HOUSE

House Session 2004

There were 35 Legislative Days in 2004 session. The House met during the afternoon of each Legislative Day. Sessions usually began at 2pm CT, but often start earlier on Friday or Saturday sessions.

HB 1292Legislative Day 1 
 1/13/04 - Complete Meeting (State of the State)
Legislative Day 2
 1/14/04 - Complete Meeting
Legislative Day 3 
 1/15/04 - Complete Meeting
Legislative Day 4 
 1/16/04 - Complete Meeting
Legislative Day 5 
 1/20/04 - Complete Meeting
Legislative Day 6 
 1/21/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1049 - establish the definition of a payday loan and to establish limitations on such transactions.
HB 1054 - revise the allowable share provision of the escrow fund for tobacco litigation.
HB 1051 - revise the requirements for utilization review and grievance procedures.
HB 1012 - revise the definition of a victim for purposes of determining who is permitted to speak on behalf of a victim at the time of sentencing.
HB 1013 - require notice to the attorney general of appeals in certain juvenile proceedings regarding abuse and neglect, children in need of supervision, or delinquency.
HB 1078 - revise certain provisions regarding parole agreements.
HB 1026 - repeal certain provisions specifying the organization of the Department of Agriculture.
HB 1041 - revise how the sales tax applies to certain payments regarding property leased between members of a controlled group.
HB 1081 - revise the local effort levy and effort factor for the purposes of calculating the payment of state aid to special education.
HB 1048 - revise certain requirements regarding workers' compensation insurance.
HB 1007 - revise certain deadlines for special congressional elections and to declare an emergency.
HB 1008 - revise certain municipal and school election deadlines and procedures.
HB 1009 - establish an election equipment replacement fund.
HB 1010 - permit certain high school students to be excused from school if working as election officials.
HB 1065 - establish a grant program within the Department of Health for the purchase of equipment and materials for mosquito prevention and control efforts at the local level and to declare an emergency.
Legislative Day 7 
 1/22/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1023 - revise the scope of services provided by the state fire equipment shop and to authorize the shop to charge for costs incurred for rural fire assistance programs
Legislative Day 8 
 1/23/04 - Complete Meeting
Legislative Day 9 
 1/26/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1079- (deferred from 6th LD) revise certain provisions regarding preliminary hearings for parole violators.
HB 1003-allow two or more school districts to include a proposed excess tax levy in their consolidation plan.
HB 1055-revise certain provisions regarding the offense of witness tampering.
HB 1064-remove the requirement for a resolution to acquire highway rights-of-way by purchase.
 HB 1014-reduce the percentage of owners required to ratify an oil and gas unit.
HB 1057- permit nonresidents having a nonresident preserve license to hunt certain animals on a licensed shooting preserve.
HB 1032- revise the compensation considered when computing the final average salary of a member of the South Dakota Retirement System and to repeal certain rule-making authority.
HB 1035- revise the range of interest rates paid on certain payouts from the South Dakota Retirement System.
HB 1037-revise the retirement provisions for retired members of the South Dakota Retirement System who return to covered employment.
