2017 Regular Session

Provide certain provisions regarding asbestos bankruptcy trust claims.

Sponsor: Jim Stalzer

Provide certain protections to faith-based or religious child-placement agencies.

Sponsor: Alan Solano

Revise certain provisions related to construction managers on certain public improvement projects.

Sponsor: Larry Zikmund

Revise the tax on certain telecommunication services and devices.

Sponsor: Dan Ahlers

Exempt certain unmanned aircraft systems from the requirement to be registered as aircraft.

Sponsor: Transportation

Provide for the sale of certain surplus real estate at the South Dakota Veterans' Home and to provide for the deposit of the proceeds.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Provide certain provisions excluding business-to-business lending from certain money lending limitations.

Sponsor: Jeff Partridge

Exempt certain persons working in postsecondary technical institutes from collective bargaining provisions.

Sponsor: Mark Mickelson

Authorize the South Dakota Building Authority to provide for the construction of and improvements to the State Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory and infrastructure at South Dakota State University, to increase certain agricultural fees, to transfer certain funds, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise certain provisions regarding conflicts of interest for authority, board, or commission members.

Sponsor: Mark Mickelson

Require cooperation with the Division of Child Support as a condition of eligibility for the SNAP program.

Sponsor: Kent Peterson

Revise the length of the maximum probationary period for juvenile probationers and to revise the conditions of a juvenile commitment to the Department of Corrections.

Sponsor: Al Novstrup

Provide for the sale of certain surplus real estate in Rapid City and to provide for the deposit of the proceeds.

Sponsor: State Affairs

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

Provide certain provisions regarding investigations of misconduct by certain public officials.

Sponsor: Richard Curd

Provide for the release of certain booking photographs.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Revise certain provisions concerning the process for truancy citations and formal petitions and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Arthur Rusch

Revise the definition of individuals with a serious emotional disturbance.

Sponsor: Health and Human Services

Repeal the authority for the Department of Social Services to enter agreements related to the Refugee Act of 1980 and to require certain reports regarding services provided to and arrival of refugees.

Sponsor: Brock Greenfield

Establish certain fees for receiving electronic files of petitions, to revise certain provisions concerning filing petitions and other documents, and to revise certain provisions concerning elections and voting.

Sponsor: Local Government

Repeal and revise certain provisions relating to permits to carry a concealed pistol.

Sponsor: Lynn Disanto

Protect certain easement holders and rural customers from shutoffs by certain energy companies.

Sponsor: Jim Bolin

Provide for the sale of certain surplus real estate located in Aurora County and to provide for the deposit of the proceeds.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Revise certain provisions regarding the sale of consumers power district assets.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Add cannabidiol to the list of Schedule IV controlled substances and to exclude it from the definition of marijuana.

Sponsor: Richard Curd

Revise certain provisions regarding campaign finance requirements.

Sponsor: Legislative Procedure

Revise provisions regarding the amount licensing agents may collect on the sale of certain licenses and permits for the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to designate the use of certain funds received by the department, and to establish certain reporting requirements.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Revise certain provisions regarding the petition signature requirements for municipal elections.

Sponsor: Craig Kennedy

Grant limited immunity from arrest and prosecution for certain related offenses to persons who assist certain persons in need of emergency assistance or who are themselves in need of emergency assistance.

Sponsor: Jean Hunhoff

Repeal the Legislative Planning Committee and revise certain provisions regarding agency performance reviews.

Sponsor: Deb Peters

Provide an exception for alcohol manufacturer and wholesaler licensees to participate in certain retail events and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Al Novstrup

Revise provisions regarding election petitions for conservation district supervisors.

Sponsor: Larry Tidemann

Make an appropriation to expand intensive methamphetamine treatment services within the Department of Social Services and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise certain provisions regarding underage prostitution.

Sponsor: Lynn Disanto

Require certain provisions to be met before distribution of the 911 emergency surcharge revenue and to revise the effective date for the sunset clause provisions that lower the 911 emergency surcharge and revise the method of distributing funds.

Sponsor: Deb Peters

Require that the name and telephone number of an organization fighting to end sex trafficking be given, in writing, to any woman seeking an abortion.

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

Revise certain provisions regarding the deposit of county funds.

Sponsor: Lance Russell

Repeal certain provisions relating to the payment of special assessments.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Create a State Government Accountability Board.

Sponsor: Karen Soli

Provide for annually updated financial interest statements for any person elected to statewide or local office.

Sponsor: Greg Jamison

Revise certain unemployment insurance contribution rates, to provide for an unemployment insurance administrative fee, and to provide for the distribution of the fee.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Increase the penalty for performing an abortion of an unborn child capable of feeling pain.

