South Dakota Legislative Billwatch, Feb. 9, 2016

Today, the South Dakota Legislature will be examining a bill to prohibit hydraulic fracturing in HB 1197.  Hydraulic fracturing has been so wildly successful in other states, now liberals want to make sure we don’t enjoy any of that energy or economic success here in South Dakota. The bill is scheduled to be considered in the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee this morning.

HB 1212, scheduled for the House Health and Human Services Committee, deals with requirements for pregnancy help centers.  The bill is sponsored by several pro-life legislators, so the bill should only benefit pregnancy resource centers in helping pregnant women and their children…unless liberals are successfully able to hijack it, which one never should take for granted in our “Republican” supermajority legislature.

The Senate Judiciary committee will be looking for more state control of refugee resettlement in SB 119. A similar bill, HB 1158 , was tabled yesterday in the House State Affairs Committee.

SJR 1 would propose a constitutional amendment to provide that the fundamental right of state citizens to bear arms cannot be infringed and is subject to strict scrutiny.

I am also including in today’s billwatch installment some bills scheduled for consideration a couple of days out, because of the monumental importance of some of these, particularly the attempt to repeal the death penalty in South Dakota in SB 94.

The death penalty is absolutely necessary in a civilized society, both to obtain justice for someone whose life was deliberately robbed from them, and to deter other such crimes in society.  And yes, despite what lying liberals try to tell you, the death penalty DOES deter murder. Multiple studies prove it, even some conducted by (former) death penalty opponents.

Ultimately, this would affect not only South Dakota, but if it is repealed here, that will add impetus to repeal in other states, thus putting innocent citizens at risk in those states as well. So we would not only jeopardize citizens in our own state–as well as thwart justice in our own state–but our actions could jeopardize the safety of citizens in other states that might be misguided into following our bad example.

You can read some information about the multiple reasons we must maintain the death penalty for murder in South Dakota, and in our nation, here, here and here. You can also read about last year’s efforts to repeal the death penalty here and here.

Many good people become beguiled on this subject, so if you’re going to write to your legislator about ANYTHING this session, this would be the bill to do it for.

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	2/9 7:45 AM	House Health and Human Services	HB 1186	revise certain provisions relating to the practice of dentistry and to dental corporations.
	2/9 7:45 AM	House Agriculture and Natural Resources	HB 1197	prohibit hydraulic fracturing.
	2/9 7:45 AM	House Health and Human Services	HB 1212	revise requirements related to pregnancy help centers
	2/9 7:45 AM	Senate Education	SB 129	establish certain suicide awareness and prevention training requirements for certain school employees based on the Jason Flatt Act.
	2/9 8:00 AM	Senate Judiciary	SB 119	require legislative authority for refugee actions under South Dakota law.
	2/9 8:00 AM	Senate Judiciary	SB 130	require the processing of sexual assault exam kits.
	2/9 8:00 AM	Senate Judiciary	SJR 1	Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the fundamental right of state citizens to bear arms cannot be infringed and is subject to strict scrutiny.
	2/9 9:00 AM	Joint Committee on Appropriations	SB 75	establish a grant program for adult community residential services designed to reduce the risk of recidivism, to provide a report to the Legislature, and to make an appropriation therefor.
	2/9 10:00 AM	House Local Government	HB 1127	revise certain provisions concerning road districts.
	2/9 10:00 AM	House Transportation	HB 1164	waive the requirement to display a front motor vehicle license plate on certain special interest motor vehicles.
	2/9 10:00 AM	House Transportation	HB 1184	create a transportation oversight committee.
	2/9 10:00 AM	Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources	SB 107	clarify certain safety zone restrictions on hunting.
	2/9 2:00 PM	Senate	HB 1033	revise certain provisions concerning elections and election petitions and to declare an emergency.
	2/9 2:00 PM	Senate	HB 1066	revise certain provisions regarding the public notice for a meeting of a public body.
	2/9 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HB 1091	establish certain requirements regarding insurance for vehicles used to provide rides for a transportation network company and to exempt drivers and vehicles used to provide these rides from certain commercial licensing requirements.
	2/9 2:00 PM	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.
	2/9 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HB 1125	limit the ability of a person to obtain a concealed pistol permit related to the restoration of civil rights and to declare an emergency.
	2/9 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HB 1138	revise provisions related to the enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol.
	2/9 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HB 1183	revise certain provisions regarding the jurisdiction of magistrate courts to issue protection orders.
	2/9 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HB 1187	allow the Office of the Secretary of State to refuse to file certain documents.
	2/9 2:00 PM	House of Representatives	HCR 1011	Opposing the recent actions of the EPA and the President with regards to the Waters of the United States federal rule and applauding the South Dakota congressional delegates who opposed such actions.
	2/9 2:00 PM	Senate	SB 91	revise certain provisions concerning the information on the forms provided to persons who sign initiated constitutional amendments, referred laws, or initiated measures.
	2/10 7:45 AM	House State Affairs	HB 1163	revise the periods of time during which veterans may use tuition benefits at institutions under the control of the Board of Regents.
	2/10 7:45 AM	House Education	HB 1168	allow students to participate in sexuality education with parental permission.
	2/10 7:45 AM	House Education	HB 1189	allow a state-mandated academic achievement test taken by a student to be returned to the student under certain circumstances
	2/10 7:45 AM	House State Affairs	HB 1190	enhance customer convenience in firearms transactions, improve public safety, and provide for the issuance of an additional concealed pistol permit.
	2/10 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.
	2/10 10:00 AM	Senate State Affairs	SB 94	repeal the death penalty.
	2/10 10:00 AM	Senate Health and Human Services	SB 153	provide for drug testing certain TANF applicants.
	2/10 3:45 PM	House Commerce and Energy	HB 1067	promote quality, competition, and freedom of choice in the health insurance market place.

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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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