Senate

Senate Session 2003

There are 40 Legislative Days in 2003 session. The Senate meets during the afternoon of each Legislative Day. Sessions usually begin at 2pm CT, but often start earlier on Friday or Saturday sessions.

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Legislative Day 1 - 1/14/03
Legislative Day 3 - 1/16/03
Legislative Day 4 - 1/17/03
Legislative Day 5 - 1/21/03

SB 4- define operating agreements for the purposes of regulating and licensing alcoholic beverages.
SB 31 - immunity from personal liability of persons discharging their responsibilities under the higher education savings plan
Legislative Day 6 - 1/2203
SB 28- prevent early fall Canada goose temporary nonresident licenses and fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses from reverting on June 30, 2003.
SB 47- increase the maximum fee that may be established for nurses
SB 48-  include reverse distributors in the definition of wholesale drug distributors.
Legislative Day 7 - 1/23/03
SB 12- provide for more than one recount board in a county
SB 13- implement certain provisions of the federal Help America Vote Act.
SB 23- grant counties greater authority to prohibit the use of fireworks during periods of extreme fire danger.
SB 24- suspend or revoke an egg dealer's or processor's license and provide the licensee an opportunity for a hearing.
SB 26- revise vital records provisions and to authorize the electronic filing of death certificates and permits for disposition.
SB 27-  classify mountain lions as big game.
Legislative Day 8 - 1/24/03
Legislative Day 9 - 1/27/03

SB 3- convention facility on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses
SB 15- revise filing deadline for benefits of SDRS
SB 16- revise retirement provisions for SDRS
SB 39- revise assessment required in public schools
SB 40- statewide accountability system for public schools
SB 55- permit school administrators association into SDRS
SB 56- south dakota life and health guaranty association
Legislative Day 10 - 1/28/03
SB 66 - establish a homeless veterans initiative program within the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
SB 67- modify the conditions under which contracts with local officers are permitted.
SB 68 - exempt certain utility trunk-line contracts from competitive bid requirements.
Legislative Day 11 - 1/29/03
SB 20 - authorize Department of Social Services to enter into alternative arrangements for payment of child support obligations.
SB 35 - require retailers to electronically file sales and contractors' excise tax returns and to electronically pay the tax.
SB 37 - require the issuance of a unique identifier to certain motor vehicle owners.
SB 57- temporary replacement of certain elected officials called for active duty in the armed forces and to declare an emergency.
Legislative Day 12 - 1/30/03
SB 10 - revise certain provisions concerning the publication of facsimile ballot.
SB 34 -  temporary vendors maintaining records for sales tax collection purposes and to provide a penalty for failure
HB 1044 - change registration for dental radiographers from tri-annual to annual.
Legislative Day 13 - 1/31/03
SB 58- establish the value added tourism subfund and to provide for its funding and disbursement.
SB 74- revise certain transcript fees.
SB 86 - revise certain provisions regarding reduced tuition for state employees.
SB 87- permit bonding authorities to enter into contracts for the purpose of managing payments or interest rate risk.
Legislative Day 14 - 2/3/03
SB 71- provide for the alternative certification of school administrators.
SB 81- make appropriations from the water and environment fund, the water pollution control revolving fund subfund, and the drinking water revolving fund subfund for the purpose of making certain grants and loans, and to declare an emergency.
SB 85 - appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
SB 126- revise certain provisions related to general occupancy tax.
SB 133- permit the county levy and rural fire protection district levy to be increased for fire fighting purposes.
Legislative Day 15 - 2/4/03
SB 29- authorize the Board of Regents to construct an addition to the Darold "Dud" King Physical Education Center at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and to make an appropriation therefor.
SB 63- Repeal the sales tax exemption for certain interstate telecommunication services and to declare an emergency.
SB 76- bring the state into compliance with the Streamline Sales Tax Agreement.
SB 80- establish the Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship program and to make an appropriation therefor.
SB 97- clarify a mayor's authority to solemnize marriages.
SB 123- revise the definition of residence for election purposes.
SB 124- clarify certain publication requirements.
SB 125- revise certain provisions concerning joint county and municipal planning and zoning.
SB 137 - revise certain provisions related to the physician tuition reimbursement program and to establish a tuition reimbursement program for dentists who fulfill certain requirements.
