Some of the bills being considered by the South Dakota Legislature Thursday Feb. 4 include one that would protect scientific integrity in the classroom, as well as one repealing the prohibition against carrying a concealed weapon in the capitol.

The South Dakota Legislature will be considering a large number of important bills Wednesday including one to protect religious liberty and the right of conscience, to clarify that boys are boys and girls are girls, gambling, property rights and more.

Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Matt Sharp will testify Wednesday before the South Dakota House State Affairs Committee on two proposed laws: HB 1107, which would “ensure government nondiscrimination in matters of religious beliefs and moral convictions,” and HB 1112, which would establish birth certificates as the primary standard “in identifying a student’s sexual identity for purpose of participation in high school activities.”

The South Dakota Legislative Research Council has officially filed Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s education reform bills which are now online for the public to view.

Today’s second Rapid City legislative crackerbarrel meeting covered topics such as education funding, teacher pay, video lottery revenue, crime and punishment, transgender issues, and more.

HB 1076 to drug test welfare recipients was heard in the House Health and Human Services Committee this morning. It was killed in a 9-4 vote. Find out some of the arguments presented for and against the legislation.

Some of the bills being considered by the South Dakota Legislature today include the drug testing for welfare recipients bill, a bill outlawing the sale of fetal body parts, and recommendations from the Elder Abuse Task Force.

These are some of the bills of interest being considered in the South Dakota Legislature on Wednesday January 27, including consideration of the transgender locker room bill before the full House, and the year-round Daylight Savings Time bill goes to the full Senate.

I see that one of South Dakota’s biggest RINOs and loudest voices for hypocrisy from the other side of the state has an article in the Rapid City Journal today, once again predictably attacking a conservative legislator from the Left.

These are some of the more interesting bills being considered in the South Dakota Legislature today, including a change to daylight savings time, public meeting notices, and gambling.