one hundred ten years of promoting, protecting, preserving, and improving South Dakota's agriculture for today and tomorrow.
Sponsor: Gary Cammack
Update references to federal regulations regarding safe transport of hazardous materials.
Sponsor: Transportation
Require statewide livestock ownership inspection.
Sponsor: Dean Schrempp
Make an appropriation to rehabilitate certain state-owned rail lines.
Sponsor: Larry Tidemann
Revise certain provisions regarding the examination for an application for a funeral service license.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Regulate access to and use of public waters on public and private property.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Revise certain actuarial and reporting requirements relating to the South Dakota Retirement System.
Sponsor: Retirement Laws
Affect medical services.
Sponsor: Justin Cronin
Provide for the addition of certain employees of the municipality of Sioux Falls to the South Dakota Retirement System.
Sponsor: Retirement Laws
Honoring Molly Hermann of Sturgis, South Dakota Girls State Governor and Ty Wiley of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Boys State Governor; and commending the South Dakota American Legion and Auxiliary for their sponsorship and coordination of the Girls State and Boys State programs.
Sponsor: Mark Johnston
Expand the application of the farm decal system.
Sponsor: Transportation
Authorize the Transportation Commission to establish rules governing the allowance, placement, and maintenance of newspaper vending machines at interstate rest areas.
Sponsor: Transportation
Define a biodiesel producer and bulk plant operator and revise certain statutory references and to make certain form and style changes regarding motor fuel taxation.
Sponsor: Transportation
Establish a program to assist rural counties to recruit attorneys.
Sponsor: Mike Vehle
Establish a summer study committee to study long-term care service needs in South Dakota.
Sponsor: Timothy Rave
Provide for the nomination of candidates for certain constitutional officers using political party primary elections.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Establish uninsured motorist identification database program.
Sponsor: Deb Peters
Establish the fee charged by registers of deeds for documents filed by the Department of Transportation disposing of highway right-of-way that is no longer needed for highway purposes.
Sponsor: Transportation
Revise certain provisions relating to an employer's denial of workers' compensation claims.
Sponsor: Brian Gosch
Exempt certain rodeo events from sales taxes.
Sponsor: Jim Bradford
Revise the annual budget report.
Sponsor: Larry Tidemann
Honoring and commemorating the fifty-fifth anniversary in 2013 of the annual Schmeckfest in Freeman, South Dakota.
Sponsor: Kyle Schoenfish
Making formal application to Congress to call a limited constitutional convention for the sole purpose of proposing a federal balanced budget amendment.
Sponsor: Taxation
Honoring the crew of North Carolina Air National Guard, MAFFS (Modular Airborne FireFighting System) 7, 145th Airlift Wing, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Sponsor: Timothy Rave
Make an appropriation for an invasive species research project conducted by South Dakota State University.
Sponsor: Daniel Lederman
Exempt from sales and use taxes certain computer equipment and software purchased for use in data centers.
Sponsor: David Lust
Urging action by Congress on agricultural issues and the federal farm bill.
Sponsor: Larry Lucas
Give producers priority to recover on a bond seized by the state from a public grain warehouse or grain buyer.
Sponsor: Dennis Feickert
Enhance the Public Utilities Commission.
Sponsor: Chuck Welke
Revise provisions relating to owners of property located near water.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
Increase state aid to education and revise certain provisions related to education funding.
Sponsor: Larry Rhoden
Provide for additional consumer protections by requiring the attorney general to share certain information related to consumer complaint investigations on contractors.
Sponsor: Jason Frerichs
Establish a pilot program that uses home-based educational technology to prepare certain preschool children for school, and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Jacqueline Sly
Expand Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Require certain food packaging to be labeled if the packaging contains bisphenol A.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Revise the per student allocation in the state aid to general education formula.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Develop a systematic process for the performance management review of state agencies.
Sponsor: Phyllis Heineman
Make an appropriation to fund the Teach for America grant program.
Sponsor: Phyllis Heineman
Revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013 to provide funding for the increased costs associated with the Board of Regents employee health insurance and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Timothy Rave
Provide for the ascertainment of whether a mentally ill person is dangerous and, if so, to rescind his or her right to bear arms, and to provide penalties for violation thereof.
Sponsor: Bernie Hunhoff
Revise the index factor in the state aid to general education and state aid to special education formulas.
Sponsor: Larry Lucas
Temporarily increase the state sales and use tax and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Establish the effective date of the sales tax collection allowance for retailers.
Sponsor: Deb Peters
Provide funding for unresolved surface depredation caused by oil and gas exploration and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Billie Sutton
Prohibit the recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil suits based upon the lost opportunity to terminate the life of an unborn child.
Sponsor: Jon Hansen
Provide townships the authority to impose real estate transfer fees.
Sponsor: Tim Begalka
Exempt trucking of used tires and tire casings from sales and use taxes.
Sponsor: Daniel Lederman
Provide authority to establish special purpose districts for libraries.
Sponsor: Bruce Rampelberg
Make application under Article V of the United States Constitution for a Balanced Budget Amendment Convention.
Sponsor: Hal Wick
Authorize gestational carrier agreements in certain situations.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Allow nonpublic schools to obtain state accreditation without adhering to any Common Core standards.
Sponsor: Jim Bolin
Prohibit the State of South Dakota and its political subdivisions from adopting and developing United Nations sponsored environmental and developmental policies that would infringe or restrict the private property rights of the owners of private property.
Sponsor: Jim Stalzer
Revise the state aid to education formula and to make an appropriation.
Sponsor: Justin Cronin
Provide a durable power of attorney form for health care decisions.
Sponsor: Timothy Johns
Revise certain provisions regarding educational data reporting.
Sponsor: Justin Cronin
Expand Medicaid.
Sponsor: Bernie Hunhoff
Restrict the use of fireworks leaving debris on private property.
Sponsor: Jim Stalzer
Establish goals and objectives for economic development.
Sponsor: Billie Sutton
Protect employees from certain automatic deductions or transfers for the purpose of funding political contributions.
Sponsor: Hal Wick
Require that health benefit plans provide coverage for MRI and ultrasound screenings for breast cancer in certain instances.