Sponsor: Steven Haugaard

Provide for the suspension of the probationary period for juvenile probationers under certain conditions.

Sponsor: Alan Solano

Revise certain provisions regarding the review of juvenile corrections.

Sponsor: Deb Peters

Exempt the elected members of the governing board of any federally recognized Indian tribe from the requirement to register as lobbyists.

Sponsor: Troy Heinert

Revise certain alcoholic beverage licensing provisions concerning the manufacturing and sale of cider.

Sponsor: Tim Rounds

Revise certain provisions concerning the period of time certain persons are prohibited from lobbying after leaving office.

Sponsor: Richard Curd

Provide for a legislative task force to consider certain legislation proposed to revise provisions regarding the constitutional amendment, initiative and referendum process in South Dakota.

Sponsor: David Lust

Revise certain provisions of the reinvestment payment program.

Sponsor: Ernie Otten

Specifically classify certain agricultural land as riparian buffer strips, to establish the criteria for the riparian buffer strip classification, and to provide for the taxation thereof.

Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Revise the review process to determine the need for additional nursing facilities or nursing facility beds and to require a report to the Legislature.

Sponsor: Jim Stalzer

Make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise certain provisions regarding commercial driver license disqualification for refusing to submit to a chemical analysis.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Provide for a grace period after the expiration of a permit and a warning ticket for carrying a concealed pistol while in possession of an expired permit.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of a natural resources research and support facility at South Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Eliminate the postage administration fund and deposit fees to the general fund.

Sponsor: Jim White

Create the agriculture future development fund and to provide funding for certain programs and projects.

Sponsor: Lee Qualm

Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design, renovation of, and addition to, the Stanley J. Marshall Center on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise certain provisions regarding the purchase from a municipality of malt beverages by certain alcoholic beverage licensees.

Sponsor: Arthur Rusch

Revise certain provisions regarding the State Fair Commission and the administration of the fairgrounds and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Revise certain provisions regarding the approval by the governing board of licenses for alcoholic beverages.

Sponsor: Tim Rounds

Allow law enforcement to initiate a mental illness hold in domestic abuse situations.

Sponsor: Timothy Johns

Make appropriations from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes, to increase the transfer from the water and environment fund to the environment and natural resources fee fund, and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Revise certain provisions regarding the liability of persons for certain business debts.

Sponsor: David Johnson

Revise certain provisions regarding credit for reinsurance.

Sponsor: Commerce and Energy

Provide a special tribal veteran license plate for certain motor vehicles.

Sponsor: Troy Heinert

Provide for the perfection of liens upon application for duplicate certificates of title.

Sponsor: Hugh Bartels

Revise certain provisions regarding school bus stop violations.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Require the Government Operations and Audit Committee to provide oversight to the Board of Regents on issues relating to the university centers.

Sponsor: Kristin Conzet

Adopt the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.

Sponsor: Timothy Johns

Exempt a person with a commercial driver license from the requirement to have a hazardous materials endorsement on the license under certain conditions.

Sponsor: Lana Greenfield

Modify certain provisions relating to concealed carry permits.

Sponsor: Thomas Brunner

Assist in balancing the state's budget and fund rural housing.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Revise certain provisions regarding the notice requirements of county commissions in authorizing installation of utility lines along and across highways.

Sponsor: Kyle Schoenfish

Clarify certain provisions regarding the process to be excused from public school attendance.

Sponsor: Sue Lucas-Peterson

Revise certain references regarding loans and investments for insurance companies.

Sponsor: Commerce and Energy

Revise certain provisions regarding resident fishing possession limits.

Sponsor: Elizabeth May

Authorize law enforcement officers to issue certain citations not signed under oath.

Sponsor: Dan Kaiser

Revise the start date of driver license suspension, revocation, and disqualification periods.

Sponsor: Transportation

Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of the NSU Regional Science Education Center at Northern State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Repeal certain provisions concerning potato grades and standards.

Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Revise certain provisions regarding persons requesting an abstract of their own driver operating record.

Sponsor: Transportation

Revise certain provisions regarding the payment of tuition for members of the South Dakota National Guard and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Revise certain provisions regarding consent for correspondence through electronic mail by enrolled customers of portable electronics.

Sponsor: Mark Willadsen

Revise certain provisions administered by the Department of Agriculture related to nursery stock, conservation, forestry, and farm mediation.

Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Provide certain criteria for meeting the ownership requirements for classifying dwellings as owner-occupied property.

