Committee: House Commerce
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
P Boomgarden
P Bradford
E Elliott
P Faehn
P Hunt
P Krebs
P Kroger
P Pederson (Gordon)
P Schafer
P Street
P Willadsen
P Rounds, Vice-Chair
P Sebert, Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Chair Sebert.
MOTION:
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 12, 2006
Moved by: Rounds
Second by: Pederson (Gordon)
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
HB 1046: provide for certain provisions regarding the property casualty unfair claims
practices.
Presented by: Merle Scheiber, Division of Insurance
MOTION:
TO TABLE HB 1046
Moved by: Pederson (Gordon)
Second by: Willadsen
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(11-0-2-0)
Voting Yes: Boomgarden, Faehn, Hunt, Krebs, Kroger, Pederson (Gordon), Schafer, Street,
Willadsen, Rounds, Sebert
Excused: Bradford, Elliott
HB 1017: authorize the Public Utilities Commission to implement and comply with
certain federal energy acts and to validate certain related commission actions.
Presented by: Dustin Johnson, Public Utilities Commission
Proponents: Bob Miller, SD Electric Utilities
Ed Anderson, Rural Electric Assn, SD
Edward Raventon, SD Resource Coalition
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1017
Moved by: Rounds
Second by: Pederson (Gordon)
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(12-0-1-0)
Voting Yes: Boomgarden, Bradford, Faehn, Hunt, Krebs, Kroger, Pederson (Gordon), Schafer,
Street, Willadsen, Rounds, Sebert
Excused: Elliott
MOTION:
PLACE HB 1017 ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved by: Rounds
Second by: Schafer
Action: Failed by voice vote.
HB 1027: change the unemployment insurance wage base and contribution rates and
to assess interest on negative employer accounts under certain circumstances.
Presented by: Pam Roberts, Secretary, Department of Labor (Handouts 1 & 2)
Proponents: David Owen, SD Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Bob Riter Jr., Nat'l Federation of Independent Business (Handout 3)
Jim Keyes, AGC of SD
Paul Aylward, SD AFL-CIO
Jerry Wheeler, SD Retailers Assn.
Representative Deb Peters (Handout 4)
Don Kattke, Dept. Of Labor, answered questions from the committee.
The Chair deferred HB 1027 until January 19, 2006.
HB 1042: revise certain requirements regarding the license renewal of insurance
producers.
Presented by: Merle Scheiber, Division of Insurance
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1042
Moved by: Rounds
Second by: Krebs
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(11-1-1-0)
Voting Yes: Boomgarden, Faehn, Hunt, Krebs, Kroger, Pederson (Gordon), Schafer, Street,
Willadsen, Rounds, Sebert
Voting No: Bradford
Excused: Elliott
HB 1043: revise certain provisions regarding life insurance exclusions.
Presented by: Randy Moses, Division of Insurance
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1043
Moved by: Boomgarden
Second by: Rounds
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(12-0-1-0)
Voting Yes: Boomgarden, Bradford, Faehn, Hunt, Krebs, Kroger, Pederson (Gordon), Schafer,
Street, Willadsen, Rounds, Sebert
Excused: Elliott
MOTION:
PLACE HB 1043 ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved by: Rounds
Second by: Faehn
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION:
ADJOURN
Moved by: Pederson (Gordon)
Second by: Hunt
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Cindy Tryon
____________________________
Committee Secretary
Lou Sebert, Chair
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