Sponsor: Kristin Conzet
Recognizing November 2013 as COPD Awareness Month.
Sponsor: Brian Gosch
Enhance animal and livestock sustainability.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Petitioning the President of the United States and the Department of State to authorize the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Sponsor: Jim Bolin
Enhance animal and livestock sustainability.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Restrict state involvement in certain tribal aspects of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Sponsor: Kevin Killer
Provide for the assignment of insurance payments for ambulance service providers.
Sponsor: Ried Holien
Commending and honoring Michael (Mike) Denker, a member of the Wagner School District Board of Education, on his selection as the Associated School Boards of South Dakota Outstanding School Board Member of South Dakota for 2013.
Sponsor: Julie Bartling
Recognizing and honoring the South Dakota Arthritis Foundation for its efforts to raise awareness and work towards the prevention and cure of arthritis in children and adults.
Sponsor: Justin Cronin
Include wolves in the definition of predator/varmint.
Sponsor: Betty Olson
Limit the authority of delegates to a limited constitutional convention to vote for unauthorized amendments contrary to legislative instructions and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof.
Sponsor: Manny Steele
Honoring the memory of Don Hight.
Sponsor: Betty Olson
Establish tax incentives for economic development.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Provide procedures by which adopted persons may obtain their original birth certificates.
Sponsor: Angie Buhl
Provide for historical motor vehicle license plates and special personalized historical vehicle license plates for certain motor vehicles.
Sponsor: Marc Feinstein
Revise the fuel excise tax rate for liquid petroleum gas, compressed natural gas, and liquefied natural gas.
Sponsor: Mike Vehle
Prohibit certain unfair or discriminatory practices based on veteran or military status.
Sponsor: Angie Buhl
Commending and honoring the Parker State Class B Boys Cross Country Champions.
Sponsor: Chuck Jones
Provide for a uniform county drainage permit application form and to remove the maximum limit for drainage permit fees.
Sponsor: Mike Vehle
Revise certain procedures for the vacation, change, or location of public highways.
Sponsor: Bruce Rampelberg
Require a school board to conduct a public hearing on certain proposals which will obligate the school district for future payments.
Sponsor: Lance Russell
Provide that any federal law that attempts to ban firearms, to limit the size of firearm magazines, or to impose other limitations on firearms is unenforceable in South Dakota, to provide a penalty, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Improve elections.
Sponsor: Tim Rounds
Establish the rural economic development partnership program and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Dick Werner
Appropriate one-time funds for enhancement of secondary career and technical education.
Sponsor: Herman Otten
Reward teachers in school districts that have a low percentage of graduates in need of remediation upon entering higher education, and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Lee Qualm
Change the rate and manner of calculation of prejudgment and postjudgment interest.
Sponsor: Anne Hajek
Repeal the lower rate of tax imposed on income over four hundred million dollars for the bank franchise tax.
Sponsor: Larry Tidemann
Increase the penalties for the failure to timely and accurately pay the bank franchise tax.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise the calculation of the small school adjustment in the state aid to education formula.
Sponsor: Larry Tidemann
Affect contract law.
Sponsor: Steve Westra
Exempt certain amateur sports coaches from sales tax.
Sponsor: Tona Rozum
Increase the penalties for the failure to timely and accurately pay the bank franchise tax.
Sponsor: Larry Tidemann
Provide for an Indian Child Welfare Act court monitoring program.
Sponsor: Kevin Killer
Provide for certain methods of disbursement for school district flexible spending accounts.
Sponsor: Mike Verchio
Revise certain provisions related to the director's orders to hazardous insurers.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Repeal certain rule-making authority for the director of insurance.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Revise certain provisions regarding unemployment insurance employer charges and claimant misrepresentation regarding benefit overpayments and to correct references to certain provisions pertaining to unemployment insurance.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Clarify the voting status of certain parolees and probationers.
Sponsor: Jim Bradford
Prohibit private trapping by conservation officers and certain Game, Fish and Parks employees.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Equalize certain levies for the general fund of school districts.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Establish the crime of aggravated cruelty to dogs, cats, and horses and to provide certain criminal and civil penalties therefor.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Revise the number of ownership acres necessary to qualify for certain big game hunting licenses to be used on a landowner's property.
Sponsor: Chuck Jones
Revise and repeal certain aviation statutes and to increase certain related fees.
Sponsor: Jeff Monroe
Revise certain provisions regarding the electronic filing of motor fuel tax reports and the electronic remittance of motor fuel tax.
Sponsor: Transportation
Increase the penalty for sexual acts between correction facility employees and juvenile detainees.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Revise certain provisions relating to child support.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Authorize the Department of Revenue to establish an electronic title system for motor vehicles and to revise certain provisions regarding an electronic lien filing system.
Sponsor: Transportation
Commending and honoring the Warner Monarch Girls Volleyball Team on their 2012 Class B State Championship.
Sponsor: Chuck Welke
Transfer the administration and supervision of all trapping statutes and rules to the Department of Agriculture.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Acknowledging the Deubrook Area High School Football Team for winning the 2012 State 9AA Football Championship.
Sponsor: Tim Begalka
Revise certain penalties relating to the possession of marijuana.
Sponsor: Jim Bradford
Revise certain provisions regarding the money, clothing, and transportation furnished inmates released from the Department of Corrections.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Update terminology for individuals with intellectual disabilities and similar terms.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Revise certain provisions regarding the insurance fraud prevention unit.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Establish a subordinate agricultural supplier's lien for an unpaid charge account billing statement.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Revise the lending limit for state chartered banks.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Provide that a defendant is strictly liable under criminal law for raping certain victims incapable of consenting.
Sponsor: Daniel Lederman
Establish an education property tax credit program.
Sponsor: Don Kopp
Revise certain provisions regarding the purchase price of rebuilt motor vehicles and to create a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for sales tax paid on parts used in rebuilt motor vehicles and vehicles manufactured by individuals.
Sponsor: Transportation
Authorize manufactured home dealers to submit license fees directly to the Department of Revenue and to provide an electronic renewal notice to certain dealers.
Sponsor: Transportation
Revise certain provisions regarding parole date calculation.
