There are 35 Legislative Days scheduled for the 2004 session. Standing Legislative Committees meet in regularly scheduled sessions during the morning hours of each Legislative Day. Some committees will hold special evening meetings. The House/Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet Monday through Friday at 7:45am in room LRC1 and LRC2 of the Capitol.

For agendas, minutes, member information, active bills and more visit the LRC Website.
For Sub-Committee 2, follow this link.

Replay audio of the entire House Appropriations Committee meeting on the designated Legislative Day.

1/14/04 -  BIT / Bureau of Administration 1/15/04 - Department of Corrections 1/16/04 - Department of Social Services 1/20/04 - Department of Tourism and State Development / Office of School and Public Lands / Office of the Secretary of State / Office of the State Auditor 1/21/04 - Bureau of Finance and Management, Department of Game, Fish, and Parks, Office of the State Treasurer,  Bureau of Personnel 1/22/04 - Department of Agriculture, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Public Utilities Commission 1/23/04 - House Bills HB 1016 -authorize the Board of Regents to purchase improved real property adjacent to the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1017-authorize the Board of Regents to construct a multipurpose storage and processing facility for the foundation seed stock program and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1018-authorize the Board of Regents to construct a student wellness center at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1019 -make an appropriation to fund the Office of Medical Education and to declare an emergency. HB 1029-revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004 to provide for additional costs associated with the medicaid program. HB 1030 -make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires and to declare an emergency. HB 1031-revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004 to provide for fiscal relief received from the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. HB 1068-  establish a fund for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. HB 1071-make an appropriation for salaries and benefits for public utilities commissioners and to declare an emergency. HB 1076- make an appropriation to cover certain inmate medical expenses and to declare an emergency. HB 1077-make a supplemental appropriation for the purchase of land and the planning, design, construction, renovation, and improvement of certain corrections facilities and to declare an emergency. 1/26/04 - Board of Regents 8am and 6pm CT 1/27/04 - South Dakota Investment Council, Department of Labor, South Dakota Retirement System 1/28/04 - Department of Human Services  1/29/04 - Department of Public Safety 1/30/04 - House Bills HB 1115-limit increases in spending by state government. HB 1119-make an appropriation for the purchase of an online database for the state library HB 1152-authorize the South Dakota Building Authority, the Office of the Attorney General, and the Department of Public Safety to contract for the construction of a law enforcement training academy, a criminal forensic laboratory, and a criminal justice and emergency operations center building in Pierre, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. HB 1173-appropriate money for secondary career and technical education. HB 1155-appropriate money to enhance education in the state. HB 1216-provide grants to certain communities for the development or enhancement of websites to promote tourism and economic development and to make an appropriation therefore. HB 1244-appropriate funds for reimbursement for care of residents of nursing facilities. HB 1256-make an appropriation from the general fund for the promotion of South Dakota. HB 1030-make an appropriation for costs related to suppre 2/2/04 - Department of Health, Department of Transportation 2/3/04 - Unified Judicial System, Office of the Governor 2/4/04 - Department of Education 2/5/04 - Office of the Attorney General, Legislative Research Council / Legislative Audit, Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs 2/6/04 - House Bills HB 1053 - increase liquidated court costs. SB 200 - provide certain provisions relating to the transfer of a portion of the former Homestake Mine to the Science and Technology Authority, to make appropriations for certain costs associated with maintaining the mine, and to declare an emergency SB 201 - make an appropriation to the Science and Technology Authority to purchase liability insurance and to operate the Homestake Underground Laboratory and to declare an emergency HB1200 - authorize the inclusion of certain national guard members in the public employee health insurance plan HB 1218: appropriate money for tobacco prevention education programs 2/7/04 - Department of Revenue and Regulation 2/7/04 - House Bills HB 1068 - establish a fund for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency HB 1285 - appropriate money to fund the increases in premiums for persons with guarantee issue health plans HB 1244 - appropriate funds for reimbursement for care of residents of nursing facilities HB 1303 - make an appropriation for the restoration of certain valuable works of art owned by the state HB 1155 - appropriate money to enhance education in the state HB 1304 - increase the personal needs allowance for certain medicaid recipients HB 1305 - revise certain provisions relating to the veterans' bonus program, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency HB 1308 - establish the food tax refund program and to make an appropriation therefore 2/9/04 - Office of the State Auditor, Department of Social Services - Community Services Grant 2/10/04 - House Bills HB 1308: establish the food tax refund program and to make an appropriation therefor HB 1223: direct the expenditure of education enhancement trust fund earnings in the state. HB 1152: authorize the South Dakota Building Authority, the Office of the Attorney General, and the Department of Public Safety to contract for the construction of a law enforcement training academy, a criminal forensic laboratory, and a criminal justice and emergency operations center building in Pierre, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. HB 1155: appropriate money to enhance education in the state. HB 1173: appropriate money for secondary career and technical education HB 1200: authorize the inclusion of certain national guard members in the public employee health insurance plan. HB 1218: appropriate money for tobacco prevention education programs HB 1244: appropriate funds for reimbursement for care of residents of nursing facilities. HB 1285: appropriate money to fund the increases in premiums for persons with guarantee issue health plans 2/11/04 - Risk Pool, Correctional Health 2/12/04 - State Aid to Educations 2/13/04 - House Bills SB 19 - make an appropriation to the state fair for the repayment of debt and to declare an emergency SB 10 - authorize the Board of Regents to construct a computational mechanics laboratory addition to the civil, mechanical engineering building at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, to appropriate money therefor, and to declare an emergency SB 22 - make an appropriation from the coordinated soil and water conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission. SB 47 - revise the bonding provisions on certain Board of Regents capital projects. SB 49 - make an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives SB 55 - make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians and certain midlevel practitioners who have complied with the requirements of the physician tuition reimbursement program and the midlevel tuition reimbursement program SB 91 - appropriate money to the Ellsworth Air Force Base task force to promote and facilitate the retention of Ellsworth Air Force Base 2/17/04 - Salary Policy 2/18/04 - House Bills SB 202: to repeal certain provisions regarding loans from the revolving economic development and initiative fund and to authorize loans from the revolving economic development and initiative fund to certain capital investment entities. SB 106: appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute. SB 199: make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons. SB 203: make appropriations from the water and environment fund, the environment and natural resources fee fund, the water pollution control revolving fund subfund, and the drinking water revolving fund subfund, and to declare an emergency. SB 217: authorize the Board of Regents to construct a thermophylic anaerobic manure digestion system for the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. 2/19/04 - Revenue Estimates 2/20/04 - House Bills SB 168: revise certain provisions relating to the valuation, calculation, and transfer of earnings from the education enhancement trust fund and from the health care trust fund and to declare an emergency. SB 48: revise the per student allocation for each disability level for the purposes of calculating the payment of state aid to special education. SB 91: appropriate money to the Ellsworth Air Force Base task force to promote and facilitate the retention of Ellsworth Air Force Base. 2/21/04 - Joint Appropriations Complete Meeting 2/25/04 - Bills SB 195 - appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools 2/26/04 - Bills 2/27/04 - Bills 3/15/04 - Joint Appropriations