Sponsor: Larry Tidemann

Provide for the issuance of certain hunting licenses to nonresident military veterans at the resident rate.

Sponsor: David Johnson

Revise the penalty for vehicular homicide.

Sponsor: Jenna Netherton

Congratulating and recognizing Coach Luke Vander Leest of Sioux Falls Christian High School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as the 2016 U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Coach of the Year for Boys High School Cross Country across all classes in the state of South Dakota.

Sponsor: Sue Lucas-Peterson

Congratulating and commending Teagan NcNary, of Vermillion, South Dakota, and Josh Anderson, of Aberdeen, South Dakota, on their election as the incoming University of South Dakota Student Government Association president and vice president.

Sponsor: Sue Lucas-Peterson

Honoring Laura Ingalls Wilder's 150th birthday and the celebration of this milestone in De Smet, South Dakota.

Sponsor: Bob Glanzer

Prohibiting officials and employees of the South Dakota Department of Education and members of the South Dakota Board of Education from joining certain organizations or consortia that may present a conflict of interest.

Sponsor: Lynn Disanto

Revise certain provisions that provide transparency and public comment for ballot measures and amendments to the Constitution.

Sponsor: Jenna Netherton

Honoring Christopher Todd Jumper of Boy Scout Troop 28, North Sioux City, South Dakota, for earning the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.

Sponsor: Jim Bolin

Provide for the Servicemember Firearms Protection Act.

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

Honoring and commending Abby Shay Neff of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for receiving the President's Volunteer Service Award and local honors from the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

Sponsor: Sue Lucas-Peterson

Revise certain provisions regarding certain notices to be provided by guardians of protected persons.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Revise certain provisions regarding contributions to ballot question committees.

Sponsor: Mark Mickelson

Create provisions for prohibiting the use of handheld electronic wireless communications devices by school bus drivers.

Sponsor: Craig Tieszen

Expressing support for the continuation of the Perkins Loan Program and urging Congress to take immediate action to permanently reauthorize the program, in its entirety and in its original form.

Sponsor: Al Novstrup

To urge the United States Department of State to approve the presidential permit application allowing the construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline between the United States and Canada.

Sponsor: James Schaefer

Expressing the strongest support for, and unity with, the State of Israel and recognizing Jerusalem, as Israel's undivided capital.

Sponsor: Steven Haugaard

Revise the distribution of certain taxes collected by the Department of Revenue and to increase certain excise taxes and to make an appropriation thereof.

Sponsor: Sue Lucas-Peterson

To require the payment into the federal oil spill liability trust fund for the Keystone One Pipeline and the Keystone XL Pipeline and to recognize dilbit as oil.

Sponsor: Craig Kennedy

Instructing the Department of Transportation to ensure proper access for farm and grazing lands by identifying and reevaluating excessive highway setbacks.

Sponsor: Timothy Goodwin

Honoring and commending the 2016 Class AA Mitchell Kernels Football Team on winning the South Dakota Class AA State Football Championship for Mitchell High School, the first time in play-off history.

Sponsor: Tona Rozum

Celebrating and honoring the life of Dr. Wayne Evans.

Sponsor: Troy Heinert

Revise certain provisions concerning the transfer of motor vehicle titles to satisfy unpaid motor vehicle repair bills.

Sponsor: Craig Kennedy

Provide for the permitting of waterfowl outfitters, and to dedicate fees and surcharges paid by waterfowl outfitters for use on certain game production areas.

Sponsor: Al Novstrup

Revise certain provisions regarding the licensure of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.

Sponsor: Jean Hunhoff

Provide certain provisions regarding investigations of misconduct by certain public officials.

Sponsor: Larry Rhoden

Update, revise, and repeal certain provisions relating to nurse practitioners and nurse midwives.

Sponsor: Deb Soholt

Honoring the 2017 South Dakota Boys & Girls Clubs of America's Youth of the Year finalists.

Sponsor: Larry Tidemann

Commending and honoring Spencer Neugebauer for his 2016 Mitchell High School football season.

Sponsor: Joshua Klumb

Revise certain provisions regarding delegates and alternates to the national convention, nominating petitions, and runoff elections and to revise certain provisions for new political parties.

Sponsor: Local Government

Provide for the certification of emergency medical responders.

Sponsor: Health and Human Services

Revise certain provisions regarding the state geologist.

Sponsor: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Implement certain vehicle size and weight provisions required by federal law.

Sponsor: Transportation

Revise certain provisions regarding the need for a driver license or permit to operate certain motor vehicles.

Sponsor: Dan Kaiser

Revise certain provisions regarding required stops at railroad crossings.