Legislative Day 10 
 1/27/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1005 - require counties to determine the unreserved general fund
balance at certain times of the fiscal year and to publish and report
this information
HB 1105 - permit certain temporary on-sale licenses to be issued by
municipalities and counties
HB 1053 - increase liquidated court costs
HB 1103 - revise certain court automation surcharges
HB 1058 - continue a surcharge on certain hunting licenses and to
exempt resident furbearer and one-day small game licenses from the surcharge
HB 1028 - remove certain restrictions on the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications regarding state communications
HB 1074 - prohibit the providing of false or misleading information to
the Public Utilities Commission and to provide a penalty therefor
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 therefore
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 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
Legislative Day 11 
 1/28/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1073 - establish a consumer compensation and education fund related to telecommunication services and to provide for expenditures from the fund
HB 1094 - revise certain provisions regarding the grounds for
cancellation, revocation, suspension, or limitation of a physician's
license
HB 1104 - define felony aggravated indecent exposure as a sex
 crime for purposes of the registration of convicted sex offenders
HB 1108 - revise the definition of unlawful sexual contact
HB 1097 - revise certain provisions regarding renewal of a physician's license
HB 1110 - revise certain provisions regarding mopeds and motorcycles
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 therefore
HB 1018 - authorize the Board of Regents to construct a student
wellness center at South Dakota State University and to make an
appropriation therefore
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 1088 - provide for the certification of canine teams by the law
enforcement officers standards commission
HB 1102 - repeal and reestablish an Interstate Compact on Juveniles
HB 1090 - provide for the payment of the difference in salary for
certain state employees who are called into active federal military
service
HB 1111 - clarify the regulation of ephedrine and to declare an
emergency
HB 1143 - designate Webster as the site for the official State Fishing
Museum
HB 1135 - clarify the procedures for payment of delinquent and subsequent taxes
HB 1192 - revise the total amount of revenue payable to rural fire
protection districts from taxes on real property
HB 1124 - revise certain voting and participation requirements related to bond issues involving two or more political subdivisions
HB 1128 - revise the requirements for purchasing or leasing equipment or tools for townships
HB 1137 - permit the investment of public funds in certificates of
deposit insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
HB 1144 - revise certain fees charged by the Division of Banking and to declare an emergency
HB 1114 - revise certain provisions related to school district boundary changes
Legislative Day 12 
 1/29/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1022 - revise certain provisions regarding the American Dairy Association and the state dairy check-off program.
HB 1085 - provide for certain reduced hunting and fishing license fees for certain disabled residents who served in the armed forces reserve or national guard.
HB 1188 - revise certain provisions regarding the franchises of dealers in vehicles, implements, and equipment.
HB 1203 - revise certain provisions regarding threats upon law enforcement officers and their families.
HB 1098 - revise certain provisions relating to referendums in county road districts.
Legislative Day 13 
 1/30/04 - Complete Meeting
Legislative Day 14 
 2/2/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1146:authorize the issuance of metal plates with a special designation to a licensed vehicle dealer to enable commercial use of a vehicle under certain conditions.
HB 1122:revise the procedure for registering a business name.
HB 1125:revise certain provisions regarding the establishment of proof of compliance with applicable standards as due care in certain utility negligence claims.
HB 1175:establish the brownfields revitalization program and to provide for the continuous appropriation of certain federal funds.
HB 1201:authorize the issuance of revenue bonds to finance certain water pipelines or aqueducts.
HB 1117:revise the requirements for operating a motor vehicle with an instruction permit.
HB 1166:require damage disclosure statements for certain large boats.
HB 1145:establish the South Dakota entrepreneur support subfund and to provide for its funding and disbursement.
HB 1195:revise the method used to value agricultural property.
HB 1235:revise certain provisions related to pull-tab dispensing machines.
HB 1161:prohibit certain practices associated with unarmed retrieval of small game and to establish a penalty.
HB 1177:repeal certain provisions prohibiting certain government purchases and to declare an emergency.
Legislative Day 15 
 2/3/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1175-establish the brownfields revitalization program and to provide for the continuous appropriation of certain federal funds.
HB 1201-authorize the issuance of revenue bonds to finance certain water pipelines or aqueducts.
HB 1166-require damage disclosure statements for certain large boats.
HB 1161-prohibit certain practices associated with unarmed retrieval of small game and to establish a penalty.
HB 1202-create a task force to study state and local government.
HB 1251-designate Hill City as the site for the official State Railroad Museum.
HB 1141-authorize the service of ex parte protection orders on Sundays and holidays.
HB 1134-authorize municipalities to enter into development agreements.
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 1222-designate the seventeenth day of April as Joe Foss Day.
HB 1056-implement an interstate wildlife violator compact.
HB 1123-authorize banks to be organized as limited liability companies.
HB 1030-make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires and to declare an emergency.
HB 1218-appropriate money for tobacco prevention education programs.
HB 1238-revise certain requirements concerning the rate per mile that shall be paid when operating certain vehicles on state business.
