Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Appropriations
Room:    LCR1
Date:    Friday, February 21, 2014
Time:    8:00 AM



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        SB 114*     establish a wine direct shipper license and to provide for certain direct shipments of wine.
    Senators Brown, Buhl O'Donnell, Curd, Ewing, Frerichs, Heineman (Phyllis), Jensen, Jones (Tom), Kirkeby, Krebs, Lucas, Monroe, Peters, Rampelberg, Sutton, Tidemann, and Tieszen and Representatives Cronin, Bartling, Dryden, Duvall, Feinstein, Gibson, Haggar (Don), Hajek, Hoffman, Hunhoff (Bernie), Johns, Kopp, Lust, Mickelson, Munsterman, Novstrup (David), Olson (Betty), Rasmussen, Romkema, Rounds, Rozum, Russell, Sly, Stevens, Tulson, Verchio, Westra, Wick, and Wink

SB 121     appropriate money to the Board of Regents to fund the comprehensive science expansion at Northern State University, and to declare an emergency.
    Senator Rave and Representative Lust

SB 122     require health insurers to cover audiology services for children
    Senators Sutton, Bradford, Brown, Frerichs, Jones (Tom), Kirkeby, Krebs, Lederman, Lucas, Maher, Peters, Rave, Tidemann, and Welke and Representatives Bartling, Feickert, Heinert, Hickey, Hoffman, Hunhoff (Bernie), Mickelson, Parsley, Peterson, Ring, and Tyler

SB 137     make an appropriation to rehabilitate certain state-owned rail lines and to declare an emergency.
    Senators Vehle, Begalka, Bradford, Buhl O'Donnell, Ewing, Frerichs, Jones (Chuck), Kirkeby, Krebs, Lederman, Lucas, Omdahl, Otten (Ernie), Peters, Rampelberg, Rave, Soholt, and Tidemann and Representatives Schaefer, Anderson, Bartling, Bolin, Cammack, Campbell, Craig, Ecklund, Feickert, Feinstein, Gibson, Gosch, Haggar (Jenna), Hajek, Hawks, Hawley, Heinemann (Leslie), Heinert, Hoffman, Hunhoff (Bernie), Johns, Killer, Kirschman, Kopp, Langer, Magstadt, May, Mickelson, Munsterman, Novstrup (David), Olson (Betty), Qualm, Rasmussen, Ring, Rounds, Schoenfish, Soli, Solum, Stalzer, Steele, Stevens, Tulson, Tyler, Verchio, Westra, Wick, and Wink

SB 149     establish a pilot grant program for alternative care programs for adults with substance abuse issues, to provide a report to the Legislature, and to make an appropriation therefor.
    Senators Tidemann, Bradford, Brown, Frerichs, Hunhoff (Jean), Jones (Chuck), Kirkeby, Maher, Peters, Rave, Rhoden, Soholt, Tieszen, Van Gerpen, and White and Representatives Munsterman, Bartling, Dryden, Hawley, Hunhoff (Bernie),

Mickelson, Peterson, and Sly

SB 166     increase the opportunity scholarship award for science, technology, engineering, and math students.
    Senator Heineman (Phyllis) and Representative Hawley

SB 177     make an appropriation to provide contingency funds to be made available for unanticipated costs related to medical services, inmate health care, and health insurance for state employees, and to declare an emergency.
    Senators Peters, Curd, Frerichs, Heineman (Phyllis), Jones (Tom), Novstrup (Al), Rave, Sutton, Tidemann, and White and Representatives Lust, Bartling, Carson, Cronin, Dryden, Gosch, Hawley, Mickelson, Novstrup (David), Romkema, and Wismer

BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.
        SB 28     make an appropriation for certain costs related to mountain pine beetle suppression and to declare an emergency.
    The Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Department of Agriculture

SB 44     create a provider revolving loan fund for skilled nursing facilities in the Department of Social Services, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
    The Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Department of Social Services

SB 53     make an appropriation to fund the New South Dakotans and Dakota Roots programs and to declare an emergency.
    The Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Department of Labor and Regulation

SB 132     provide for the development of a rural 211 system for the purpose of providing access to all South Dakotans who need information about community resources and disaster response resources and to make an appropriation therefor.
    Senators Kirkeby, Bradford, Krebs, Maher, Rampelberg, and Sutton and Representatives Hajek, Erickson, Feickert, Feinstein, Gibson, Parsley, and Stalzer

SB 135     make an appropriation for costs related to the suppression of mountain beetles through the all lands mountain pine beetle suppression program.
    Senators Rampelberg, Ewing, Jensen, Krebs, Lucas, Otten (Ernie), and Tieszen and Representatives Verchio, Cammack, Campbell, Craig, Gosch, Johns, Kopp, Magstadt, Olson (Betty), Romkema, and Wink

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DEB PETERS, Chair