Sponsor: Judiciary
Revise certain provisions regarding the application of the special pay retirement program of the South Dakota Retirement System.
Sponsor: Retirement Laws
Revise certain provisions relating to the checking of traps and removal of caught animals.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Expressing support for the 2013 South Dakota coordinated plan for natural resources conservation.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Revise certain provisions regarding the students eligible for resident tuition benefits at universities controlled by the Board of Regents.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Commending and honoring the Wall School District Board of Education, on receiving the Associated School Boards of South Dakota School Board Award of Excellence for 2013.
Sponsor: Jim Bradford
Comply with certain Internal Revenue Code requirements relating to maximum annual benefits paid to members of the South Dakota Retirement System and to provide for the update of references to the Internal Revenue Code.
Sponsor: Retirement Laws
Repeal certain outdated and obsolete provisions regarding the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Reestablish the force and effect of certain administrative rules relating to underground injection control and in situ leach mining.
Sponsor: Jim Bradford
Impact education in South Dakota.
Sponsor: Timothy Rave
Repeal certain provisions requiring wholesalers to purchase alcoholic beverages from brand owners, brand owner's agents, or other wholesalers.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
Revise the dates for holding township board meetings.
Sponsor: Bill Van Gerpen
Require reporting of the location of certain mine shafts and tunnels.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Provide for the award of joint physical custody of children under certain circumstances.
Sponsor: Tim Begalka
Revise certain provisions relating to violations found through environmental audits.
Sponsor: Jim Bradford
Allow a school district to opt out of the continuing contract requirements for teachers.
Sponsor: Al Novstrup
Increase the rate of taxation for the sales and use tax.
Sponsor: Susan Wismer
Provide for the creation of a pilot program for public charter schools.
Sponsor: Mark Johnston
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: Marc Feinstein
Make an appropriation to the state aeronautics fund.
Sponsor: Brock Greenfield
Provide for assessment of agricultural property based on the market, repeal the methodology that assesses agricultural land based on its agricultural income value, and to dissolve the implementation and oversight advisory task force.
Sponsor: Al Novstrup
Improve public safety.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Require municipalities to dedicate a portion of the municipal sales and use tax to support the funding of tax incremental districts.
Sponsor: Dennis Feickert
Commending and honoring the 2011-2012 Girls AA Mitchell High School Kernel Basketball Team for winning the State AA Girls Basketball Championship.
Sponsor: Tona Rozum
Honoring Harold Thune and Jerald Applebee of Murdo for their individual accomplishments, as well as their efforts and involvement with the Annual Jones County Invitational Basketball Tournament.
Sponsor: Larry Lucas
Increase the number of video lottery machines that may be placed in a licensed establishment.
Sponsor: Daniel Lederman
Support Governor Mickelson's Pick-Sloan settlement framework.
Sponsor: Larry Lucas
Allow assisted living centers to accept and retain residents with dementia.
Sponsor: Isaac Latterell
Revise certain permitting requirements relating to in situ leach mining.
Sponsor: Jim Bradford
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, concerning term limits for legislators.
Sponsor: Bill Van Gerpen
Establish sanctions relating to the hiring of illegal aliens.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the fundamental right of state citizens to bear arms cannot be infringed and is subject to strict scrutiny.
Sponsor: Phil Jensen
Require health care facilities to allow patients to supply their own prescription medications.
Sponsor: Phil Jensen
Revise certain provisions that dedicate property tax revenue for the financing of tax incremental districts.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Honoring the Pierre Junior Shooters BB Gun Team as National BB Gun Champions.
Sponsor: Mary Duvall
Provide for the establishment and maintenance of a state veterans and public servants cemetery and memorial park.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Honoring George Zahn and his wife for their many years of public service to the municipality of Worthing.
Sponsor: Jim Bolin
Permit auctioneers to sell certain motor vehicles that have out-of-state titles.
Sponsor: Jason Frerichs
Authorize the hunting of coyotes using artificial light under certain conditions.
Sponsor: Jason Frerichs
Establish a task force to study the delivery of services to veterans.
Sponsor: Melissa Magstadt
Differentiate the penalty for hiring another person to engage in sexual activity based on the age of the victim and to provide a penalty therefor.
Sponsor: Scott Craig
Provide for the licensure and regulation of private detectives.
Sponsor: Dean Schrempp
Provide civil immunity for school board members in certain situations.
Sponsor: Brock Greenfield
Provide for the practice of cosmetology services in certain venues outside of a licensed salon.
Sponsor: Paula Hawks
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: Larry Tidemann
Provide for net metering for certain renewable energy systems.
Sponsor: Paula Hawks
Require the publication of information on the number of veterans and veterans with service-connected disabilities employed by South Dakota state government.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Honoring Doug Kirkus of Mitchell as the 2012 winner of the South Dakota Municipal League Excellence in Municipal Government Award.
Sponsor: Mike Vehle
Amend the benefit allowance exempt from levy in bankruptcy cases.
Sponsor: Steve Hickey
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: Marc Feinstein
Criminalize the failure to return rented or leased property and to provide a penalty therefor.
Sponsor: Scott Craig
Honoring Mary McClung with the city of Harrisburg, South Dakota as Municipal Finance Officer of the Year.
Sponsor: Ernie Otten
Prohibit computer damage, computer theft, and unauthorized computer access and provide penalties therefor.
Sponsor: Patrick Kirschman
Revise certain restrictions relating to road hunting.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
Authorize certain persons to perform limited equine dentistry procedures.
Sponsor: Billie Sutton
Deposit money in the permanent school fund based on certain acres of school and public lands open to public hunting.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
Limit the authority of certain institutions of higher education to regulate the possession of guns by students on campus.
Sponsor: Ernie Otten
Provide for the removal of records of a discharged lien from the deed of real property.
Sponsor: Elizabeth May
Clarify certain penalty provisions relating to damage caused by wildlife to land, livestock, or crops.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Require certain opportunity scholarship recipients to reside in South Dakota for five years following graduation from postsecondary education.
Sponsor: Jason Frerichs
Provide for an affirmative defense of medical necessity for certain marijauna offenses.