Legislative Day 16 
 2/4/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1136 - repeal the mandated business hours for certain county offices and to require the county commissioners to establish the hours of operation for county offices
HB 1202 - create a task force to study state and local government
HB 1096 - revise certain provisions regarding licensure by examination for physicians
HB 1197 - establish the Game, Fish and Parks Legislative Oversight
Committee
Legislative Day 17 
 2/5/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1201 - authorize the issuance of revenue bonds to finance certain water pipelines or aqueducts.
HB 1165 - amend rule-making authority and rules to allow certain facilities and hospice programs to redispense certain pharmaceutical drugs under certain circumstances.
HB 1231 - require that municipalities and counties establish criteria and conditions in the zoning ordinance before authorizing certain conditional uses.
HB 1160 - establish a pilot program for the issuance of transferable landowner big game hunting licenses.
HB 1221 - require certain publishers to provide electronic versions of textbooks suitable for conversion into Braille.
HB 1241 - revise the qualifications for receiving a temporary on-sale license for certain annual events.
Legislative Day 18 
 2/6/04 - Audio record until recess
HB 1202 - create a task force to study state and local government.
HB 1295 - revise certain enforcement procedures regarding the prohibition on certain objects dangling between a motor vehicle driver and the vehicle's windshield.
HB 1288 - provide certain safety measures and requirements for entertainment facilities.
HB 1236 - to provide a weight tolerance for ice or snow buildup on vehicles.
HB 1243 - revise certain conditions that must be met before an extension of State Highway 53 in Tripp County is added to the state trunk highway system.
HB 1228 - provide for interstate contracts for the treatment of individuals with mental illness or chemical dependency.
Legislative Day 19 
 2/7/04 - Complete Meeting
Legislative Day 20 
 2/9/04 - Complete Meeting
SB 88 - revise the eligibility qualification for an assessment freeze of single-family dwellings and to declare an emergency
SB 216 - create the Science and Technology Authority, to provide for its powers and duties, 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 214 - authorize agreements to indemnify persons who donate property for publicly beneficial uses and to declare an emergency
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
HB 1091 - extend the fifty percent tuition privilege for National Guard members to include graduate study
HB 1237 - allow the use of certain federal permits in South Dakota relating to organisms and products produced through genetic engineering
HB 1239 - regulate short-term vehicle secured loans
HB 1183 - provide the temporary replacement of any elected official incapacitated by illness or accident
HB 1176 - revise the definition of criminal pedophilia
HB 1199 - exempt certain nonprofit organizations providing dental care from dental licensure requirements
HB 1309 - increase the number of physicians that can participate in the physician tuition reimbursement program
Legislative Day 21 
 2/10/04 - 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 therefore
Legislative Day 22 
 2/11/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1182:  An Act to revise certain provisions relating to the use of general occupation tax revenue.
HB 1275: An Act to require chemical tests of drivers involved in accidents resulting in serious bodily injury.
HB 1298: An Act to repeal certain provisions regarding implied consent for withdrawal of bodily substances and chemical tests when operating a motor vehicle.
HB 1001:  An Act to provide for a basic high school program and a recommended high school program and to require most students to complete the recommended one.
HB 1002: An Act to require schools to offer a core curriculum in order to meet state accreditation standards.
HB 1194: An Act to limit the terms of certain conservation easements.
HB 1184:An Act to authorize a payor to make a deduction for transmitting an amount of an obligor's income pursuant to a child support order for withholding.
HB 1053:  An Act to increase liquidated court costs.
HB 1214: An Act to require certain prenatal information to be provided when a pregnancy test has been performed and there has been a positive result.
HB 1042: An Act to authorize the Department of Revenue and Regulation to utilize private collection agencies in the collection of delinquent taxes
HB 1180: An Act to exempt the gross receipts of certain transportation services from sales and use tax.
HB 1273:  An Act to allow emergency medical technicians to be included in peer review committees.
HB 1303: An Act to make an appropriation for the restoration of certain valuable works of art owned by the state.
HB 1304: An Act to increase the personal needs allowance for certain medicaid recipients.
HB 1068:An Act to establish a fund for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency
HB 1292: An Act to provide for the rescission of a person's privilege to refuse to submit to the withdrawal of blood or urine for driving so as to endanger the life of a child and to provide for a separate misdemeanor penalty.
