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 State Affairs Committee is scheduled to meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:45am in room 412 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 State Affairs Committee meeting for the designated Legislative Day or testimony and debate on a specific bill.

Legislative Day 2 1/14/04 - complete meeting Legislative Day 4 1/16/04 - complete meeting SB 6 - revise the definition of the periods of service which qualify for veterans benefits. SB 7 -revise the tuition privileges available to members of the national guard at state universities. SB 8 -revise the eligibility requirements for certain tuition privileges available to members of the national guard at state universities. SB 23- revise the definition of a state full-time employee. Legislative Day 6 1/21/04 - complete meeting SB 41 -authorize the Board of Economic Development to waive certain matching requirements in certain circumstances. SB 62 -provide a procedure for handling certain complaints regarding open meeting requirements and to create an open meetings commission. SB 63 -provide additional criteria to send a promulgated rule back for further public hearing by the agency. Legislative Day 8 1/23/04 - complete meeting SB 12 - revise certain provisions concerning when an administrative rule adoption or amendment is complete SB 59 - revise certain provisions regarding public records kept by state agencies SB 71 - revise the membership of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Legislative Day 9 1/26/04 - complete meeting SB 85 - revise certain provisions relating to the approval of airports SB 92 - revise certain provisions relating to the type and location of health facilities that may be financed or refinanced by the South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority Legislative Day 11 1/28/04 - complete meeting SB 76- prohibit the use of certain documents as a means of identification. SB 94- provide for certain increases in the state minimum wage. SB 146- require state agencies to adopt certain energy-saving measures. SB 141- revise the composition of the advisory panel to the risk pool board. Legislative Day 13 1/30/04 - complete meeting SB 216: create the Science and Technology Authority, to provide for its powers and duties, and to declare an emergency. SB 214: authorize agreements to indemnify persons who donate property for publicly beneficial uses and to declare an emergency. SB 215: provide immunity for the donation of certain property for publicly beneficial uses and to declare an emergency. SB 212: revise the authority of the Governor in time of disaster, terrorist attack, or emergency. SB 101: pay the difference in state and military salaries for state employees who are activated into federal military service as members of the South Dakota National Guard and to make an appropriation therefore Legislative Day 14 2/2/04 - complete meeting SB 174 - permit municipalities to increase the municipal gross receipts tax for purpose of funding the convention visitor's bureau and the promotion and advertising of the city SB 164 - revise certain provisions relating to the county zoning laws SB 116 - revise certain county zoning provisions SB 179 - repeal the municipal facilities authority act SB 163 - revise certain county zoning laws to provide for certain agricultural zoning Legislative Day 16 2/4/04  - complete meeting SB 163: revise certain county zoning laws to provide for certain agricultural zoning. SB 103: establish a procedure for the acquisition of electric distribution properties of a public utility in a municipality electing to establish a municipal electric system SB 112: require state agencies promulgating rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to provide an impact statement on small business. SJR 3: Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article III, section 6 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to four-year legislative terms and legislative term limits. SJR 5: Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article III, section 6 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to legislative term limits. SB 151: limit Board of Regents tuition and fees increases. SB 87: create the board of postsecondary community education and to revise certain provisions related to postsecondary technical institutes. Legislative Day 18 2/6/04  - complete meeting SB 100-establish a bonus for veterans of the global war on terrorism and other recent conflicts. SB 139-exempt the gross receipts of certain transportation services from sales and use tax. SB 157-provide for an interim study of Deadwood gaming and the redistribution of proceeds. SB 180-repeal the video lottery and to replace the revenue with an increase in the sales and use tax. SJR 1-Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XVII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to certain restrictions on corporate farming in South Dakota SB 103-establish a procedure for the acquisition of electric distribution properties of a public utility in a municipality electing to establish a municipal electric system. Legislative Day 20 2/09/04 - complete meeting SB 103:establish a procedure for the acquisition of electric distribution properties of a public utility in a municipality electing to establish a municipal electric system SB 116:revise certain county zoning provisions. SB 118:delay the implementation of the Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement for municipalities and to declare an emergency. SB 119:repeal certain provisions of the streamlined sales tax project and to exempt the purchase of food from sales and use taxes. SB 155:exempt the purchase of food from sales and use taxes. Legislative Day 22 2/11/04 - complete meeting SB 141 - revise the composition of the advisory panel to the risk pool board SB 116 - revise certain county zoning provisions establish an Energy Task Force 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 28 - permit the state to enter into tax compacts with Indian tribes that include the wholesale tax on tobacco products SJR 4 - Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election amendments to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota to prohibit certain taxation of income Legislative Day 24 2/13/04 - complete meeting HB 1049 - establish the definition of a payday loan and to establish limitations on such transactions HB 1070 - designate the Bureau of Administration as the agency through which the attorney general may make purchases of certain equipment HB 1153 - create a constitutional revision commission to make a comprehensive study of the legislative article and related statutes and to consider and recommend legislation for the improvement of the legislative article and related statutes HB 1202 - create a task force to study state and local government HB 1157 - provide a limitation of lender environmental liability for cleanup and remediation costs if providing financing for a site participating in a brownfields revitalization and economic development program HB 1213 - revise the list of elected officials who may fill a vacancy in the office of the Governor HB 1222 - designate the seventeenth day of April as Joe Foss Day Legislative Day 26 2/18/04 - complete meeting HB 1007: revise certain deadlines for special congressional elections and to declare an emergency. HB 1009: establish an election equipment replacement fund. HB 1015: permit the Board of Regents to create a multi-institution bonded revenue system. HB 1028: remove certain restrictions on the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications regarding state communications. HB 1201: authorize the issuance of revenue bonds to finance certain water pipelines or aqueducts. HB 1090: provide for the payment of the difference in salary for certain state employees who are called into active federal military service and to declare an emergency. HB 1091: extend the fifty percent tuition privilege for National Guard members to include graduate study. Legislative Day 28 2/20/04 - complete meeting HB 1073: establish a consumer compensation and education fund related to telecommunication services and to provide for expenditures from the fund. HB 1227: provide an exception to the fees that may be charged by a notary public for certain instruments and to declare an emergency. HB 1231: require that municipalities and counties establish criteria and conditions in the zoning ordinance before authorizing certain conditional uses. HB 1297: restrict the alienation of public state real property to the federal government. Legislative Day 29 2/21/04 - complete meeting HB 1191: establish certain legislative findings, to reinstate the prohibition against certain acts causing the termination of an unborn human life, and to prescribe a penalty therefor. Legislative Day 30 2/23/04 - complete meeting HB 1311: provide for the regulation of pharmacy benefits management. HB 1312: authorize the discontinuance of the senior prescription drug program. HJR 1003: Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election amendments to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota to authorize the provision of certain services to all children of school age.