SB 138- expand the nurse tuition reimbursement program to include other health care professionals.
SB 144- revise the rules promulgation process.
Legislative Day 16 - 2/5/03
SB 41- provide for the creation of a no solicitation calls list for persons wishing not to receive unsolicited telephone calls, to create a telephone solicitation account, and to establish certain fees and civil penalties.
SB 176 - claim for punitive damages in hit-and-run accident cases.
SB 126 - revise provisions related to the general occupancy tax
SB 127    provide that the beneficial interest in any wind easement shall follow the surface estate.
SB 33- revise certain provisions relating to telemarketing.
HB 1048- make threatening court services officers a crime.
HB 1061- provide for the crime of bestiality and to prescribe certain penalties therefor.
Legislative Day 17 - 2/6/03
SB 60- revise certain provisions relating to child custody and to provide for a shared parenting plan.
SB 93- revise the time period during which certain off-sale service regarding alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
SB 125- revise certain provisions concerning joint county and municipal planning and zoning.
SB 162- revise the definition of E85 ethanol blend fuel.
SB 75- revise the requirements for irrigation district directors.
SB 90- revise the available number of certain nonresident waterfowl hunting licenses.
SB 150- authorize counties to increase the property tax levy in unorganized townships under certain conditions.
SB 172- require the Department of Health to place certain information on its website.
Legislative Day 18 - 2/7/03
SB 129- increase certain fees charged by the Office of the Secretary of State.
SB 164- revise certain school district reserve fund restrictions related to the calculation of state aid to education.
SB 113- revise reserve fund criteria for reducing state aid to education for certain school districts.
SB 173 -allow a school district to impose an excess levy for its pension fund.
Legislative Day 19 - 2/10/03
SB 93-  revise the time period during which certain off-sale service regarding alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
SB 94- change the auction agency license plate fee.
SB 173-  allow a school district to impose an excess levy for its pension fund.
SB 109 - allow the offer of an individual health benefit plan without certain mandates.
SB 127 - provide that the beneficial interest in any wind easement shall follow the surface estate.
SB 154- authorize certain interstate shipments of wine, to establish certain penalties, and to collect sales tax.
SB 199- revise the powers and composition of the South Dakota State Fair Commission within the Department of Agriculture.
SB 121- revise certain penalties for violations relating to alcoholic beverage licenses.
SB 135- revise certain provisions relating to the practice of optometry.
SB 159- require public corporations to verify whether contractors have a contractor's excise tax license before awarding certain contracts.
SB 175- revise certain provisions relating to submission of budget requests and budget reports to the Legislative Research Council and the Legislature.
SB 184- revise certain provisions relating to the collection, retention, and use of DNA samples.
Legislative Day 20 - 2/11/03
SB 122- permit certain persons holding a restricted driving permit to operate a motor vehicle for an extended period of time.
HB 1008- revise certain provisions concerning campaign contributions and reports.
HB 1009- revise certain provisions concerning absentee voting.
HB 1046- revise the regulation of cosmetologists and nail technicians and to provide for the licensure of estheticians.
HB 1012 - make an appropriation for costs associated with the medicaid program and to declare an emergency.
HB 1014- make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.
HB 1016- make an appropriation for tuition reimbursement payments to certain physicians.
HB 1028- authorize the Board of Regents to accept the donation of a swine nursery building for the use and benefit of South Dakota State University, to provide for its installation, and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1029- authorize the Board of Regents to construct multi-use storage facilities at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1039- make an appropriation to fund consolidation incentive payments to certain school districts.
HB 1094- make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons.
HB 1011-  transfer funds from the South Dakota-bred racing fund to the Department of Social Services for domestic and sexual abuse shelter programs and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1114- clarify certain provisions concerning the residency requirements for state's attorneys in certain small counties.
HB 1119- revise certain provisions related to the arrest of a spouse for abuse.
Legislative Day 21 - 2/12/03
SB 221- revise certain provisions related to the formation of ambulance districts.
SB 178- revise certain provisions related to the publication and distribution of municipal and school district minutes.
SB 101 - authorize a motorcycle to display a blue light as part of the vehicle's rear brake light.
SB 165- establish the United States census estimates as the basis upon which liquor licenses may be issued.
