House Appropriations

There are 40 Legislative Days scheduled for the 2009 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 House/Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet Monday through Friday at 8:00 am in room LCR1 and LCR2 of the Capitol. 

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HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS 1st Legislative Day 01/13/2009 Complete Meeting 8th Legislative Day 01/23/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1025 - revise the basic salary schedule for county veteran's service officers. HB 1031 - increase the maximum allowable expense for erecting certain veteran's grave markers and headstones. HB 1043 - make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians and dentists who have complied with the requirements of the physician tuition reimbursement program or the dental tuition reimbursement program. HB 1069 - increase certain fees charged by the Office of the Secretary of State. HB 1081 - make an appropriation for operation costs of the 24/7 sobriety program and to declare an emergency. 13th Legislative Day 01/30/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1033 - make an appropriation for the construction of an addition to the admissions area of the George S. Mickelson Center for the Neurosciences at the Human Services Center. HB 1040 - revise certain license, registration, and inspection fees related to food service establishments, lodging establishments, and campgrounds. HB 1048 - increase the transfer from the water and environment fund, and increase the solid waste management fee, mining license and permit fees, water right filing and permit application fees, and well driller and pump installer license fees, all of which are deposited in the environment and natural resources fee fund. HB 1075 - make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to match the maintenance and repair funds generated by student tuition and fee payments deposited in the higher education facilities fund. HB 1076 - authorize the Board of Regents to replace certain real estate held for agriculture field laboratory research purposes, to make improvements to the replacement lands, and to make an appropriation for such purposes. 16th Legislative Day 02/04/2009 Complete Meeting 17th Legislative Day 02/05/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1142 - appropriate money for an adult farm and ranch management program. HB 1077 - make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to improve South Dakota's research capacity and to promote and coordinate educator and student engagement in the educational and research opportunities at the Sanford Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory. HB 1091 - make an appropriation to initiate a master of social work degree program in higher education. HB 1173 - appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute. HB 1238 - make appropriations from the water and environment fund, the water pollution control revolving fund subfund, and the drinking water revolving fund subfund for various water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency. HB 1185 - revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009. 22nd Legislative Day 02/13/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1185 - revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009. HB 1140 - make an appropriation from the railroad trust fund for the construction of a railroad siding. HB 1200 - make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency. HB 1201 - make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency. HB 1248 - authorize the South Dakota Building Authority to provide for the construction of a college of veterinary medicine and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1270 - change the purpose of the veterans affairs special revenue fund. HB 1025 - revise the basic salary schedule for county veteran's service officers. HB 1031 - increase the maximum allowable expense for erecting certain veteran's grave markers and headstones. HB 1033 - make an appropriation for the construction of an addition to the admissions area of the George S. Mickelson Center for the Neurosciences at the Human Services Center. HB 1048 - increase the transfer from the water and environment fund, and increase the solid waste management fee, mining license and permit fees, water right filing and permit application fees, and well driller and pump installer license fees, all of which are deposited in the environment and natural resources fee fund. HB 1173 - appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute. 24th Legislative Day 02/18/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1183 - leverage public investments in higher education facilities and grant programs with private moneys, to authorize the Board of Regents and the South Dakota Building Authority to contract for construction of the Higher Education Center-West River, to fund certain postsecondary education grant programs, to authorize the use of higher education facilities funds to construct the new dairy manufacturing plant at South Dakota State University in Brookings, and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1037 - increase the fees for mailing motor vehicle license plates and decals and to impose a fee for the reassignment of a license plate. HB 1074 - increase certain expenditure authority previously granted to the Board of Regents, to designate circumstances in which such authority may be used, to appropriate funds therefor, and to declare an emergency. HB 1271 - authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Department of Corrections to provide for the purchase, design, construction, and equipping of a combined minimum security/parole facility in Rapid City for the Department of Corrections. 25th Legislative Day 02/19/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1271 - authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Department of Corrections to provide for the purchase, design, construction, and equipping of a combined minimum security/parole facility in Rapid City for the Department of Corrections. HB 1038 - increase the license fees for coin-operated washers and dryers, to increase the brand registration fees on certain alcoholic beverages, to increase the fees for certain malt beverage and wine licenses, and to revise the distribution of certain malt beverage and wine license fees. HB 1271 - authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Department of Corrections to provide for the purchase, design, construction, and equipping of a combined minimum security/parole facility in Rapid City for the Department of Corrections. HB 1247 - revise certain provisions relating to the transfer of appropriations. HB 1130 - make an appropriation to the Department of Tourism and State Development to provide for the promotion in Mexico of tourist opportunities in South Dakota and of the products made in South Dakota. HB 1237 - make an appropriation to fund certain property and sales tax refunds for elderly persons and persons living with a disability, to make an appropriation to fund sales tax on food refunds, and to revise the eligibility requirements for the sales tax on food refund program. HB 1178 - require the Department of Education to administer a pilot program for the purpose of increasing graduation rates among at-risk minority students, and to make an appropriation therefor. 26th Legislative Day 02/20/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1142 - appropriate money for an adult farm and ranch management program. HB 1091 - make an appropriation to initiate a master of social work degree program in higher education. HB 1174 - appropriate money from the budget reserve fund to increase the state funded portion to state aid to education, decrease current tax levies, and increase provider inflation. HB 1166 - provide for DNA testing for certain inmates for the purposes of determining whether they may have been wrongfully convicted. 30th Legislative Day 03/02/2009 Complete Meeting SB 39 - make an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives and to declare an emergency. SB 36 - revise certain drug registration fees and license fees related to health care facilities. SB 47 - make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency. SB 48 - make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency. SB 74 - direct the Office of the Attorney General to study the creation of a state medical examiner system. SB 52 - make an appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission. SB 66 - authorize the Board of Regents to construct an addition to the Northern State University Joseph H. Barnett Center and to accept donations for such purpose and to make an appropriation thereof. 32nd Legislative Day 03/04/2009 Complete Meeting SB 203 - make an appropriation for the purposes of funding the Birth to Three Program in the Department of Education and to require a review of the program. SB 49 - make an appropriation to fund sales tax on food refunds and to declare an emergency. SB 36 - revise certain drug registration fees and license fees related to health care facilities. SB 72 - make an appropriation to initiate a master of social work degree program in higher education. SB 181 - make an appropriation for the support of the state fair. SB 117 - revise certain budgetary provisions relating to certain funds received from the federal government. SB 164 - revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 to fund the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship. 33rd Legislative Day 03/05/2009 Complete Meeting SB 32 - increase certain fees related to the use of motor vehicles. SB 50 - revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009. 34th Legislative Day 03/06/2009 Complete Meeting SB 50 - revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009. SB 72 - make an appropriation to initiate a master of social work degree program in higher education. 35th Legislative Day 03/09/2009 Complete Meeting SB 50 - revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009. SB 117 - revise certain budgetary provisions relating to certain funds received from the federal government.