Sponsor: Drew Dennert

Protect the teaching of certain scientific information.

Sponsor: Jeff Monroe

Revise certain provisions regarding the responsibility to remove snow from certain state highways.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Provide certain provisions regarding the use of contributions received by a candidate campaign committee.

Sponsor: Billie Sutton

Provide for the exemption of certain students from the requirement to take certain academic assessment tests.

Sponsor: Jim Bolin

Prohibit the unauthorized use of electronic listening or recording devices in classrooms.

Sponsor: Susan Wismer

Prohibit dismemberment abortions and to provide a penalty therefor.

Sponsor: Isaac Latterell

Honoring and commending Beth Kaltsulas, of Yankton, South Dakota, as the South Dakota Teacher of the Year.

Sponsor: Jean Hunhoff

Revise certain provisions regarding collective bargaining for teachers.

Sponsor: Mark Mickelson

Update references to certain federal motor carrier regulations.

Sponsor: Transportation

License and regulate community living homes.

Sponsor: Health and Human Services

Provide for the regulation of teams and team leaders regarding real estate transactions.

Sponsor: Kristin Conzet

Repeal the lottery and certain gambling in South Dakota.

Sponsor: Steven Haugaard

Accommodate legislation relating to education in South Dakota.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Revise certain provisions regarding the participation of home school students in certain interscholastic activities.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Revise certain provisions limiting the issuance of certain licenses and permits if a debt is being collected by the obligation recovery center.

Sponsor: Jason Frerichs

Revise the penalty for ingestion of marijuana.

Sponsor: Justin Cronin

Revise certain provisions regarding disclosure of contributors for independent campaign expenditures.

Sponsor: Lance Russell

Create a leased residential property classification.

Sponsor: Jenna Netherton

Recognizing Rev. Dr. Donald C. Simmons, Jr. for his exemplary service to the State of South Dakota.

Sponsor: Kyle Schoenfish

Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design, renovation of, and addition to, the Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

Accommodate legislation regarding the Missouri River.

Sponsor: Justin Cronin

Require the Department of Education to use a competitive bidding process when acquiring academic assessments.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Revise when improvement districts shall hold an election of board members.

Sponsor: Timothy Johns

Revise the state automated victim notification system.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Revise certain provisions concerning voter registration and notices of boundary changes for local elections.

Sponsor: Local Government

Congratulating Donnie Stoltz of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on the extraordinary honor of winning a 2017 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.

Sponsor: Jack Kolbeck

Revise certain provisions regarding marriage license fees.

Sponsor: Arthur Rusch

Accommodate legislation relating to education in South Dakota.

Sponsor: Kent Peterson

Congratulating Anneliese Taggart of Vermillion, South Dakota, on the extraordinary honor of winning the 2017 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.

Sponsor: Arthur Rusch

Strengthening and expanding sister-state ties between South Dakota and Taiwan; supporting the signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and a Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the United States; and reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile.

Sponsor: Tim Rounds

Revise the definition of fall enrollment for purposes of education funding.

Sponsor: Kyle Schoenfish

Provide certain provisions that require the Governor to consult the Legislature before mobilizing the National Guard or law enforcement in certain circumstances.

Sponsor: Shawn Bordeaux

Allow for the promulgation of fees only with explicit statutory authority

Sponsor: Justin Cronin

Authorize the submission of an application for a state innovation waiver regarding health insurance and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Impose a statewide property tax for purpose of providing funds to increase certain employee wages employed by community support providers and nursing facilities.

Sponsor: Al Novstrup

Revise the definition of fall enrollment for the purpose of calculating state aid to education payments to school districts.

Sponsor: Julie Bartling

Make an appropriation for the support of the Veterans Outreach Center and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Larry Zikmund

Make an appropriation to the Department of Agriculture for enhancement of the farm link program.

Sponsor: Jason Frerichs

Accommodate legislation to improve culverts in the state.

Sponsor: Jason Frerichs

Revise certain provisions regarding violations of county and municipal ordinances.

Sponsor: Julie Frye-Mueller

Create an exception for possession of a certain amount of marijuana with a valid medical marijuana card from another state.

Sponsor: Reynold Nesiba

Revise the eligibility requirements for the opportunity scholarship program.

Sponsor: Jason Frerichs

Revise certain provisions regarding the board of county commissioners.

Sponsor: Julie Frye-Mueller

Require the Department of Social Services to submit an implementation plan to allow the state to issue photo EBT cards.

Sponsor: Elizabeth May

Adjust the period of time requiring the use of lighted front and rear lamps on motor vehicles.