Sponsor: Dan Kaiser
Codify the common law of rescission as applied to life insurance contracts.
Sponsor: Timothy Rave
Commending and congratulating Colton Manville, Trevor Mahoney, and Dean Laganiere, students at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, for qualifying for the Olympics of Computer Science which will take place in Russia.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Allow municipalities, counties, and school districts to post certain information on the internet in addition to or in lieu of certain publication requirements.
Sponsor: Steve Westra
Honoring and commending the recipients of the Governor's Awards in the Arts.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
Establish a wine direct shipper permit and to provide for certain direct shipments of wine.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Revise certain provisions relating to identity theft and employment.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise certain provisions concerning nonresident waterfowl licenses.
Sponsor: Dick Werner
Repeal certain outdated statutes and cross references related to the Department of Health.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Commending and honoring Technical Sergeant Thomas N. Tomko for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Continue the current rate of the gross receipts tax imposed on visitor-related businesses.
Sponsor: David Lust
Authorize the Department of Revenue to provide lists of licensed boat dealers.
Sponsor: Transportation
Prohibit the Expansion of Medicaid eligibility.
Sponsor: Hal Wick
Prohibit retention of certain administration costs for untimely 911 surcharge remittances.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise certain provisions regarding the practice of optometry.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Correct an error in the recreational vehicle title statute.
Sponsor: Brian Gosch
Require legislative approval for the erection, maintenance, and lease of certain buildings by the Board of Regents.
Sponsor: Scott Munsterman
Remove the requirement that fluoride be added to municipal water supplies.
Sponsor: Phil Jensen
Prohibit a person from keeping or maintaining a place allowing underage drinking and to provide penalties therefor.
Sponsor: Larry Lucas
Repeal certain outdated programs relating to the Department of Human Services.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Require the Unified Judicial System to provide access of criminal records and civil case information and to establish a fee.
Sponsor: Hal Wick
Remove a requirement that certain documents presented for driver licensing purposes be copied and retained.
Sponsor: Lance Russell
Commending and honoring Senior Master Sergeant James D. Volden for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Commending and honoring Senior Airman Jared S. Mengenhausen for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Airman of the Year.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise the maximum security deposit for residential premises.
Sponsor: Hal Wick
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 legislative redistricting.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Commending and honoring Captain Nicole Franklin for her selection as South Dakota Air National Guard Lieutenant of the Year for 2012.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise certain provisions regarding references to the Internal Revenue Code.
Sponsor: Taxation
Revise certain requirements for certified public accountant firms licensed in South Dakota.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Codify legislation enacted in 2012.
Sponsor: Brian Gosch
Revise the index factor in the state aid to general education formula.
Sponsor: Julie Bartling
Increase the energy minerals severance tax.
Sponsor: Tim Begalka
Provide for the acceptance of more than one bid for the provision of certain services to cities or counties.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Increase the real estate transfer fees and to revise the distribution of the fees.
Sponsor: Tim Begalka
Extend the deadline for the construction of a nursing facility for military veterans and their spouses.
Sponsor: Shantel Krebs
Prohibit the sharing of patient records in a health information exchange by the state without written authorization from the patient.
Sponsor: Lance Russell
In opposition to certain actions by animal rights groups to undermine agricultural producers.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Reduce the rate for the contractor's excise tax over a period of time and to repeal the contractor's excise tax in three years.
Sponsor: Tim Begalka
Revise certain provisions pertaining to the Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Require that the state mileage rate not differ from the current federal mileage rate by more than twenty percent.
Sponsor: Jim Bolin
Revise the compensation requirements payable to surface owners for exploration damages and to allow the payments to be made in multiple installments.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
Appropriate money to the South Dakota Board of Regents - Agricultural Experiment Station to implement a research investment program.
Sponsor: Scott Munsterman
Honoring, commending, and thanking South Dakota Highway Patrolman Sergeant Doug Sorenson upon his retirement, for his many dedicated years of service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Compensate school districts for recent funding shortfalls by increasing the per student allocation in the state aid to general education formula over the next three years.
Sponsor: Julie Bartling
Define truancy.
Sponsor: Elizabeth May
Revise certain provisions concerning requirements of fire sprinklers in single family dwellings.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Honoring, commending, and thanking South Dakota Highway Patrol Sergeant Lori Olney upon her retirement, for her many dedicated years of service to South Dakotans as a member of the South Dakota Highway Patrol.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Expand the definition of teleconference to include certain meetings conducted through electronic text colloquy and to require the retention of certain records of text colloquy meetings for public inspection.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Require a temporary permit to be issued to certain persons lacking certain documents when applying for a driver license or nondriver identification card.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Require governmental bodies to keep minutes of executive or closed sessions and to define what circumstances the minutes be viewed by the public.
Sponsor: Al Novstrup
Establish an innovation grant program for school districts and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Scott Munsterman
Provide authority to counties to prohibit and restrict the use of fireworks and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Revise the term used to refer to the imposition of an additional property tax levy for raising revenue for school districts.
Sponsor: Bill Van Gerpen
Honoring, commending, and thanking current and past patrolmen, troopers, members, and family members, upon the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the South Dakota Highway Patrol
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise how municipalities may assess property for improvements.
Sponsor: Al Novstrup
Honoring, commending, and thanking South Dakota Highway Patrolman Darren Hall upon his retirement, for his many dedicated years of service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Authorize the use of certain gold and silver coins as legal tender.
Sponsor: Dan Kaiser
Revise certain financial assurance provisions relating to mining.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Commending and honoring the 2011-2012 outstanding school administrators of South Dakota: Bob Sittig, Baltic, School Superintendent; Jeff Rieckman, Haakon, Middle School Principal; Marcia Jackson, Hot Springs, School Business Official; Tim Kosters, Lead-Deadwood, Elementary School Principal; Rocky Brinkman, Andes Central, Secondary School Principal; Melinda Jensen, Brookings, Assistant Secondary School Principal; Tanya Rasmussen, Harrisburg, Curriculum Director; Chrissy Peterson, Meade, Director of Special Education for being named
Sponsor: Mark Johnston
Provide that road-killed animals are in the public domain and to provide the means of possession.
