South Dakota Legislative Billwatch, Feb. 8, 2016

The South Dakota Legislature is scheduled to consider several important bills today.

HB 1157 would require that a doctor provide a woman additional information as a part of informed consent prior to performing an abortion. The bill deals primarily with providing information to a woman about drug-induced abortions and the options if she changes her mind after taking an abortion-inducing drug.

HB 1158 calls for greater state and local involvement in the settlement of refugees in our state. You may recall that with the recent Syrian refugee problem and acts of international terrorism, there has been a great deal of concern about refugees coming to our state, and the amount of coordination between the federal and state government on this issue.

HB 1142 would prohibit businesses from prohibiting employees from storing firearms and ammunition in a locked vehicle parked at the business.

SB 72 is scheduled to be heard by the Senate  Health and Human Services Committee. SB 72 seeks to protect unborn children from being aborted if they are sufficiently developed to be capable of feeling pain. The bill was heard in committee and amended last week but did not receive an up or down vote in committee yet.

HB 1107 seeks to protect religious liberty from the radical sexual agenda of the Left.  The bill passed out of  committee last week and is scheduled to be heard before  the full House today.

Another bill along these same lines, HB 1112, passed out of committee last week and is scheduled to be heard by the full House today.

HB 1129 to allow a concealed pistol in the capitol and any county courthouse with an enhanced concealed pistol permit is scheduled to be considered by the full House today.

HCR 1004 affirms  the rights of ranchers,  and is scheduled to be heard by the full Senate today. It was voted on by the full House last week, and passed 68-0.

There are several other important bills on a variety of issues; please check them out below so you can stay informed  and let your elected representatives know your opinion.

	2/8 7:45 AM	Senate Local Government	HB 1066	revise certain provisions regarding the public notice for a meeting of a public body.
	2/8 7:45 AM	House State Affairs	HB 1157	require that a doctor provide a woman additional information as a part of informed consent prior to performing an abortion.
	2/8 7:45 AM	House State Affairs	HB 1158	provide for state coordination in the resettlement of refugees.
	2/8 8:00 AM	Joint Committee on Appropriations	SB 114	make an appropriation for certain costs related to the commissioning of the USS South Dakota and to declare an emergency.
	2/8 10:00 AM	House Commerce and Energy	HB 1142	prohibit businesses and employers from establishing certain policies against the ability of an employee or invitee to store firearms and ammunition in a locked motor vehicle parked on the premises.
	2/8 10:00 AM	House Judiciary	HB 1166	revise certain provisions regarding the penalty for identity theft while using an unauthorized credit card.
	2/8 10:00 AM	House Judiciary	HB 1167	revise certain provisions regarding the use of a suspended imposition of sentence for a misdemeanor and a felony.
	2/8 10:00 AM	House Commerce and Energy	HB 1187	allow the Office of the Secretary of State to refuse to file certain documents.
	2/8 10:00 AM	House Judiciary	HB 1192	prohibit certain inquiries during a public employment application process about an applicant’s criminal history and to provide a penalty for a violation thereof.
	2/8 10:00 AM	House Judiciary	HB 1193	prohibit certain inquiries about criminal records during any initial employment application process and to provide a penalty for a violation thereof.
	2/8 10:00 AM	Senate Health and Human Services	SB 72	prohibit the abortion of an unborn child who is capable of experiencing pain and to provide a penalty therefor.
	2/8 2:00 PM	Senate	HB 1033	revise certain provisions concerning elections and election petitions and to declare an emergency.
	2/8 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HB 1107	ensure government nondiscrimination in matters of religious beliefs and moral convictions.
	2/8 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HB 1112	establish certain procedures regarding a transgender policy for the purposes of participation in high school activities and to declare void any present transgender policy of the South Dakota High School Activities Association.
	2/8 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HB 1129	allow a concealed pistol in the capitol and any county courthouse with an enhanced concealed pistol permit.
	2/8 2:00 PM	Senate	HCR 1004	Expressing support for the property rights of ranch and range allotment owners.
	2/8 2:00 PM	Senate	HCR 1005	Urging the federal government to refrain from enacting regulations that threaten the reliability and affordability of electric power in the northern great plains.
	2/8 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HCR 1008	Urging Congress to support and to ask the United States Secretary of State to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline project.
	2/8 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HCR 1009	Expressing the right of South Dakotans to own and use firearms.
	2/8 2:00 PM	Senate	SB 64	revise the voting authority of an alderman.
	2/8 2:00 PM	Senate	SB 73	clarify certain provisions regarding open meetings.
	2/8 2:00 PM	Senate	SB 90	ensure that members of the public are able to access and record public meetings.
	2/8 3:00 PM	House Committee on Appropriations	HB 1182	increase the state sales tax, the state use tax, the excise tax on farm machinery, and amusement device tax for the purpose of increasing education funding and reducing property taxes, and to declare an emergency.

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Bob Ellis has been the owner of media company Dakota Voice, LLC since 2005. He is a 10-year U.S. Air Force veteran, a political reporter and commentator for the past decade, and has been involved in numerous election and public policy campaigns for over 20 years. He was a founding member and board member of the Tea Party groups Citizens for Liberty and the South Dakota Tea Party Alliance. He lives in Rapid City, South Dakota with his wife and two children.

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