Senate Commerce
There are 40 Legislative Days scheduled for
the 2005 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.
Access a live web-cast through the "Listen Now" button
above, or replay audio of the entire Committee meeting for the
designated Legislative Day or testimony and debate on a specific Bill
through the listings below.
Legislative Day 3
1/13/05
- completed meeting
SB
9: repeal provisions for integrated telecommunications.
SB
10: revise Rural Development Telecommunications Network to DDN.
SB
13: regarding unemployment insurance tax rates.
SB
14: modify provisions enemployment insurance benefits.
SB
18: PUC to disburse bond or other proceeds to affected customers.
SB
19: PUC act on interexchange telecommunications service.
SB
20: prohibit subscriber's telephone number in a wireless directory
assistance service database without the subscriber's authorization.
SB
21: update regulations regarding the pipeline safety inspection.
SB
32: change certain references from Revenue and Regulation to Public Safety.
SB
33: update provisions Weighing and measuring devices.
Legislative Day 5
1/18/05
- completed meeting
SB
29 provide the South Dakota risk pool with the ability to enter into certain
provider contracts and to declare an emergency.
SB
30 revise certain provisions regarding creditable health insurance coverage.
SB
40 establish minimum fire safety standards for specialty resorts.
SB
46 modify the requirements for closed block individual health benefit plans.
SB
48 authorize the director of the Division of Banking to enter into certain
interstate agreements and to establish certain procedures regarding those
agreements.
SB
49 revise certain provisions regarding payments or assignments by insurance
producers for referrals.
Legislative Day 7
1/20/05
- completed meeting
SB
50 remove certain references regarding conversion from the requirements for
continuation of group health coverage.
SB
52 revise certain provisions regarding the payment of burial expenses by
life insurers and fraternal benefit societies.
SB
68 revise certain provisions regarding the licensing of estheticians.
Legislative Day 10
1/25/05
- completed meeting
SB
85 modify certain provisions relating to the charging of employers for the
payment of unemployment insurance benefits.
SB
53 provide for adequate access to health care provider networks.
SB
79 update certain provisions regarding the definition of impairment for
workers' compensation purposes.
SB
82 permit a real estate broker to appoint agents within an office to
represent separate parties to a real estate transaction.
SB
83 revise the seller's property condition disclosure statement.
Legislative Day 12
1/27/05
- completed meeting
SB 89
revise certain supervision requirements regarding the delegation of
procedures to dental hygienists
SB 109 revise certain provisions relating to the modification of credit card
agreements
HB 1035 revise certain provisions regarding the regulation of remote service
banking
HB 1045 provide for the continuance of coverage for dependents on certain health
insurance policies
HB 1046 revise certain provisions regarding examination reports of insurers and
insurance producers
HB 1047 authorize premium discounts for small employers who meet certain carrier
participation requirements
Legislative Day 15
2/1/05 - completed meeting
SB 104 require evidence of financial responsibility at the time of vehicle
registration, to provide for a motor vehicle insurance data base, and to provide
for the administration thereof
SB 131 provide certain insurance and medicaid coverage for hyperbaric oxygen
therapy and related services
SB 138 affect the premiums for persons with guarantee issue health plans
SB 139 establish certain requirements for long-term care insurance policies
Legislative Day 17
2/3/05 - completed meeting
SB 121 revise the authority of the Public Utilities Commission to approve the
sale or transfer of telecommunications exchanges and to revise the provisions
concerning the obligation of telecommunications companies to report
consolidations and mergers
SB 141
authorize consumer power districts to supply or transport natural or
artificial gas
SB 154 exempt certain entities from the requirement to obtain lending licenses
SB 162
revise the requirements for physician licensure under certain
SB 167 provide health insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices
Legislative Day 21
2/8/05 - completed meeting
SB
153 authorize certain dental hygienists to perform limited services to
persons not currently under the care of a dentist
SB
167 provide health insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices
SB
163 exempt certain multiple employer welfare arrangements from unauthorized
insurers process provisions
SB
176 provide for the recovery of amounts paid by an insurance company to the
Insurance Guaranty Association through the use of a premium surcharge
Legislative Day 23
2/10/05
- completed meeting
SB 179 revise certain provisions relating to the practice
of occupational therapy
SB 182 provide for a commercial real estate broker lien
SB 192 establish wine shipper licenses and to provide for certain shipments of
wine
SB 199 expand eligibility for the health insurance risk pool
HB 1038
revise certain provisions regarding the responsibility of alcohol
licensees that sell alcohol to underage
people
HB 1089 to provide for licensure and regulation of massage therapists and to
provide funding from licensure fees
Legislative Day 26
2/15/05
- completed meeting
HB
1090 allow debt cancellation contract and debt suspension contract fees to
be included in consumer installment sales contracts
HB
1094 provide for the division of farm mutual insurance companies
HB
1115 require that supplemental coverages be made available with automobile
liability policies
SB
182 provide for a commercial real estate broker lien
Legislative Day 28
2/17/05
- completed meeting
HB 1101
except contracts of independent contractors who are captive insurance
agents from the prohibition against contracts in restraint of trade
HB 1172
revise certain provisions regarding the regulation of athletic trainers
HB 1179 revise certain provisions regarding the regulation of vehicle
manufactures, franchisors, and dealers
HB 1192 adopt the Uniform Athletes Agents Act
HB 1160 revise certain provisions relating to franchises and cable services
Legislative Day 31
2/22/05
- completed meeting
HB 1188
revise certain provisions regarding amounts payable under reinsurance
contracts in liquidation proceedings of insurers
HB 1194 require notification to certain retail licensees of prohibited alcohol
sales to persons below the age of twenty-one prior to any subsequent violation
HB 1228 revise certain provisions regarding unemployment insurance
Legislative Day 33
2/24/05
- completed meeting
HB 1118 revise certain provisions regarding the interest rate on past due moneys
HB 1218 provide disclosure of fee schedules between health carriers and
participating providers
HB 1248 revise certain provisions regarding money lenders