Sponsor: Peggy Gibson
Authorize the Brand Board to establish a service fee for certain local inspections of livestock and to declare an emergency.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Repeal certain tort liability arising out of causes of action based on seduction, abduction, and alienation of affections.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Eliminate ownership inspection for horses and mules.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Revise certain statutory immunization exemption requirements.
Sponsor: Jeff Monroe
Commending the nation of Israel for its cordial relationship with the United States and with the State of South Dakota.
Sponsor: Hal Wick
Regulate the submission of certain filings with the Office of the Secretary of State.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Revise the property exempted from levy in bankruptcy cases.
Sponsor: Steve Hickey
Urging the United States Supreme Court to revisit the Roe v. Wade case and to overturn its decision.
Sponsor: Jim Bolin
Establish a school-to-work grant program in the Department of Education and to make an appropriation therefor.
Sponsor: Kathy Tyler
Honoring the City of Whitewood, South Dakota, on its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary as an incorporated city.
Sponsor: Fred Romkema
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: Lance Russell
Repeal the confidentiality status of certain derogatory materials and to create an exception to certain open records provisions for certain defamatory information.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Prohibit certain political activity within the Office of the Secretary of State.
Sponsor: Stanford Adelstein
Exempt persons that have not been drinking from charges of open container in a motor vehicle.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Provide for the repair of property that has sustained damage when the materials are no longer available in the marketplace.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Prohibit the publication of certain information pertaining to firearm possession and ownership.
Sponsor: Jeff Monroe
Restrict the term of conservation easements.
Sponsor: James Schaefer
Provide for exceptions from certain misdemeanor offenses relating to possession of handguns.
Sponsor: Lance Russell
Commending Principal Dan Walsh for his years of service in education in South Dakota.
Sponsor: Russell Olson
Allow student midwives to practice the functions of a nurse practitioner or nurse midwife in certain instances.
Sponsor: Jacqueline Sly
Repeal certain provisions requiring railroad companies to file maps with county officials.
Sponsor: Julie Bartling
Provide that criminal booking photos and police logs are open records.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Revise certain provisions concerning the expungement of arrest records.
Sponsor: Mike Stevens
Repeal the five-year period after which pardon records are sealed.
Sponsor: State Affairs
Define the requirements for the sale of certain octane petroleum products.
Sponsor: Commerce and Energy
Require the high school activities association to continue to hold state tournaments in certain venues.
Sponsor: Charles Hoffman
Prohibit a social host from permitting the underage consumption of alcoholic beverages on the social host's premises and to provide penalties therefor.
Sponsor: Larry Lucas
Require certain posting of information if hydraulic fracture stimulation is performed on oil and gas wells.
Sponsor: Spencer Hawley
Require that certain information be provided to debtors when entities are collecting certain debts.
Sponsor: Mark Kirkeby
Commending and honoring the 2012 Habitat for Humanity - South Dakota Habitat Supporters of the Year.
Sponsor: Scott Parsley
Revise the purpose of the agriculture mediation program.
Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Commending and honoring First Lieutenant Cody Becker for his selection as South Dakota Army National Guard Lieutenant of the Year.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Exempt highway personnel in the performance of their duties from the minimum speed on interstate highways.
Sponsor: Transportation
Commending and honoring Sergeant Jacob Vissia for his selection as the South Dakota Army National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Commending and honoring Specialist James Furry for his selection as the South Dakota Army National Guard Soldier of the Year.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Revise certain provisions relating to the Department of Human Services and the treatment of persons with developmental disabilities.
Sponsor: Health and Human Services
Commending and honoring Chief Warrant Officer Four Kenneth Schoenfelder for his selection as the South Dakota Army National Guard Warrant Officer of the Year.
Sponsor: Stace Nelson
Require certain receipts of delivery to grain elevators be kept and to establish certain penalties for overweight vehicles and trailers.
Sponsor: Transportation
Authorize the Department of Revenue to provide certain lists to other state agencies.
Sponsor: Taxation
Honoring Bethold (Bert) Fried on his 90th birthday.
Sponsor: Ryan Maher
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Passed (260)
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.
Impact education in South Dakota, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Revise certain provisions concerning elections and petitions.
Revise various trust and trust company provisions.
Revise the provisions regarding plugging and performance bonds for oil and gas wells and to repeal the supplemental restoration bond requirement.
Revise certain definitions regarding the appraiser certification program.
Permit the use of golf carts under certain circumstances within state parks or recreation areas.
Grant limited immunity for the provision of voluntary medical services under certain circumstances.
Increase the expense allowances of legislators.
Prohibit certain persons who fail to pay certain campaign finance related penalties from running for office.
Authorize certain pesticide applicators to apply pesticide on their own property.
Revise and expand certain provisions related to organ and tissue donation.
Exempt credit health insurers from certain provisions related to preexisting conditions.
Revise the membership of the Legislative Planning Committee.
Make an appropriation for costs related to the suppression of mountain pine beetles, to establish a cost share program with the counties in the state, and to declare an emergency.
Allow the use of dogs to hunt mountain lions and leashed dogs to track and retrieve wounded or presumed dead big game animals.
Reinstate certain provisions repealed in the Eighty-seventh Legislative Session regarding the accounting for federal impact aid.
Revise certain provisions regarding alternative apportionment methods available for determination of the bank franchise tax.
Revise the crime of rustling to include sheep and goats.
Create the South Dakota Athletic Commission and to provide for the supervision of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts competitions and sparring exhibitions in the state.
Repeal and reenact certain provisions regarding forestry and fire suppression.
Provide for the transfer and appropriation of funds upon the occurrence of certain events and to assist rural counties in the recruitment of attorneys.
Clarify the application of certain open meetings provisions to certain three-member public boards.
Revise and repeal certain provisions related to the Department of Agriculture.
Transfer the value added agriculture subfund from the Governor's Office of Economic Development to the Department of Agriculture.
Revise certain reversion provisions relating to funding in the Governor's Office of Economic Development for the purpose of enhancing military value of Ellsworth Air Force Base, and to declare an emergency.
Revise certain provisions concerning the notice given to municipalities and counties for bingo games and lotteries.