SB 167- revise the determination of minimum nonforfeiture amounts for individual deferred annuities and to provide for a sunset of the revision.
SB 170- increase the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula.
SB 171- provide for certain asset-backed securitizations.
HB 1081- revise certain provisions relating to annual elections, conflicts of interest, and dissolution of road districts.
Legislative Day 22 - 2/13/03
SB 122- permit certain persons holding a restricted driving permit to operate a motor vehicle for an extended period of time.
SB 141- prohibit capital punishment of juvenile offenders.
HB 1065- revise the formula for determining the weighted average tax levy for receiving school districts and to remove an incorrect reference to the maximum general fund levy.
HB 1100- make certain alcohol license fee provisions consistent.
HB 1105- clarify which establishments may provide or allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sundays.
Legislative Day 23 - The audio of the meeting was not recorded. The Senate met briefly, no bill were considered and the body dismissed early due to travel and weather considerations.
Legislative Day 24 - 2/18/03
HB 1087- revise the definition of qualified mental health professionals and to clarify when reimbursement is required for the services of qualified mental health professionals.
HB 1077- repeal the limit on credit hours for certain students.
HB 1150- provide for the amendment and cancellation of certain limited liability partnerships.
HB 1068- permit home school students to participate in high school interscholastic activities.
SB 179- revise and expand certain provisions relating to wind energy development.
SB 120- revise the amount of time allowed for holders of title or lienholders to reclaim certain abandoned, impounded, or junk motor vehicles
SB 115-  Provide for a converted motor home title for certain motor vehicles.
SB 156- revise certain provisions to provide workers' compensation benefits to children of deceased employees.
SB 179-  revise and expand certain provisions relating to wind energy development.
SB 193- repeal the exemption for fraternal benefit societies from the insurance premium tax.
SB 201- require counties to notify the Department of Agriculture of certain land use plans and ordinances.
SB 106- permit smoking in certain public places and certain places of employment.
Legislative Day 25 -
2/19/03
HB 1040- define the consolidation of school districts.
HB 1042- revise certain provisions pertaining to open enrollment.
HB 1013- authorize the Department of Agriculture to enter into mutual aid agreements with other fire suppression organizations
HB 1136- revise the requirements for a damage disclosure statement for motor vehicles.
SB 174- establish a comprehensive health association to provide health insurance coverage to eligible persons.
SB 217- exempt materials used in certain projects outside of the state from the use tax.
SB 170- increase the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula.
SB 131- Provide for a legislative study of certain property tax exemptions.
SB 166- Require the notification of certain telecommunication companies of the development of a wind collector system and to provide for a planning meeting.
SB 61-  increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products and to declare an emergency.
Legislative Day 26 - 2/20/03
HB 1015 - make an appropriation to cover the inmate medical expense shortfall in the Department of Corrections and the Department of Health and to declare an emergency
HB 1020 - authorize the Game, Fish and Parks Commission to revise certain provisions related to the licensing of and hunting methods used by disabled hunters
HB 1075 - designate rodeo as the official sport of South Dakota
SB 8 - reconstitute the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act Advisory Group and to revise its authority and responsibilities
SB 119 - Require owners of abandoned vehicles to pay for certain towing and storage expenses and to provide a penalty for the intentional abandonment of certain motor vehicles
SB 163 - require that certain biodiesel fuel blends be available for sale
SB 179 - revise and expand certain provisions relating to wind energy development
SB 211 - establish the Motor Fuel Fair Competition Act
Legislative Day 27 -
2/21/03
HB 1121 - clarify certain restrictions concerning sex discrimination in certain employment matters
HB 1133 - make certain municipal ordinance adoption procedures consistent
HB 1156 - provide a uniform method for establishing a fee to obtain copies of marriage records
SB 116 - Provide certain provisions regarding the tax on certain telecommunication services
SB 130 - centrally assess certain wireless, cellular, and personal communications system telecommunications companies
SB 153 - Require the publication of certain information related to public notices
SB 188 - provide a credit against certain taxes paid by railroads for the replacement and repair of rail lines
SB 192 - Allow local units of government to regulate the sale, distribution, and use of tobacco products
SB 202 - revise certain provisions to comply with the requirements of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act
SB 206 - Limit the use of information contained in certain commitment documentation related to drug offenses
SB 216 - create a senior citizen prescription drug benefit program
SB 220 - establish the Dakota Corps scholarship program, to provide for its funding, to make an appropriation there for, and to declare an emergency
Legislative Day 28 -
2/22/03
SB 62- increase the tax on alcoholic beverages and to declare an emergency.
