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 Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday and Thursday at 10am in room 413 of the Capitol.

For agendas, minutes, member information, active bills and more visit the LRC Website.

Following the live web-cast, replay audio of the entire Senate Commerce Committee meeting for the designated Legislative Day or testimony and debate on a specific bill.

Legislative Day 3 1/15/04 - complete meeting SB 4 -revise the reporting requirements for domestic nonprofit corporations. SB 25 -revise certain provisions regarding the cancellation of automobile insurance policies. SB 30 -revise certain pari-mutuel racing provisions relating to the definition of a racing jurisdiction. SB 34 -repeal certain small group health insurance requirements. SB 35 -revise certain requirements for insurance producers. SB 38 -adopt the Uniform Securities Act, to repeal chapter 47-31A, and to revise certain related provisions. SB 45 -revise the composition of the State Electrical Commission. Legislative Day 5 1/20/04 - complete meeting SB 36 -authorize the issuance of group life policies to additional types of groups. SB 37 -provide for the filing and usage of certain property casualty rates and to exempt certain size risks from rate and form approval. SB 5 -require minors to regularly attend school in order to maintain driving privileges. Legislative Day 7 1/22/04 - complete meeting HB 1083- require the secretary of state to establish a program granting access to secured parties to record certain financing statements for security interests or agricultural liens.  HB 1043 revise the exemptions for certain lending licenses Legislative Day 10 1/27/04 - complete meeting SB 46 -revise certain provisions relating to technical professions. SB 74 -grant counties and townships the authority to defray the cost of abating a public nuisance and to increase the penalty for failing to abate certain public nuisances. SB 135 -provide for reasonable compensation by manufacturers of outdoor power equipment for warranty work done  by a retailer that sells outdoor power equipment. SB38 -adopt the Uniform Securities Act, to repeal chapter 47-31A, and to revise certain related provisions. SB 78 -increase the bond requirements for certain vehicle dealers. SB 81 -clarify the nature of certain tariffs and schedules filed by the public utilities and approved by the Public Utilities Commission. SB 109 -revise certain provisions regarding the offering of supplemental health insurance. Legislative Day 12 1/29/04 - complete meeting SB 84-require sellers and lessors of residential property to disclose any knowledge of the existence of prior manufacturing of methamphetamine. SB 105- revise certain fees charged by the Office of Secretary of State SB 104-provide certain economic development incentives in specified areas SB 130-revise certain provisions relating to farm mutual insurers. SB 110-place certain requirements on sales of prescription drugs. Legislative Day 15 2/3/04 - complete meeting SB 129:revise certain provisions relating to worker's compensation. SB 137:revise certain provisions related to assets allowed in the determination of the financial condition of an insurer. SB 148:repeal and reenact the standard nonforfeiture statute for individual deferred annuities. SB 175:provide for the synchronization of condemnation authority between public and private entities. SB 144:require certain telecommunications traffic signaling information to be provided to facilitate payment of inter-carrier compensation Legislative Day 17 2/5/04 - complete meeting SB 144: require certain telecommunications traffic signaling information to be provided to facilitate payment of inter-carrier compensation. SB 183: revise certain provisions relating to short-term mortgages. SB 114: equalize the premium tax on all insurance companies doing business in South Dakota, to phase out the annuity contract savings tax, and to provide for certain deferred repeals. SB 39: revise certain provisions regarding principal and home office credits against the insurance premium tax. SB 145: revise certain provisions regarding pensions allowed firefighters for impairment caused by cancer. SB 138: prohibit certain discrimination in the field of health insurance. Legislative Day 19 2/7/04 - complete meeting SB 192 - require that health care providers who have contracted with health carriers to provide discounted rates provide the same rates to persons who have health savings accounts SB 194 - exempt certain renter damage guarantee programs from insurance regulation SB 208 - require certain insurers to offer high deductible health plans that meet the federal requirements for establishing health savings accounts HB 1045 - revise the time period during which a boat license may be renewed. HB 1046: revise certain provisions regarding the titling and registering of a vehicle by a dealer on behalf of a customer Legislative Day 21 2/10/04 - complete meeting SB 175: provide for the synchronization of condemnation authority between public and private entities. HB 1047: revise certain provisions regarding creditable health insurance coverage. HB 1048: revise certain requirements regarding workers' compensation insurance. HB 1050: revise certain standards for insurance producers licensure and to prohibit insurance producers from influencing certain witnesses. HB 1051: revise the requirements for utilization review and grievance procedures. HB 1052: remove the reference to conversion from the requirements for continuation of group health coverage. HB 1082: revise certain provisions regarding registered age Legislative Day 23 2/12/04 - complete meeting HB 1072 - revise certain provisions regarding the authority of the Public Utilities Commission to impose civil fines HB 1095 - revise certain provisions regarding limited permits for occupational therapists HB 1099 - establish a statute of limitations for real estate licensees and their licensed real estate firms for alleged malpractice, mistake, error, and omission HB 1118 - authorize banks to enter into debt cancellation and debt suspension contracts and to exempt such contracts from insurance regulations HB 1112 - revise the definition of a temporary supplemental lot for the purposes of regulating certain vehicle dealers HB 1137 - permit the investment of public funds in certificates of deposit insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Legislative Day 25 2/17/04 - complete meeting HB 1144- revise certain fees charged by the Division of Banking and to declare an emergency HB 1166- require damage disclosure statements for certain large boats HB 1188- revise certain provisions regarding the franchises of dealers in vehicles, implements, and equipment HB 1052- remove the reference to conversion from the requirements for continuation of group health coverage HB 1235- revise certain provisions related to pull-tab dispensing machines Legislative Day 27 2/19/04 - complete meeting