Revise certain provisions regarding the application of the collection allowance credit for collecting the sales tax.
Repeal certain provisions relating to the deferral of action by municipalities on committee reports.
Adopt updated guidelines for the evaluation of permanent impairment in connection with workers' compensation claims.
Authorize the Department of Social Services to dismantle, demolish, preserve, or rehabilitate buildings on the Human Services Center campus in Yankton, South Dakota, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Revise the General Appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
Authorize the South Dakota Building Authority to finance the construction of improvements in the state park system for the Department of Game, Fish and Parks and to declare an emergency.
Correct the name of a postsecondary institution authorized to provide educational programs in South Dakota, and to revise the requirements for an institution seeking such authorization.
Require the Legislature to approve bonds for lease purchase agreements with the four postsecondary technical institutes, and to approve bonds for lease purchase agreements with Western Dakota Technical Institute and Southeast Technical Institute.
Prohibit the disposal of certain oil and gas field wastes.
Establish a penalty for a juvenile convicted as an adult of a Class A or B felony and allow a sentence of up to life imprisonment after a sentencing hearing.
Revise the terms and expiration dates of appointees to certain boards and commissions.
Provide for openness in certain electronic records databases and to open certain information regarding electronic record systems.
Repeal and revise certain obsolete and unnecessary statutes and rules relating to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Appropriate money to the Board of Regents to fund the expansion of information systems programs and cyber security programs at Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.
Prohibit the release of medical waste and to provide a penalty therefor.
Create the critical teaching needs scholarship program, to make an appropriation to the education enhancement trust fund to provide for the annual funding of the scholarships, and to declare an emergency.
Require the reporting of the outcomes of certain licensure and certification examinations.
Exempt certain property from bankruptcy levy.
Provide a limited exception to the provisions that exempt sport shooting ranges from the public nuisance laws and to declare an emergency.
Clarify the open meetings requirement as applied to the Public Utilities Commission.
Provide alternative brand inspection procedures for certain rodeo livestock.
Revise certain provisions concerning campaign finance.
Revise certain provisions for a secondary election if the candidates for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, or Governor do not receive a sufficient percentage of the votes cast during a primary election.
Revise certain provisions related to the filing of the certificate of limited partnerships.
Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of swine teaching and research facilities at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.
Appropriate funds for deposit into the need-based grant fund, to provide for annual funding of the need-based grant fund with a portion of the funds received from the education enhancement trust fund, and to declare an emergency.
Allow certain opportunity scholarship recipients who graduate early to use the remainder of their scholarship award for graduate studies.
Establish Good Earth State Park at Blood Run in Lincoln County.
Revise certain provisions concerning the agricultural land task force.
Revise the maximum weight allowed on certain wide-based super single tires.
Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of an indoor practice and human performance facility on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.
Revise provisions related to consent to sexual activity.
Revise the membership of the Judicial Qualifications Commission.
Provide for expenditures for early learning services from the special education fund, and to revise certain provisions regarding state aid to special education.
Restructure the policy advisory committee for animal damage control.
Revise the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.
Revise certain provisions relating to liability and to worker's compensation and disability payments for law enforcement officers performing duties in other jurisdictions.
Revise certain provisions pertaining to snowmobile operation.
Require the Department of Labor and Regulation to determine certain job placement outcomes for graduates of all public postsecondary education institutions in the state.
Establish a classroom innovation grant program and to make an appropriation therefor.
Clarify, remove inconsistencies from, and revise certain provisions relating to the formation and operation of watershed districts.
Provide for the appointment of members of the South Dakota Pulse Crops Council.
Amend provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code relating to electronic funds transfers and to declare an emergency.
Revise the distribution of the wind energy tax.
Provide for special organ donation decals for license plates.
Clarify the maintenance responsibilities on unimproved section lines.
Create the building South Dakota fund and certain other funds and programs to enhance economic development and education, to make certain deposits and transfers, to make continuous appropriations, to revise certain education funding to support economic development, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Provide for the issuance of additional retail fireworks licenses.
Extend the sunset date for certain expenditures from a school district's capital outlay fund.
Make an appropriation for the construction of a maintenance building and to authorize the razing of three buildings at the STAR Academy in Custer County.
Provide for the funding of educational programs for children in residential treatment centers, intensive residential treatment centers, or licensed group care centers.
Increase certain levies relating to predator control districts.
Revise and clarify requirements relating to limits of small game and fish taken by small game hunting parties and fishing parties.
Allow regional intergovernmental cooperation for sewer utilities and to provide for the establishment of rates and charges.
Provide for the sale of the state's interests in certain real estate and improvements located at the Human Services Center campus.
Make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to fund certain improvements to the state park system.
Clarify the authority of the interim rules review committee.
Revise the number of years that permits to carry a concealed weapon are valid.
Increase the surcharge on certain hunting licenses for predator control purposes, approve temporary funding provisions relating to predator control, and to declare an emergency.
Revise certain requirements regarding when an insurer's certificate of authority may be revoked.
Revise certain provisions regarding informational directional signing on the interstate right-of-way.
Prohibit certain minors from using wireless communication devices while operating motor vehicles upon the public highways.
Permit the euthanization of wildlife that have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents.
Revise the massage therapy licensing requirements.
Revise certain provisions relating to the administrative office and to the appointment and direction of the executive director of the South Dakota Wheat Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission.
Amend provisions relating to violations of no contact orders.
Revise certain requirements relating to health insurance plans for county officers and employees.
Define certain terms relating to bail bonds.
Establish the public purpose and goals of postsecondary education, to provide for the funding of higher education, and to create the Council on Higher Education Policy Goals, Performance, and Accountability.
Allow licensed insurance agents to act as consultants in certain circumstances.
Revise the style and form of certain provisions, to amend certain provisions to streamline and clarify, and to repeal certain obsolete and unnecessary provisions pertaining to the Real Estate Commission.
Make certain form and style changes regarding the bank franchise tax.
Clarify the deliberative process exception to certain open records provisions.
Revise provisions regarding the South Dakota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act.
Repeal and revise certain statutes related to the Animal Industry Board.
Revise certain provisions related to the regulation of captive insurance companies.
Make an appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission.
