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Noem To Brief Lawmakers On COVID 19 Bills, Budget Changes For Veto Day

Governor Kristi Noem will ask lawmakers to consider several bills that address the coronavirus outbreak.

Noem also wants the legislature to make some changes to the state’s budget.

Legislators will convene electronically on Monday to consider vetoes issued by the governor, but Governor Noem says she also wants them to consider several pieces of legislation and budget adjustments.

Noem will host a town hall to brief lawmakers on legislation she’d like to see passed.

The governor declined to offer specifics, but says the measures will deal with COVID-19 responses and authorities the governor may have.

“It’ll also talk about economics and some of the abilities and programs that we have—making sure that we can utilize some resources to help businesses and families get through this situation,” Noem says. “There will be budget bills that we need to make decisions on, how we will handle those and where we will make changes. Obviously, there are a couple of bills I did veto that we will make decisions on as well.”

Noem still has several bills on her desk to consider, many of them that appropriate money.

Some legislators say changes to next fiscal year’s budget should wait until May or June. The fiscal year starts July first. That would give lawmakers more time to study revenue data and impacts to the state revenue collections.

Lee Strubinger is SDPB’s Rapid City-based politics and public policy reporter. Lee is a two-time national Edward R. Murrow Award winning reporter. He holds a master’s in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield.