House Ag has 3 bills on Tues Feb 2, Hemp, navigable streams gates, and...
On Tuesday, February 2, at 7:45 AM the SD House Agriculture and Natural Resources committee will take on 3 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and...
View ArticleHouse State Affairs has 2 bills on Wed Feb 3, religion and transgender bills.
On Wednesday, February 3, at 7:45 AM the SD House State Affairs committee will take on 2 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! These...
View ArticleSenate Local Government has 5 bills on Weds Feb 3
On Wednesday, February 3, at 7:45 AM the SD Senate Local Government committee will take on 5 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! I...
View ArticleSix bills defeated on the SD House or SD Senate floor during legislative week 4
Ducks. Photo by Ken Santema 02/27/16 During legislative week four there were six bills defeated on either the SD House or SD Senate floors. Half of these were killed on the House floor, and the other...
View ArticleHouse State Affairs has 5 bills on Weds Feb 10
Picture taking in the Black Hills. Photo by Ken Santema 7/8/15. On Wednesday, February 10, at 7:45 am the SD House State Affairs committee will take on 5 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the...
View ArticleJoint Appropriations taking up more bills on Thurs Feb 11
On Thursday, February 11, at 9:00 am the SD Joint Committee on Appropriations will take on a number of bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do...
View ArticleHouse State Affairs has 5 bills on Weds Feb 17, credit lines, birth...
Updated! Updated info about HB 1161 On Wednesday, February 17, at 7:45 am the SD House State Affairs committee will take on 5 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this...
View ArticleHouse Transportation has 2 bills on Thurs Feb 18, animal-drawn vehicles
On Thursday, February 18, at 10:00 am the SD House Transportation committee will take on 2 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! One...
View Article5 bills defeated on the SD House and Senate floors during legislative week 6
South Dakota legislative week six is complete. During this week there was only one bill defeated on the SD Senate floor. Over on the House side there four bills defeated on the floor. I am not...
View ArticleSenate Ed has 3 bills on Thurs Feb 25, non-academic standardized test bills
On Thursday, February 25, at 8:00 am the SD Senate 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...
View ArticleSenate Transportation has 2 bills on Mon Feb 29, school buses and...
On Monday, February 29, at 10:00 am the SD Senate Transportation committee will take on 2 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! One way...
View ArticleHouse Local Government has 4 bills on Tues Mar 1, the Hartford bills
Screenshot of Hartford from the School & Public Lands GIS website. On Tuesday, March 1, at 10:00 am the SD House Local Government committee will take on 4 bills. This is compiled using the agenda...
View ArticleSenate Ed has 3 bills and an executive reappointment on Thurs Mar 3, academic...
On Thursday, March 3, at 7:45 am the SD Senate Education committee will take on 3 bills and 1 executive reappointment. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can...
View Article8 bills defeated in Senate committees during SD legislative week 8
South Dakota legislative week eight had a total of eight Senate bills killed by committees. On the House side there doesn’t appear to be any bills killed in committee, although they did kill one on...
View ArticleSDHSAA Interim Committee meeting today in Pierre
TransGender Symbol from Wikimedia Commons. Today the legislative South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) Interim Committee will meet in Pierre at 10:00 am. This interim committee came...
View ArticleSDHSAA Interim Committee meeting on Oct 30, recap of Aug 20 meeting
TransGender Symbol from WikiMedia Commons. Update: original version of this post had the meeting incorrectly listed as Oct 28. On October 30 the legislative South Dakota High School Activities...
View ArticleSD Interim Committees scopes and members for the 2016 session finalized
I noted almost two months ago the three final selections for interim committees in 2016. In the May 16 meeting the scopes and memberships of these three committees were determined by the Executive...
View ArticleSD Dist 19 State Senate Gen Election: Nelson and Graeff
SD Legislative District 19. Screenshot from LRC website 5/20/16. South Dakota legislative District 19 has a general election for State Senate. District 19 is in SE South Dakota. Towns in this district...
View ArticleLooking at the SD State Senate general election results
As I continue to look at results from the 2016 South Dakota general election it is time to look at the State Senate races. I’ve updated the page I used to track the legislative general election races....
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