Allow disqualification of commercial driver licenses for violations of federal, state, or local texting bans while driving a commercial vehicle to comply with federal regulations and requirements.
Revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013.
Authorize the hunting of wolves in certain circumstances.
Provide remedies for assets omitted from the division of property in the entry of a divorce decree.
Ensure freedom of media coverage of high school activities.
Revise provisions relating to the possession of firearms on snowmobiles.
Repeal the state's membership in the multistate tax commission.
Exempt certain property used for educational purposes from taxation.
Establish and revise certain provisions, bond amounts, fees, and penalties related to the regulation of grain warehouses and grain buyers and to declare an emergency.
Authorize township boards to increase the front foot assessment for road maintenance, repairs, and improvements and to revise certain provisions concerning road districts established by townships.
Revise certain provisions concerning absentee voting.
Determine whether factors affecting productivity should be applied if the actual use of agricultural land does not correspond to the soil classification standards.
Revise the period during which fireworks may be discharged.
Provide licensing reciprocity for social workers.
Revise certain provisions relating to out-of-country foreign judgments.
Require that newborns be screened for congenital heart defects.
Authorize the Board of Regents to construct multi-use storage facilities at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.
Revise the location of the cow-calf research and education unit authorized in chapter 107 of the 2012 Session Laws.
Authorize the Board of Regents to purchase a structure for use by South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and to make an appropriation therefor.
Extend general immunity from liability for directors and officers of certain nonprofit fire and ambulance departments and to limit certain actions for personal injury or death.
Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of an addition, remodeling, and renovation of Medary Commons on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.
Regulate certain market activity in a health exchange.
Exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize due to low enrollment.
Revise certain provisions to abortion counseling.
Revise certain provisions concerning the content of annual property tax bill.
Establish a pharmacy audit integrity program.
Require the forfeiture of preference points for certain hunting licenses upon conviction of unlawfully killing, destroying, taking, or possessing trophy animals.
Provide for the creation of school sentinel programs and for the training of school sentinels.
Authorize the county to deny bids on county sales of tax deed properties if the bidder is not current on property taxes due.
Provide for the issuance of a resident medical license and to repeal certain resident training permits issued by the Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners.
Increase the minimum salary payable to county officials, state's attorneys, and sheriffs.
Revise provisions regarding broker price opinions, comparative market analyses, and appraisals.
Remove the required waiting period before cremated remains may be released to be scattered.
Revise certain exemptions from licensure by the Real Estate Commission.
Protect the identity of the person or entity supplying the intravenous injection substance for executions and to increase the penalty for a violation of those provisions.
Limit the liability of retail dealers in petroleum products under certain conditions.
Revise certain provisions of the health professionals diversion program.
Define a credit card bank and to revise certain provisions regarding the distribution of the bank franchise tax.
Revise certain provisions regarding the crossing of a railroad and to revise the penalty for certain railroad crossing violations by the driver of a commercial motor vehicle.
Allow the prosecution to appeal from certain judgments of acquittal.
Authorize the use of an online reverse auction for the procurement of certain goods and services by governmental agencies.
Make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.
Designate Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day as a working holiday.
Revise certain provisions regarding the registration of a place of business with the Real Estate Commission.
Increase the fee for certain property tax deeds.
Revise certain provisions regarding special motor vehicle license plates for veterans with disabilities.
Authorize the Department of the Military to purchase land for use by the South Dakota Army National Guard, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians, dentists, and physician assistants who have complied with the requirements of the recruitment assistance program.
Revise certain provisions regarding certain motor vehicle dealer license plates and permits.
Revise certain provisions relating to the evaluation and treatment of persons with mental illness.
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 and to declare an emergency.
Authorize the Department of the Military to construct a motor vehicle storage building in Sioux Falls, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Repeal the requirement that a minor be accompanied by an adult while hunting mourning doves.
Repeal certain provisions regarding the automated library system fund.
Make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, to revise the income eligibility requirements for property and sales tax refunds, and to declare an emergency.
Revise certain provisions relating to the posting of public notice for meetings of public bodies.
Define the insurer's responsibilities concerning health insurance policies in relation to the eligibility of minor dependents for coverage.
Provide for the collection of certain gaming taxes, penalties, and interest and to declare an emergency.
Revise certain provisions concerning the designation of official newspapers for municipalities.
Revise certain provisions relating to the use of principal and interest in cemetery perpetual funds and to require perpetual cemeteries to submit an annual financial report to the secretary of state.
Revise the controlled substance schedule and to declare an emergency.
Make an appropriation for the construction and renovation of certain office buildings in Rapid City for the Department of Agriculture and to declare an emergency.
Authorize the involuntary treatment of jailed prisoners with psychotropic medication.
Establish certain provisions regarding the labeling of motor fuel at a retail fuel pump and to declare an emergency.
Specify the duration of certain municipal appointments.
Revise certain provisions regarding the deposit and expenditure of tobacco settlement revenues and bond proceeds.
Allow veterans to receive credit for certain military training and experience.
Provide for an expedited endorsement of certain licenses, certificates, registrations, and permits for spouses of active duty military personnel.
Revise certain provisions relating to public employee grievance procedures.
Revise certain provisions concerning inspections of food service establishments by the Department of Health.
Revise certain provisions regarding the production incentive payment available to ethanol producers.
Revise certain provisions relating to medical requirements for intrastate drivers transporting passengers and to update certain references to federal statutes.
Revise the contents of the application for the discharge of a civil judgment debt discharged in bankruptcy.
Increase the administrative assessment fee for the guarantee fund.
Revise certain provisions regarding the requirements for school bus inspection and to authorize the Highway Patrol to approve school bus inspectors.
Revise certain provisions pertaining to the Certification Board for Alcohol and Drug Professionals and to increase certain fees.
Revise the location where certain county highway maps may be filed.
Authorize municipalities to pay for certain services in advance.
Revise the definition of a temporary special events lot for the purposes of vehicle dealer licensing.
Provide for the creation of a trust account for unlocatable mineral interest owners.
Authorize the Department of Agriculture to construct a housing unit in Huron, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Exempt persons hunting mountain lions from the requirement to wear fluorescent orange exterior garments.