Sponsor: Burt Tulson

Revise the administrative rule regarding income eligibility for assistance with child care costs.

Sponsor: Billie Sutton

Commending Heather Wilson on her nomination for Secretary of the United States Air Force and honoring her service to South Dakota.

Sponsor: Terri Haverly

Honoring Senator Gary Cammack and his wife Amy for receiving the Olin Sims Conservation Leadership Award in January of 2017.

Sponsor: Brock Greenfield

Honoring and congratulating Amanda Christensen of Mitchell, South Dakota, as a 2017 Milken Educator.

Sponsor: Tona Rozum

Celebrating and honoring Sisseton's 125th anniversary on April 15, 2017, and the Celebrate Sisseton 125th festivities on July 14, 15, and 16, 2017.

Sponsor: Jason Frerichs

Impose a tariff on certain pipelines carrying crude oil and to create a crude oil pipeline compensation fund that may be used in the event of a crude oil spill.

Sponsor: Troy Heinert

Revise certain municipal special assessment provisions.

Sponsor: Isaac Latterell

Establish certain provisions regarding conflict of interest for legislators.

Sponsor: Dan Ahlers

Provide certain defenses to adverse possession claims.

Sponsor: Jason Frerichs

Require a sentence of life imprisonment for certain persons with severe mental illness and to provide for a determination of severe mental illness in those cases.

Sponsor: Timothy Johns

Establish a program to assist nursing and assisted living facilities in recruiting certain health care personnel.

Sponsor: Karen Soli

Repeal the authority of municipalities to exercise planning and zoning powers outside corporate limits of municipalities.

Sponsor: Dan Kaiser

Authorize the operation of a nursing home facility in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Commending and honoring the 2016 Winner, Colome, and Gregory High School Championship Football Teams.

Sponsor: Billie Sutton

Correct the county boundary description for Mellette County.

Sponsor: Troy Heinert

Revise the computation of final average compensation for benefits relating to the South Dakota Retirement System.

Sponsor: Retirement Laws

Revise certain provisions regarding high school equivalency testing.

Sponsor: Education

Revise certain provisions regarding background checks for applicants, licensees, vendors, and employees of the South Dakota Lottery.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Revise and repeal certain provisions relating to education service agencies.

Sponsor: Education

Authorize certain rule making authority for the State Board of Finance.

Sponsor: State Affairs

Revise the definition of compensation for purposes of the South Dakota Retirement System, to provide a penalty for falsely reporting compensation, and to update references to the Internal Revenue Code.

Sponsor: Retirement Laws

Establish the South Dakota Early Learning Advisory Council.

Sponsor: Billie Sutton

Honoring and commending Beth Kaltsulas as Yankton School District Teacher of the Year.

Sponsor: Jean Hunhoff

Authorize the Board of Regents to purchase improved real property on behalf of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Exempt certain food sales from licensure, certification, and inspection.

Sponsor: Blaine Campbell

Revise certain provisions related to special assessments.

Sponsor: Appropriations

Make accessible to the public certain information relating to the partners in education tax credit program.

Sponsor: Herman Otten

To call for the appointment of a special prosecutor.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Accommodate legislation on medical services.

Sponsor: Ryan Maher

Revise certain provisions regarding open records.

Sponsor: Greg Jamison

Honoring Cronin Farms as the 2016 Leopold Conservation Award recipient.

Sponsor: John Lake

Empower health care consumers.

Sponsor: David Anderson

Revise certain investment fee rates for employer contribution to the South Dakota future special revenue fund and certain procedures regarding employer contribution rates for the state unemployment compensation fund.

Sponsor: Deb Peters

Provide for the referral of a school board's decision to change the number of school days in a school week.

Sponsor: Billie Sutton

Define a no-go zone and create a procedure to manage no-go zones.

Sponsor: Timothy Goodwin

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: Ray Ring

Require the Department of Health and Department of Social Services to make an annual report to the Legislature regarding the condition of long-term health care in South Dakota.

Sponsor: Karen Soli

Revise certain provisions regarding lands owned by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.

Sponsor: Sam Marty

Provide for the continuation of the paraprofessional tuition assistance scholarship program and to make an appropriation therefor.

Sponsor: Troy Heinert

Require a minimum amount of paid sick leave for employees.

Sponsor: Reynold Nesiba

Revise certain references to the Internal Revenue Code.

Sponsor: Taxation

Establish consultation protocols between the Department of Education and tribal government officials.

Sponsor: Troy Heinert

Create protections and accommodations for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in their places of employment.

