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Republican problems in District 33

Normally I stay out of party politics on this blog. But District 33 has a situation going on that has caused quite a few Republicans from the area to contact me via email and phone to ask if I knew about a Thune staffer supporting the Democrat in a State Senate race? Since none of the other blogs or old-school media have reported on this, I thought at least a small post was in order. Here is a…

Senate Appropriations has 1 bill on Mon Feb 22, Drug testing TANF

On Monday, February 22, at 8:00 am the SD Senate Committee on Appropriations will take on 1 bill. 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. *** Wednesday…

On Tuesday, February 24th, at 10:00 AM the SD House Local Government committee will take on 2 bills.

*** This meeting is important. All House bills have to be moved on the floor for Crossover day on Wednesday. Both of these bills are House bills, so they must have action taken during this meeting.

HB 1197 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Accommodate legislation for community improvement districts.

Rep…

On Wednesday, February 18th, at 7:45 AM the SD House Education committee will take on 1 bill.

HB 1223 – SoDakLiberty Posts – End the state’s involvement with common core state standards and to prohibit the adoption of certain multistate educational standards.

Rep Blaine “Chip” Campbell (R, Dist 35) and Sen Phil Jensen (R, Dist 33) are the prime sponsors. A simple bill worth reading:

Section 1. Th…

On Friday, January 30th, at 10:00 AM the SD Senate Health and Human Services committee will take on 3 bills.

HB 1012 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Revise certain provisions regarding child welfare agencies.

This bill passed the House Health committee and House floor with no opposition. Here are my notes preceding the House hearing:

Most of this bill seems to be cleaning up language and grammatical…