Authorize the Department of Agriculture to construct a 4-H exhibit hall in Huron and to make an appropriation therefor.
Establish a procedure for the determination of the competency of a juvenile to proceed in a juvenile court matter.
Repeal certain provisions providing a criminal penalty for a political party to endorse or nominate a judicial candidate.
Repeal the requirement to separately publish certain information concerning county poor relief from the minutes of the county commissions.
Revise certain provisions relating to the failure to fulfill the responsibilities of jury duty.
Allow electronic submission and record keeping of placed in service reports.
Designate POW/MIA Recognition Day as a working holiday.
Permit certain persons to renew an operator's license, a motorcycle operator's license, or nondriver identification card without appearing in person at a driver license exam site.
Revise previous session laws related to the design, construction, and equipping of a veterans home near Hot Springs, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Require mineral developers to give notice to surface owners before entering the land.
Designate Purple Heart Recognition Day as a working holiday.
Update citations and revise certain provisions regarding permits for energy facilities.
Authorize one cent credit denominations for video lottery machines, to authorize the award of one thousand dollars on a video lottery machine, and to make form and style changes to certain provisions regarding the lottery.
Revise the provisions under which the Bureau of Administration may enter into contracts for insurance and reinsurance.
Revise certain provisions relating to the administration of mineral rights on and under research parks.
Revise the purpose of the agriculture mediation program.
Exempt certain environmental upgrade values from assessment during construction and to provide a sunset clause for the environmental upgrade exemption.
Provide for the award of treble damages in certain surface depredation cases.
Revise the requirements for health maintenance organizations.
Repeal certain provisions relating to the Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation.
Authorize the Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers and Audiologists to establish a thirty day trial period for the sale of hearing aids.
Clarify the gross receipts subject to taxation by the retail sales and service tax, the gross receipts tax on visitor related businesses, the municipal non-ad valorem tax, and the municipal gross receipts tax.
Revise certain provisions relating to drainage utility fees in municipalities.
Revise the schedule for payment of excise taxes for farm wineries.
Revise certain provisions relating to the termination of certain mineral interests.
Revise certain rules relating to the Department of Human Services Medicaid waiver programs.
Revise certain provisions relating to the publication of certain records by cooperatives.
Authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Board of Regents to finance, design, construct, furnish, and equip a sports performance enhancement facility arena and a new outdoor track and soccer complex at the University of South Dakota and to make an appropriation therefor.
Amend the provisions regarding the reimbursement of a physical exam of a victim after a rape.
Revise certain provisions regarding the procedure for setting petroleum examination and testing specifications and methods.
Authorize the Board of Regents to accept the donation of land from the University of South Dakota Foundation for the use and benefit of the University of South Dakota.
Increase certain penalties regarding the sale of petroleum products.
Revise certain requirements for third party administrators and pharmacy benefits managers.
Revise certain Limited Liability Company statutes.
Revise the provisions that authorize townships to combine the offices of the clerk and the treasurer.
Revise certain provisions concerning the health and educational facilities authority.
Define a biodiesel producer and bulk plant operator and revise certain statutory references and to make certain form and style changes regarding motor fuel taxation.
Provide for the addition of certain employees of the municipality of Sioux Falls to the South Dakota Retirement System.
Revise certain actuarial and reporting requirements relating to the South Dakota Retirement System.
Establish the fee charged by registers of deeds for documents filed by the Department of Transportation disposing of highway right-of-way that is no longer needed for highway purposes.
Revise certain provisions regarding the examination for an application for a funeral service license.
Expand the application of the farm decal system.
Revise certain provisions relating to an employer's denial of workers' compensation claims.
Authorize the Transportation Commission to establish rules governing the allowance, placement, and maintenance of newspaper vending machines at interstate rest areas.
Revise certain provisions regarding the electronic filing of motor fuel tax reports and the electronic remittance of motor fuel tax.
Increase the penalty for sexual acts between correction facility employees and juvenile detainees.
Comply with certain Internal Revenue Code requirements relating to maximum annual benefits paid to members of the South Dakota Retirement System and to provide for the update of references to the Internal Revenue Code.
Authorize the Department of Revenue to establish an electronic title system for motor vehicles and to revise certain provisions regarding an electronic lien filing system.
Revise certain provisions regarding unemployment insurance employer charges and claimant misrepresentation regarding benefit overpayments and to correct references to certain provisions pertaining to unemployment insurance.
Revise certain provisions relating to child support.
Revise certain provisions related to the director's orders to hazardous insurers.
Repeal certain outdated and obsolete provisions regarding the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications.
Revise certain provisions regarding the application of the special pay retirement program of the South Dakota Retirement System.
Revise certain provisions regarding parole date calculation.
Authorize manufactured home dealers to submit license fees directly to the Department of Revenue and to provide an electronic renewal notice to certain dealers.
Revise the lending limit for state chartered banks.
Provide for certain methods of disbursement for school district flexible spending accounts.
Revise certain provisions regarding the money, clothing, and transportation furnished inmates released from the Department of Corrections.
Update terminology for individuals with intellectual disabilities and similar terms.
Repeal certain rule-making authority for the director of insurance.
Revise certain provisions regarding the insurance fraud prevention unit.
Revise certain provisions regarding the students eligible for resident tuition benefits at universities controlled by the Board of Regents.
Revise certain provisions regarding the purchase price of rebuilt motor vehicles and to create a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for sales tax paid on parts used in rebuilt motor vehicles and vehicles manufactured by individuals.
Improve public safety.
Correct an error in the recreational vehicle title statute.
Authorize the Department of Revenue to provide lists of licensed boat dealers.
Repeal certain outdated programs relating to the Department of Human Services.
Prohibit retention of certain administration costs for untimely 911 surcharge remittances.
Revise certain requirements for certified public accountant firms licensed in South Dakota.
Repeal certain outdated statutes and cross references related to the Department of Health.
Continue the current rate of the gross receipts tax imposed on visitor-related businesses.
Codify legislation enacted in 2012.
Revise certain provisions regarding the practice of optometry.
Revise certain provisions regarding references to the Internal Revenue Code.