Sponsor: Dan Ahlers

Revise and repeal certain provisions regarding the practice of barbering.

Sponsor: Commerce and Energy

Repeal and revise certain provisions related to campaign finance and to declare an emergency.

Sponsor: Larry Rhoden

Revise certain provisions regarding the interception of certain communications.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Revise and repeal certain provisions regarding dental corporations.

Sponsor: Health and Human Services

Allow funeral homes to collect reimbursement for reasonable funeral costs from a decedent's estate under certain conditions.

Sponsor: Steven Haugaard

Provide certain protection to state and local government employees regarding the disclosure of information in good faith.

Sponsor: Susan Wismer

Allow for the redistribution of unused nursing facility bed capacity.

Sponsor: Alan Solano

Revise certain requirements for a public notice of a public meeting.

Sponsor: Timothy Johns

Commending the South Dakota Army National Guard 153rd Engineer Battalion of Huron, South Dakota, for being awarded the Major General Milton A. Reckord Trophy and for its continued demonstration of support to the local community and the state.

Sponsor: Jim White

Honoring Cleo Erickson, "The History Lady," of Vermillion, South Dakota, who knew more about the history of her community than anyone else.

Sponsor: Arthur Rusch

Revise certain provisions regarding the consideration of joint physical custody of a minor.

Sponsor: Phil Jensen

Commending the entire South Dakota Army National Guard on being awarded a first place gold finish in the 2016 Army Communities of Excellence Awards.

Sponsor: Tim Rounds

Recognizing and congratulating Jonathon A. Brown of Boy Scout Troop 1187 for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.

Sponsor: Alan Solano

Commending the South Dakota National Guard 82nd Civil Support Team of Rapid City, South Dakota, on being awarded the General John J. Pershing Trophy and for its continued demonstration of support to the local community and the state.

Sponsor: David Lust

Honoring the Pierre Junior Shooters BB Gun Team for winning the 2016 Daisy National BB Gun Championship.

Sponsor: Mary Duvall

Allow nursing facilities to transfer or sell nursing bed capacity.

Sponsor: Wayne Steinhauer

Revise certain provisions concerning sales receipts maintained by temporary vendors.

Sponsor: Larry Rhoden

Commending the South Dakota National Guard Company C, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment of Rapid City, South Dakota, for being awarded the National Guard Association of the United States Certificate of Victory and for its continued demonstration of support to the local community and the state.

Sponsor: Blaine Campbell

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

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

Recognizing the outstanding public service of President James Monroe.

Sponsor: Jim Bolin

Commending and recognizing the numerous contributions made by South Dakota's social workers and recognizing March 2017 as Social Work Month.

Sponsor: Alan Solano

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

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

Honoring, commending, and thanking South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Derek Mann upon his retirement for his many dedicated years of service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman.

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

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

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

Honoring, commending, and thanking South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Mike Adam upon his retirement for his many dedicated years of service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman.

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

Provide certain provisions regarding liability against public entities that prohibit firearms on their premises.

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

Honoring, commending, and thanking South Dakota Highway Patrol Lieutenant David Berkley upon his retirement for his many dedicated years of service to South Dakotans as a highway patrolman.

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

Encouraging school districts to provide for an annual academic scholarship signing day in schools.

Sponsor: Jenna Netherton

Recognizing National Speech and Debate Education Day on March 3, 2017.

Sponsor: Sue Lucas-Peterson

Inviting President Donald J. Trump to visit the State of South Dakota, and most especially to visit Mount Rushmore Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial.

Sponsor: Jim Bolin

Posthumously honoring, commending, and remembering Roger Allen for over forty-five years of dedicated service as an educator to the youth and families of the Mitchell School District and Dakota Wesleyan University.

Sponsor: Stace Nelson

Honoring and commending Dale Lamphere, of Sturgis, South Dakota, and his team for the monumental sculpture, "Dignity", and Norm and Eunabel McKie, of Rapid City, South Dakota, for their generous financial support of the sculpture project.

Sponsor: David Lust

Commending and honoring Sarah Carter, a member of the Stanley County School District Board of Education, on her selection as the Associated School Boards of South Dakota Outstanding School Board Member of South Dakota for 2016.

Sponsor: Jeff Monroe

Commending and honoring the 2015-2016 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Jim Holbeck, Harrisburg, School Superintendent; Todd Brist, Watertown, Middle School Principal; Lory DuFrain, Wagner, School Business Official; Ethan Dschaak, Meade, Elementary School Principal; Kevin Lein, Harrisburg, Secondary School Principal; Ryan Rollinger, Harrisburg, Assistant Secondary School Principal; Sherri Becker, Mitchell, Curriculum Leader; and Jennifer Heggelund, Watertown, Director of Special Education, for being named outstanding administrators by their respective administrator parent groups.