Legislative Day 23 
 2/12/04 - Complete Meeting
HB 1187 - revise certain provisions relating to the assessment and valuation of real property.
HB 1247 - revise certain provisions relating to concealed handguns in certain vehicles.
HB 1173 - appropriate money for secondary career and technical education.
HB 1150 - revise the index factor in the state aid to education formula.
HB 1218 - direct the expenditure of education enhancement trust fund earnings and direct the Department of Health to report to the Legislature.
HB 1281 - provide for certain property tax exemptions for business incubators owned by nonprofits.
HB 1283 - exempt certain purchases of material used in the production of greenhouse, nursery, and ornamental plants from sales and use taxes.
HB 1258 - restrict the entry of conservation officers onto certain private land without permission.
HB 1308 - establish the sales tax on food refund program and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1185 - revise the definition of misconduct for purposes of denying unemployment benefits.
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 1200 - authorize the inclusion of certain national guard members in the public employee health insurance plan.
HB 1223 - direct the expenditure of education enhancement trust fund earnings in the state.
HB 1285 - affect the premiums for persons with guarantee issue health plans.
HB 1307 - revise the calculation of state aid to education.
HB 1296 - restrict, under certain circumstances, the alienation of private real property to the federal government.
HJR 1002 - Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to revenue and expenditure limits for the State of South Dakota.
HB 1282 - prohibit recovery based on claims resulting from weight gain, obesity, or a health condition resulting from long-term consumption of a qualified product.
HB 1145 - establish the South Dakota entrepreneur support program and to provide for its funding and disbursement.
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 1297 - restrict the alienation of public state real property to the federal government.
HB 1311 - provide for the regulation of pharmacy benefits management.
Legislative Day 24 
 2/13/04 - Complete Meeting
Legislative Day 25 
 2/17/04 - Complete Meeting
SB 15:revise certain miscellaneous procedures at the polling place and to provide certain penalties.
SB 13:revise the residency requirements for voting purposes and to revise the criteria for determining if any person has voted more than once at any election.
SB 17:revise certain provisions relating to the licensing of commercial drivers
SB 212:revise the authority of the Governor in time of disaster, terrorist attack, or emergency.
SB 43:authorize acquisition of utility corridors and to authorize the use of such property to be regulated by administrative rule
SB 83:revise the time period when a holder of a restricted minor's permit may operate a motor vehicle.
SB 1:provide for a Criminal Code Revision Commission and to declare an emergency
SB 77:provide that certain third and subsequent violations of stalking protection orders are felony offenses
SB 93:provide that certain third and subsequent violations of protection orders are felony offenses.
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 132:grant counties the authority to discuss certain economic development information in executive session
SB 34:require health carriers to offer certain deductible options for certain health benefit plans and to declare an emergency
SB 57:repeal and revise certain provisions relating to mandatory consecutive sentences.
SB 117:establish a task force to improve the quality and availability of child care and early learning opportunities.
SB 21:revise certain provisions of the South Dakota Family Farm Act.
SB 149:revise certain requirements for a family farm to change the requirements to qualify for a family farm corporation.
SB 166:revise certain licensing requirements for nonresident dove hunters
SB 39:revise certain provisions regarding principal and home office credits against the insurance premium tax.
SB 84:require certain sellers and lessors of residential property to disclose any knowledge of the existence of prior manufacturing of methamphetamines and to provide for development of a disclosure form.
Legislative Day 26 
 2/18/04 - Complete Meeting
SB 51:create the South Dakota Certification Board for Alcohol and Drug Professionals and to provide for its powers and duties
SB 3: revise the criteria for congregate housing to be exempt from property taxation
SB 29:establish one rate for the telephone gross receipts tax and to provide uniform methods to administer the tax.
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 183:revise certain provisions relating to short- term mortgages.
SB 50:revise certain provisions regarding the amount of time graduating seniors may be released prior to the end of school.
