Senate state affairs  

There are 35 Legislative Days scheduled for the 2008 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.

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SENATE STATE AFFAIRS 4th Legislative Day 01/12/2007 Complete Meeting SB 58 - revise certain provisions regarding the South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority. SB 22 - prohibit the filing of tariffs for certain telecommunications services and to impose certain requirements regarding the availability of telecommunications services information. 8th Legislative Day 01/19/2007 Complete Meeting 9th Legislative Day 01/22/2007 Complete Meeting SB 60 - authorize the purchase of certain improved real property in Pierre and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1013 - revise certain provisions regarding the standards for fire-resistant state buildings. HB 1014 - repeal certain provisions regarding the Bureau of Administration's evaluation of costs of projects in the facility construction plan, the submission of proposed capital improvements, the responsibility to request legislative appropriations for facility construction, and the funding of emergency capital improvement projects. 11th Legislative Day 01/24/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1013 - revise certain provisions regarding the standards for fire-resistant state buildings. HB 1003 - clarify, repeal, update, and make style and form changes to certain statutes related to military and veterans affairs. 13th Legislative Day 01/26/2007 Complete Meeting SB 116 - provide a legislative deadline for the adoption of the budget for the Department of Education. HB 1004 - revise the penalty for misuse of any aircraft or vehicle owned or leased by the state. HB 1012 - revise certain provisions relating to the appropriation of money for the veterans' bonus program. 14th Legislative Day 01/29/2007 Complete Meeting SB 25 - revise certain requirements regarding the ability of the Public Utilities Commission to regulate the sale or other disposition of the property, plant, business, or stock of electric or gas public utilities. SB 118 - permit the Public Utilities Commission to approve tariff mechanisms for the automatic annual adjustment of charges for jurisdictional costs of new environmental measures. SB 169 - provide for the formation of a legislative ethics committee and to provide for the recommendation of legislative codes of ethics. SB 122 - revise the provisions for maintaining recognition as a political party. SB 137 - prohibit certain forms of compensation for persons circulating petitions. SB 161 - repeal the death penalty and commute certain death sentences to life imprisonment. 16th Legislative Day 01/31/2007 Complete Meeting SB 154 - establish the energy transmission infrastructure fund and to provide for its funding through a temporary increase in the sales and use tax. SB 155 - establish a production incentive payment program for the development of certain wind energy facilities. SB 156 - appropriate money to the South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority. SB 154 - establish the energy transmission infrastructure fund and to provide for its funding through a temporary increase in the sales and use tax. SB 113 - require that certain local government decisions are subject to referendum. SB 117 - increase general funding for school districts, to impose a temporary limit on the growth of state general fund spending, and to suspend the transfer of moneys from the general fund to the budget reserve fund, and to the property tax reduction fund. 18th Legislative Day 02/02/2007 Complete Meeting SB 25 - revise certain requirements regarding the ability of the Public Utilities Commission to regulate the sale or other disposition of the property, plant, business, or stock of electric or gas public utilities. SB 124 - repeal certain provisions relating to the right to work upon the contingency of repealing the right to work provisions of the Constitution. SB 176 - establish the South Dakota small business equity infusion subfund and to provide for its funding and disbursement. SB 190 - provide for the establishment of special development districts and to authorize the issuance of certain restricted alcoholic beverage licenses in such districts. SB 161 - repeal the death penalty and commute certain death sentences to life imprisonment. SJR 12 - To propose a constitutional amendment to repeal the right to work provisions of the State Constitution. 