#2016:sb22

7 bills announced signed into law on Fri Mar 11 by Governor Daugaard

On Friday, March 11, South Dakota Governor Daugaard sent out a press releases announcing four more bills signed into law. Then he announced the signing of the three bills coming out of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on teacher pay. I will be looking deeper at the Blue Ribbon Task Force in the near future, so I won’t go very deep into them in this post. HB 1182 (SoDakLiberty Posts) – Increase the…

House Judiciary has 6 bills on Mon Feb 29, expansion of forfeiture laws

On Monday, February 29, at 10:00 am the SD House Judiciary committee will take on 6 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! One way to listen to these meetings live is via the audio links on the Schedule page of the LRC website. While there you can also view the status board for the meetings as they are going on. SB 21 (SoDakLiberty…

Bills on the SD Senate Floor for Thurs Jan 28

SD Senate Floor. Photo by Ken Santema 03/30/15. Here are the bills on the South Dakota Senate floor for Thursday, January 28, which begins at 1:30 PM central. This is compiled using the calendar at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! This is also the last day for unlimited bill & joint resolution introduction (J.R. 6B-3). After this any legislator can only submit three…

Senate Judiciary has 3 bills on Tues Jan 26

On Tuesday, Jan 26th, at 8:00 AM the SD Senate Judiciary committee will take on 3 bills. Two of these bills come out of the Jolene’s Law Task Force. SB 21 (SoDakLiberty Posts) – Define a child advocacy center for the purpose of addressing child maltreatment. SoDakLiberty Stance: Undecided Prime Sponsors: Sen Deb Soholt (R, Dist 14) and Rep Tona Rozum (R, Dist 20) are the prime sponsors on behalf…