#2016:sb63

SD Dist 7 State Senate Gen Election: Tidemann and Perpich

SD Legislative District 7. Screenshot of map from SD LRC website on 5/3/16. South Dakota legislative District 7 has  a general election for State Representative. District 7 is basically the city of Brookings, and some of the surrounding area to the north, west, and south. . The incumbent Sen Larry Tidemann survived a Republican primary against Doug Post.  He is now being challenged by Brookings…

District 7 State Senate Republican Primary, Tidemann and Post

SD Legislative District 7. Screenshot of map from SD LRC website on 5/3/16. South Dakota legislative District 7 has a Republican primary for State Senate. District 7 is basically the city of Brookings, and some of the surrounding area to the north, west, and south. Incumbent Larry Tidemann is running for his fourth term as State Senator. Prior that he served in the State House for three terms.…

1 bill defeated on the SD House floor during legislative week 8

South Dakota legislative week eight is complete. During week eight there was only one bill defeated on the House floor; unless you count the failure to override a veto. The Senate side apparently didn’t kill any bills on the floor, I triple-checked the journals just to make sure! But the Senate side killed a good number of House bills in committees (that post is upcoming). SB 63 (SoDakLiberty…

House Ed has 3 bills on Weds Feb 17

On Wednesday, February 17, at 7:45 am the SD House Education committee will take on 3 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. HB…

Senate Ed has three bills on Tues Jan 26, including school lockdown bill

On Tuesday, Jan 26th, at 7:45 AM the SD Senate Education committee will take on 3 bills. SB 63 is pretty important to keep an eye on because of the mandate it places on schools. SB 5 (SoDakLiberty Posts) – Revise the procedure to initiate a school district boundary change. SoDakLiberty Stance: Undecided Prime Sponsors: Sen Deb Peters (R, Dist 9) and Rep Herman Otten (R, Dist 6) are the prime…