SB 102- Limit certain liquor license renewal fees.
SB 196- establish a presumption regarding occupational diseases affecting firefighters.
SB 35- Revise the definition of gross receipts for sales and use taxes.
SB 149- Revise certain provisions related to the sale or marketing of unstamped cigarettes.
SB 177- revise certain provisions relating to contested cases under the Administrative Procedures Act and the Office of Hearing Examiners.
SB 213- Prohibit hunting on certain school and public lands containing unharvested crops.
Legislative Day 29 - 2/24/03
HB 1072-  revise certain provisions regarding the operation of vehicles upon the approach of authorized emergency vehicles.
HB 1080- revise the publication of advertisements for bids.
HB 1182-  exempt certain shooting ranges from the gross receipts tax on visitor-related businesses.
HB 1209- revise certain restrictions on the use of artificial lights to hunt wild animals.
HB 1242- permit counties to revise property tax levies that were lowered to maintain compliance with general fund balance carryover requirements.
HB 1142- increase the penalty for transacting business as a livestock dealer, packer, or packer buyer without a license.
HB 1146-  limit a perpetrator's right to recover for injuries received in the course of committing a crime and to revise the definition of crime.
HB 1159- make leaving employment due to domestic abuse good cause for voluntarily leaving employment for unemployment benefit purposes.
SB 0224- An Act to allow school districts to provide transportation to nonpublic school students under certain circumstances and to declare an emergency.
Legislative Day 30 -
2/25/03
HJR 1003- Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article V, section 7 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, providing for the merit selection of circuit court judges.
HB 1187- prohibit the use or possession of scanning devices or reencoders with intent to defraud and to provide a penalty therefor.
HB 1189- permit municipalities to impose and collect sales and use tax at municipally owned airports.
HB 1229- authorize a South Dakota Statuary Commission.
HB 1234- create a commission on health care.
Legislative Day 31 -
2/26/03
HB 1224- revise the exemptions for the regulation of business opportunities.
HB 1260- revise certain provisions relating to the release of satisfied liens and to provide an additional remedy for the unjust failure to do so.
HB 1073- revise certain voting and participation requirements related to bond issues involving two or more political subdivisions.
HB 1170- revise certain administrative rules related to reports by pesticide applicators.
Legislative Day 32 - 2/27/03
HB 1047 - revise certain provisions concerning the requirements for utilization review and grievances for health carriers
HB 1153 - revise certain provisions pertaining to the possession of marijuana
HB 1215 - revise certain provisions regarding the records kept by taxidermists and the inspection of taxidermists
HB 1247 - provide for the funding of certain court appointed special advocate grant programs and to establish the Court Appointed Special Advocates Commission
Legislative Day 33 -
2/28/03
HB 1111- authorize construction management services to be employed on public improvement projects.
HB 1118- revise certain design-build provisions.
HB 1141- Require computer voice stress analyzer examiners to be licensed.
HB 1173- create a constitutional revision commission to make a comprehensive study of Article III of the Constitution of this state and to consider and recommend legislation for the improvement of Article III of the Constitution.
HB 1161- require a permit of persons engaged in certain plumbing activities.
HB 1175- provide for a permit system for plumbing.
HB 1235- provide for the taxation of wind energy property in South Dakota.
HB 1026- establish the regents scholarship program.
Legislative Day 34 -
3/3/03
HB 1163- revise certain provisions related to hunting in public rights-of-way.
SB 5- appropriate money for the Office of Medical Education and to declare an emergency.
HB 1190- limit the ability of certain municipalities to annex territory in the vicinity of certain airports.
HB 1192-  Revise the procedure for assessing certain agricultural property.
HB 1211-  allow the housing of prisoners from other jurisdictions on Indian reservations under certain circumstances.
political subdivisions.
HB 1079-  revise certain eligibility restrictions related to secondary school extracurricular activities.
Legislative Day 35 -3/4/03
HB 1176- require voters to provide identification before voting or obtaining an absentee ballot
HB 1208- Revise certain provisions related to the general occupancy tax.