19th Legislative Day 02/05/2007 Complete Meeting SB 190 - provide for the establishment of special development districts and to authorize the issuance of certain restricted alcoholic beverage licenses in such districts. SB 161 - repeal the death penalty and commute certain death sentences to life imprisonment. SJR 1 - To propose a constitutional amendment to revise certain provisions regarding the legislative process. SJR 3 - To propose a constitutional amendment to repeal certain voided provisions regarding term limits for United States senators and representatives. SJR 4 - To propose a constitutional amendment to revise certain provisions regarding private and special laws. SJR 5 - To propose a constitutional amendment regarding certain restrictions on legislators and to allow legislators to participate in certain state contracts. SJR 6 - To propose a constitutional amendment regarding restrictions on legislators. SJR 7 - To propose a constitutional amendment regarding legislative term limits. SJR 8 - To propose a constitutional amendment to reduce the minimum age to be a legislator. SJR 9 - To propose a constitutional amendment to provide for forty-day legislative sessions. SJR 10 - To propose a constitutional amendment to provide for single-member house districts in the Legislature. SJR 11 - To propose a constitutional amendment to revise certain provisions regarding initiatives and referendums. SB 4 - make biennial salary increases for legislators consistent with annual increases for other state officials and employees. SB 1 - revise certain provisions regarding the review of initiated measures. 21st Legislative Day 02/07/2007 Complete Meeting SJR 15 - Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election amendments to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the vote required to impose or increase taxes. SJR 13 - Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election amendments to Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the use of certain trust funds associated with the sale of the State cement plant and to the authorization of the use of such funds for the construction and maintenance of energy transmission facilities. SB 2 - establish certain procedures regarding the verification of initiative and referendum signatures. SB 3 - revise certain provisions relating to the circulation and signing of initiative and referendum petitions and to provide a penalty for violation thereof. SJR 2 - To propose a constitutional amendment to require certain meetings of the Legislature to be open to the public. SJR 14 - To propose a constitutional amendment to combine the offices of state treasurer and state auditor into the single office of state comptroller. SB 176 - establish the South Dakota small business equity infusion subfund and to provide for its funding and disbursement. SB 1 - revise certain provisions regarding the review of initiated measures. SJR 1 - To propose a constitutional amendment to revise certain provisions regarding the legislative process. 23rd Legislative Day 02/09/2007 Complete Meeting SB 104 - create and provide for the education enhancement tobacco tax fund and the health care tobacco tax fund. SB 105 - authorize a county auditor to raise additional revenues for education from property taxes due to the results of certain court actions. SB 198 - provide for an Open Government Commission and the study of open government issues. SB 217 - revise certain provisions regarding records that are open for inspection. SB 207 - increase the minimum wage. SB 110 - provide for certain increases in the state minimum wage. 24th Legislative Day 02/12/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1160 - repeal the requirement for physician involvement in the execution of a sentence of death by eliminating certain specified roles. HB 1175 - provide for the substances used in the execution of a sentence of death and to allow the choice of the substances used in an execution under certain circumstances. SB 169 - provide for the formation of a legislative ethics committee and to provide for the recommendation of legislative codes of ethics. 26th Legislative Day 02/14/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1286 - require that records of archaeological sites be maintained and to provide that certain records remain confidential. 29th Legislative Day 02/21/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1048 - reform certain campaign finance requirements and to establish certain fines and penalties. HB 1156 - revise certain requirements concerning the pay and qualifications of petition circulators. HB 1293 - refer to a vote of the people a bill to regulate the performance of certain abortions, to reinstate the prohibition against certain acts causing the termination of the life of an unborn human being, and to prescribe a penalty therefor. 31st Legislative Day 02/23/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1139 - create and provide for the education enhancement tobacco tax fund and the health care tobacco tax fund. HB 1140 - require an annual adjustment to the general fund levies of a school district by reducing local effort by nine million dollars from funds deposited in the property tax reduction fund from the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. HB 1262 - revise certain provisions regarding property tax exemptions for certain power generation facilities. HB 1201 - revise certain provisions concerning public meetings. SCR 7 - Urging that the United States withdraw from the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and any other bilateral or multilateral activity that seeks to create a North American Union. 32nd Legislative Day 02/26/2007 Complete Meeting HB 1176 - allow for grants from the revolving economic development and initiative fund, to revise certain provisions concerning the making of grants and loans from the revolving economic development and initiative fund, and to repeal the capital investment entity program, the value-added tourism subfund and the entrepreneur support program.