TWO GOOD WATER BILLS NEED YOUR SUPPORT TODAY! House Bill 1239 and House Bill 1240 provide necessary and appropriate local input to the water permit process. Both bills will be heard in House Ag & Natural Resources Committee TOMORROW (Thursday) … Continued
Industrial Hemp Moves Forward Despite Governor’s Push to Table After House Ag Committee unanimously passed the Industrial Hemp program bill (HB 1191) last week, Governor Noem began an aggressive campaign pushing legislators to table and wait, saying the state isn’t … Continued
Actions You Can Take on Good Bills–Today, Tomorrow, Thursday There’s a lot going on this week with the logjam of bills finally breaking up and moving through the process. Here’s some opportunities to support good legislation this week around grassland … Continued
Logjam of Bills Will Mean Late Nights in Weeks Ahead As committee agendas begin to fill up, the deadline to move bills through committee to their House of origin looms in only two weeks (eight legislative days). In South Dakota, … Continued
Bills Pile On–Hoghouse Vehicles Aplenty Now that deadlines for filing bills have passed, the Legislative Research Council’s (LRC) bill list has reached something like 499 pieces of legislation. That said, a few of those bills have already died in committee, … Continued
Finally–the Bills Are Rolling In! For better or worse, it appears the spigot has opened at the Legislative Research Council (LRC), and the bills are starting to pour out at rapid speed. Today, January 25th, is the last day for … Continued
Costs of Litigation Bill Moves to House Judiciary Committee Friday Morning–Contact Legislators TODAY. House Bill 1019 stands to create an incredible chilling effect on democracy in our state. The short piece of legislation requires the state to pursue costs of … Continued
Action Needed on HB 1019 Contact Members of House Commerce & Energy Committee House Bill 1019 stands to create an incredible chilling effect on democracy in our state. The short piece of legislation requires the state to pursue costs of … Continued
A Tumultuous Start to 2019 The 2019 South Dakota Legislative Session got off to a tumultuous start this week, with the new administration failing to deliver a substantive draft budget, and Legislative Research Council (LRC) staff short-handed going into the … Continued
DRA Legislative Questionnaire Responses, Part Five of Five In mid-September, Dakota Rural Action sent out a questionnaire to all candidates running for State House and Senate. Below are the returned responses to the following question: South Dakota is one of … Continued