Sponsor: Jim Bolin

Revise the river basin natural resource district boundaries, to establish subdistricts for each district, and to establish a procedure to adjust district boundaries.

Sponsor: John Wiik

Provide for an election in the Red River and Minnesota River Basin Natural Resource District in 2018, to remove certain areas from the East Dakota Water Development District that are contained in that river basin natural resource district, and to provide for elections in the other river basin natural resource districts at a later date.

Sponsor: John Wiik

Revise certain provisions relating to child support.

Sponsor: Judiciary

Reappointing Mr. Marty Guindon of Pierre, South Dakota, to the Office of Auditor General.

Sponsor: Spencer Hawley

Revise provisions regarding election petitions for conservation district supervisors.

Revise the definition of individuals with a serious emotional disturbance.

Improve online access to information concerning state boards, commissions, and departments.

Revise certain provisions related to securities held as unclaimed property and to declare an emergency.

Make an appropriation to expand intensive methamphetamine treatment services within the Department of Social Services and to declare an emergency.

Make an appropriation for the purchase of land by the South Dakota Department of the Military for use by the South Dakota Army National Guard and to declare an emergency.

Establish the Government Accountability Task Force to study campaign finance and to declare an emergency.

Define certain fees incident to the extension of credit.

Revise certain provisions regarding the sale of certain real estate at the South Dakota Development Center.

Provide for the sale of certain surplus real estate located in Aurora County and to provide for the deposit of the proceeds.

Allow for service by publication for certain paternity and child custody actions.

Prohibit certain direct conflicts of interest by public officials and to provide a penalty therefor.

Repeal the authority for the Department of Social Services to enter agreements related to the Refugee Act of 1980 and to require certain reports regarding services provided to and arrival of refugees.

Repeal certain provisions related to certain prior statements of a witness subject to discovery and to establish the rationale and effect of the repeal.

Revise provisions regarding the amount licensing agents may collect on the sale of certain licenses and permits for the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to designate the use of certain funds received by the department, and to establish certain reporting requirements.

Revise provisions regarding deadlines for municipal election recounts.

Revise certain provisions concerning recreational facilities provided by municipalities.

Revise certain provisions regarding the sale of consumers power district assets.

Authorize the South Dakota Building Authority to provide for the construction of and improvements to the State Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory and infrastructure at South Dakota State University, to increase certain agricultural fees, to transfer certain funds, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

Revise certain provisions relating to child support.

Provide for the release of certain booking photographs.

Provide and revise certain provisions regarding mental health procedures in criminal justice, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Provide certain provisions regarding investigations of misconduct by certain public officials.

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.

Require cooperation with the Division of Child Support as a condition of eligibility for the SNAP program.

Repeal a certain provision regarding the regulation of commercial breeding operations.

Exempt certain persons working in postsecondary technical institutes from collective bargaining provisions.

Provide certain provisions excluding business-to-business lending from certain money lending limitations.

Revise the exceptions to presumptive probation.

Increase accountability in South Dakota's criminal justice system.

Provide for the assignment of certain benefits in dental care insurance coverage.

Revise certain provisions regarding the review of juvenile corrections.

Revise and repeal certain provisions regarding gifts from registered lobbyists to public officials.

Revise certain provisions regarding the deposit of county funds.

Revise certain provisions regarding prison or jail population cost estimates.

Permit and regulate the practice of licensed certified professional midwives.

Provide for a legislative task force to consider certain legislation proposed to revise provisions regarding the constitutional amendment, initiative and referendum process in South Dakota.

Provide limitation on liability for certain architects and engineers

Revise certain provisions regarding health coverage for applied behavior analysis.

Eliminate the need to prove the use of force, fraud, or coercion in the human trafficking of minors.

Exempt the elected members of the governing board of any federally recognized Indian tribe from the requirement to register as lobbyists.

Revise certain unemployment insurance contribution rates, to provide for an unemployment insurance administrative fee, and to provide for the distribution of the fee.

Require schools to provide instruction in hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Provide certain protections for public employees.

Establish certain provisions for awarding grants and collecting surcharges related to the equal access to our courts fund.

Provide for a fiscal note for any initiated measure, initiated amendment to the Constitution, or referred law that would have a fiscal impact on the state.

Provide for a grace period after the expiration of a permit and a warning ticket for carrying a concealed pistol while in possession of an expired permit.

