Senate State Affairs  

There are 38 Legislative Days scheduled for the 2011 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 10:00am CT in room 414 of the Capitol.

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SENATE STATE AFFAIRS 6th Legislative Day (1/19/2011) Complete Meeting SB 2 - repeal, update, and make form and style revisions to certain provisions related to the Bureau of Administration. Starts at 1:44 SB 3 - revise certain provisions regarding the administration of the state seal. Starts at 27:22 9th Legislative Day (1/24/2011) Complete Meeting SB 6 - provide for the transfer of the state's interests in the Sisseton National Guard Armory to the city of Sisseton. Starts at 14:55 SB 53 - revise certain provisions relating to the Veterans Commission and to veterans' rights, benefits, and services. Starts at 27:33 11th Legislative Day (1/26/2011) Complete Meeting SB 3 - revise certain provisions regarding the administration of the state seal. Starts at 0:08:25 SB 88 - revise certain penalties involving the bribery of a voter. Starts at 0:18:53 SB 67 - reduce the minimum size for improvement districts. Starts at 1:04:42 SB 90 - revise certain provisions concerning tax incremental districts. Starts at 1:18:29 SB 107 - require the state to provide the public with access to an electronic database containing certain information on any loans, grants, or tax rebates provided by the state for the purpose of economic development. Starts at 1:42:56 13th Legislative Day (1/31/2011) Complete Meeting SB 142 - repeal the requirement that members of certain boards and commissions receive the advice and consent of the Senate. Starts at 2:21 HB 1014 - revise certain provisions regarding the purpose of the 911 emergency surcharge and to provide rule-making authority to the 911 Coordination Board to establish allowable recurring and nonrecurring costs for the operation of a public safety answering point. Starts at 8:25 15th Legislative Day (2/2/2011) Complete Meeting SB 144 - establish dates to begin absentee voting for primary and general elections. Starts at 00:02:26 SB 93 - authorize an organization to contribute to a political action committee and to set a limit on contributions. Starts at 00:28:20 SB 162 - provide for legislative redistricting by a bipartisan, nonlegislative commission and to declare an emergency. Starts at 00:51:43 17th Legislative Day (2/7/2011) Complete Meeting SB 160 - repeal exemptions from sales and use taxes for certain security and commodity brokers. Starts at 00:02:15 SB 166 - repeal certain sales tax exemptions relating to agricultural machinery parts, repairs, and maintenance. Starts at 00:22:01 SB 174 - temporarily increase the state sales and use tax to fund the state budget shortfall and to declare an emergency. Starts at 00:40:44 SB 79 - provide for the application of LEAN techniques to certain state government processes and to provide for prioritization and oversight of the lean government program. Starts at 00:48:55 19th Legislative Day (2/9/2011) Complete Meeting SB 196 - modify the ethanol production incentive payment, to create the ethanol infrastructure incentive fund, to appropriate money to encourage the use of ethanol, and to make transfers into the ethanol infrastructure incentive fund and the revolving economic development and initiative fund. Starts at 0:17:54 SB 194 - create a Wind Energy Competitive Advisory Task Force and to provide for the appointment of the task force members. Starts at 0:46:53 SB 183 - provide for the application of LEAN techniques to certain state agencies and to repeal the legislative review of state agencies. Starts at 1:03:31 21st Legislative Day (2/14/2011) Complete Meeting SB 174 - temporarily increase the state sales and use tax to fund the state budget shortfall and to declare an emergency. Starts at 0:10:55 SB 138 - enact the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote. Starts at 0:29:34 SB 193 - authorize counties to issue additional on-sale licenses for certain facilities located on hunting preserves. Starts at 1:10:30 SB 82 - revise certain provisions regarding the general fund levies of school districts. Starts at 1:29:43 23rd Legislative Day (2/16/2011) Complete Meeting SB 56 - revise the qualifications of a county veterans' service officer. Starts at 0:19:34 SB 150 - provide for entertainment for the good of South Dakota. Starts at 0:23:13 SB 201 - restrict the application of certain foreign laws, legal codes, and system with respect to state legal proceedings. Starts at 0:26:41 SB 170 - amend the South Dakota Uniform Securities Act with certain provisions relating to fraud and civil liability. Starts at 1:34:32 25th Legislative Day (2/22/2011) Complete Meeting SB 135 - reduce the spending of general funds. Starts at 00:01:17 SB 134 - reduce state regulations. Starts at 00:01:17 SB 174 - temporarily increase the state sales and use tax to fund the state budget shortfall and to declare an emergency. Starts at 00:03:20 28th Legislative Day (2/25/2011) Complete Meeting HB 1139 - remove the prohibition against certain appointive officers lobbying after completing their service in state government. Starts at 00:01:40 HB 1147 - revise the taxation of rural electric companies with respect to receipts collected for compliance with certain environmental laws. Starts at 00:06:06 HB 1248 - extend the sunset of the one-half percent increase in the gross receipts tax imposed on visitor-related businesses. Starts at 01:11:42 29th Legislative Day (2/28/2011) Complete Meeting HB 1233 - limit liability from damages caused by certain aviation products. Starts at 1:21:28 HB 1234 - repeal the requirement for certain reports to be made to the Board of Economic Development. Starts at 1:37:02 HB 1149 - allow legal residents of the United States to obtain a concealed pistol permit. Starts at 11:35 HB 1130 - allow certain adult children of overseas citizens to vote in the state. Starts at 18:43 HB 1230 - establish the large project development fund, to provide for its administration, and to make an appropriation therefor. Starts at 47:50 31st Legislative Day (3/2/2011) Complete Meeting HB 1194 - establish the State of South Dakota endowment fund. Starts at 00:05:26 HB 1230 - establish the large project development fund, to provide for its administration, and to make an appropriation therefor. Starts at 00:15:28 HB 1141 - establish a date to begin absentee voting and to revise the deadline for the printing of ballots. Starts at 00:22:53 33rd Legislative Day (3/7/2011) Complete Meeting HB 1110 - appropriate funding for the purpose of a one-time increase in state aid to education. Starts at 0:02:24 HB 1243 - revise the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district. Starts at 0:23:07 HB 1079 - repeal certain provisions related to the purchase of firearms by out-of-state residents. Starts at 0:24:50 HB 1233 - limit liability from damages caused by certain aviation products. Starts at 0:30:38 HB 1108 - revise certain provisions with regard to the rights of industrial and construction equipment dealers. Starts at 0:31:43 HB 1113 - affect medical services. Starts at 1:33:57 35th Legislative Day (3/9/2011) Complete Meeting