SB 209:authorize certain municipalities to provide housing for police officers and to declare an emergency
SB 86:revise the requirements for determining whether dwellings are eligible to be classified as owner-occupied single-family dwellings and to repeal certain outdated provisions concerning the property tax relief program.
SB 66:revise the definition of an abused or neglected child to include exposure to the manufacturing of methamphetamines.
SB 181:require notice before relocating a child not living with both legal parents.
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 19:make an appropriation to the state fair for the repayment of debt and to declare an emergency.
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
Legislative Day 27 
 2/19/04 - Complete Meeting
SB 39: revise certain provisions regarding principal and home office credits against the insurance premium tax.
SB 104: provide certain economic development incentives in specified areas.
SB 66: revise the definition of an abused or neglected child to include exposure to the manufacturing of methamphetamines.
SB 22: make an appropriation from the coordinated soil and water conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission.
SB 184: prohibit human cloning.
SB 167: provide immunity from liability for certain owners of anhydrous ammonia.
SB 127: require certain hospitals to provide prices for certain procedures.
SB 148: repeal and reenact the standard nonforfeiture statute for individual deferred annuities.
SB 188: revise certain provisions relating to access to isolated tracts of land.
SB 106: appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
SB 199: make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons.
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 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.
Legislative Day 28 
 2/20/04 - Complete Meeting
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.
SB 183 - revise certain provisions relating to short-term mortgages.
SB 166 - revise certain licensing requirements for nonresident dove hunters.
SB 173 - to clarify the alternative certification requirements for school administrators.
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.
SB 64 - permit the filing of an allegation of habitual criminality after arraignment under certain circumstances.
Legislative Day 29 
 2/21/04 - Complete Meeting
SB 164: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain provisions relating to the county zoning laws.
SB 7: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise the tuition privileges available to members of the national guard at state universities.
SB 48: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise the per student allocation for each disability level for the purposes of calculating the payment of state aid to special education.
SB 91: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to appropriate money to the Ellsworth Air Force Base task force to promote and facilitate the retention of Ellsworth Air Force Base.
Legislative Day 30 
 2/23/04 - Complete Meeting
SB 185 - authorize counties to employ attorneys with specialized expertise and to validate prior actions in that regard
SB 123 - revise certain provisions regarding the county wheel tax
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 211 - establish a commission to study compliance with the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, to afford due regard to the Act, and to declare an emergency
SB 96 - provide for the creation of county interdisciplinary child information teams and to regulate their memberships, authority, and responsibilities
SB 108 - clarify certain provisions concerning the residency requirements for state's attorneys in certain small counties
SB 28 - revise the conditions where the state may enter into compacts with Indian tribes
SB 85 - revise certain provisions relating to the approval of airports
Legislative Day 31 
 2/24/04 - Complete Meeting
SB179- repeal the municiple facilities act
SB 34-require health carriers to offer certain deductible options for certain health benefit plans and to declare an emergency.
SB 11-rename the regents scholarship program the South Dakota scholarship program and revise the annual scholarship amount.
SB 41-authorize the Board of Economic Development to waive certain matching requirements in certain circumstances.
SB 147- define the term, autopsy.
SB 59-revise certain provisions regarding public records kept by state agencies.
SB 62-provide a procedure for handling certain complaints regarding open meeting requirements and to create an open meetings commission.
SB 182-prohibit capital punishment of juvenile offenders.
SB 112-require state agencies promulgating rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to provide an impact statement on small business.
SB 206-increase the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula.
SB 169 - provide a sparsity factor when distributing certain school district revenue
SB 205 - provide for the distribution of certain money appropriated as state aid
SB 213 - repeal certain provisions regarding the reduction in state aid to education based on school district general fund balances
SB 54 - provide for the inclusion of certain information on required abortion reports and to clarify the confidential nature of the information
SB 150 - appropriate money to enhance the quality of education in the state
Legislative Day 32 
 2/25/04 - Complete Meeting
SB 206-  increase the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula.
Legislative Day 33 
 2/26/04 - Complete Meeting
Legislative Day 34 
 2/27/04 - Complete Meeting
Legislative Day 35 
 3/15/04 - Complete Meeting

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