Revise certain provisions regarding the purchase from a municipality of malt beverages by certain alcoholic beverage licensees.

Revise certain provisions regarding the approval by the governing board of licenses for alcoholic beverages.

Revise certain provisions regarding golf carts on state highways.

Revise certain provisions of the reinvestment payment program.

Allow for special motor vehicle license plates depicting the Dignity sculpture.

Make appropriations from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes, to increase the transfer from the water and environment fund to the environment and natural resources fee fund, and to declare an emergency.

Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design, renovation of, and addition to, the Stanley J. Marshall Center on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

Make an appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission and to declare an emergency.

Revise certain provisions concerning the attorney recruitment assistance program.

Delay the effective date for initiated measures and referred laws.

Revise the time to file certain tax returns and remit certain taxes.

Revise certain provisions of the prescription drug monitoring program.

Establish for the Board of Regents and its institutions a fund for the receipt and disbursement of federal grants and contracts and a fund for the receipt and disbursement of other grants and contracts and to make an appropriation therefor.

Adopt the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.

Revise certain provisions regarding credit for reinsurance.

Require the Government Operations and Audit Committee to provide oversight to the Board of Regents on issues relating to the university centers.

Provide a special tribal veteran license plate for certain motor vehicles.

Provide requirements and standards for insurers' own risk and solvency assessments.

Revise certain provisions regarding the notice requirements of county commissions in authorizing installation of utility lines along and across highways.

Revise certain provisions regarding wholesale drug distributors, to provide for licensure and regulation of outsourcing facilities for certain drugs, and to establish a fee for licensure of outsourcing facilities.

Provide for the perfection of liens upon application for duplicate certificates of title.

Revise certain provisions regarding federal covered securities.

Revise certain provisions relating to the criteria for informal adjustment for any apparent child in need of supervision.

Revise certain provisions concerning how stop lamps shall be mounted and displayed on vehicles and trailers.

Revise the voting authority of an alderman.

Repeal certain provisions concerning potato grades and standards.

Allow owners to affix vehicle identification numbers on certain trailers.

Revise certain provisions regarding the payment of tuition for members of the South Dakota National Guard and to declare an emergency.

Revise certain provisions regarding consent for correspondence through electronic mail by enrolled customers of portable electronics.

Revise certain provisions administered by the Department of Agriculture related to nursery stock, conservation, forestry, and farm mediation.

Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of the NSU Regional Science Education Center at Northern State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

Revise certain provisions regarding permits for the sale of certain trailers, motorcycles, and other vehicles.

Provide certain criteria for meeting the ownership requirements for classifying dwellings as owner-occupied property.

Revise certain provisions regarding required stops at railroad crossings.

Establish the South Dakota Board of Technical Education and to revise certain provisions regarding career and technical education and postsecondary technical institutes.

Implement certain vehicle size and weight provisions required by federal law.

Revise certain provisions regarding the need for a driver license or permit to operate certain motor vehicles.

Revise certain provisions for establishing a trust for an unlocatable mineral owner.

License and regulate community living homes.

Allow two-wheeled off-road vehicles that meet certain requirements to be registered and licensed.

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

Make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability and to declare an emergency.

Revise certain restrictions regarding division directors of the Department of Revenue.

Revise when improvement districts shall hold an election of board members.

Establish and revise certain provisions regarding virtual representation.

Revise certain provisions related to wind and solar easements.

Revise and repeal certain provisions relating to education service agencies.

Authorize certain rule making authority for the State Board of Finance.

Revise the computation of final average compensation for benefits relating to the South Dakota Retirement System.

Revise the definition of compensation for purposes of the South Dakota Retirement System, to provide a penalty for falsely reporting compensation, and to update references to the Internal Revenue Code.

Revise certain provisions regarding background checks for applicants, licensees, vendors, and employees of the South Dakota Lottery.

Revise the methodology for calculating the cost of living adjustment for South Dakota Retirement System benefits, to revise reporting conditions, and to provide uniform terminology.

Correct the county boundary description for Mellette County.

Require the Board of Pharmacy to report to the Legislature regarding monitoring and use of opioids in the state.

Remove an outdated reference from the definition of an accredited prevention or treatment facility.

Repeal certain provisions related to certification of financial good standing of utilities.

Repeal and revise certain outdated provisions regarding liens.

Repeal and revise certain provisions related to campaign finance and to declare an emergency.

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

Authorize background investigations for current and potential employees of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications and information technology contractors and subcontractors.

Modify the application timeline for state chartered banks and trust companies.

Revise certain requirements for a public notice of a public meeting.