HB 1210- allow for a nursing facility to be constructed on an American Indian reservation under certain circumstances.
HB 1282- Revise certain provisions regarding the official records and the notification requirements relating to a pardon.
HB 1188- permit an association of school administrators to participate in the South Dakota Retirement System.
HB 1104- impose an excise tax on the gross receipts of personal communications system, wireless, and cellular telecommunications companies.
HB 1236- Allow for the exclusion of certain health insurance coverages as a condition of procuring individual health insurance.
HB 1277- Create a pharmaceutical prior authorization program for eligible individuals receiving medicaid.
HB 1019- permit disclosure of certain information related to intentional exposure to human immunodeficiency virus.
HB 1183- prohibit pyramid promotional schemes.
HB 1281- Revise certain county zoning laws.
HB 1221- revise the requirement for the classification of certain structures for taxation.
HB 1261- restrict public corporations from making purchases from any retailer that fails to collect and remit sales and use taxes.
Legislative Day 36 -3/5/03
HB 1191-  Provide for the distribution of certain money appropriated as state aid to general education.
HB 1232- Permit the Governor to exempt certain sales and use taxes in times of disaster and to declare an emergency.
HB 1064- revise the property taxes of the general fund of a school district.
HB 1090-  Revise certain provisions relating to motor vehicle fleet leasing contracts.
HB 1095- make an appropriation from the general fund for costs associated with the medicaid program and to declare an emergency.
HB 1110- revise certain provisions regarding the expenditure of proceeds from the county wheel tax.
HB 1174- Prohibit the limiting of certain gasoline sales.
HB 1258Allow telecommunications companies and motor carriers to appear before the Public Utilities Commission without legal counsel in certain cases, to require subscriber authorization of certain automatic renewal provisions in telecommunications service contracts, and to authorize certain rule making.
HB 1280- make an appropriation for the planning, design, construction, renovation, and improvement of certain corrections facilities and to declare an emergency.
Legislative Day 37 -
3/6/03
HB 1110- revise certain provisions regarding the expenditure of proceeds from the county wheel tax.
HB 1069- revise certain provisions regarding the petroleum release compensation fund and the state highway fund and to declare an emergency.
HB 1232- Permit the Governor to exempt certain sales and use taxes in times of disaster and to declare an emergency.
Legislative Day 38 -3/7/03
SB 188-  provide a credit against certain taxes paid by railroads for the replacement and repair of rail lines and to revise certain provisions regarding the distribution of the assessed value of a railroad.
SB 35-  exempt gross sales from sales and use tax
SB 144A- Exempt certain gross receipts from sales and use taxes.
SB 144B- Exempt certain gross receipts from sales and use taxes.
SB 144C- Exempt certain gross receipts from sales and use taxes.
SB 170-  increase the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula..
SB 174- establish a comprehensive health association to provide health insurance coverage to eligible persons.
SB 177-  revise certain provisions relating to contested cases under the Administrative Procedures Act and the Office of Hearing Examiners.
SB 213- Prohibit hunting on certain school and public lands containing unharvested crops.
SB 220- establish the Dakota Corps scholarship program, to provide for its funding, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.  
HCR 1019-  Urging Congress to refrain from acquiring certain additional land for Wind Cave National Park.
 HCR 1020- Supporting adequate funding for secondary career and technical education programs in South Dakota.
HB 1157- revise the application of the gross receipts tax on visitor related businesses.
HB 1284- reduce pre-judgment and post-judgment interest rates and to declare an emergency.
SB119- An Act to require owners of abandoned vehicles to pay for certain towing and storage expenses and to provide a penalty for the intentional abandonment of certain motor vehicles.
HB 1189- An Act to permit municipalities to impose and collect sales and use tax at municipally owned airports.
HB 1209- An Act to revise certain restrictions on the use of artificial lights to hunt or locate wild animals.
Legislative Day 39 -
3/9/03
HB 1147-  increase the tax on cigarettes and to declare an emergency.
SB 177- Revise certain provisions relating to contested cases under the Administrative Procedures Act and the Office of Hearing Examiners.
SB 220- establish the Dakota Corps scholarship program, to provide for its funding, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
SB 0061- An Act to revise certain school district reserve fund restrictions related to the calculation of state aid to education.
Legislative Day 40 -3/24/03

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