The prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Susan Carr, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance
led by Senate page Jessica Zempel.
Roll Call: All members present.
The Committee on Legislative Procedure respectfully reports that the Secretary of the
Senate has had under consideration the Senate Journal of the first day.
All errors, typographical or otherwise, are duly marked in the temporary journal for
correction.
And we hereby move the adoption of the report.
November 19, 2015
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1-45 of the South Dakota Codified Laws and subject
to your consent, I have the honor to inform you that I have appointed Scott Herman, Todd
County, Mission, South Dakota, to the South Dakota Board of Education.
This appointment is effective immediately, and shall continue until December 31, 2016.
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 13-49 of the South Dakota Codified Laws and
subject to your consent, I have the honor to inform you that I have appointed James Morgan,
Brookings County, Brookings, South Dakota, to the State Board of Regents.
This appointment is effective April 3, 2015, and shall continue until March 31, 2021.
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1-16H of the South Dakota Codified Laws and
subject to your consent, I have the honor to inform you that I have appointed Robert J. Wilson,
Larimer County, Fort Collins, Colorado, to the South Dakota Science and Technology
Authority.
This appointment is effective immediately, and shall continue until August 8, 2021.
December 11, 2015
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1-16H of the South Dakota Codified Laws and
subject to your consent, I have the honor to inform you that I have reappointed Dr. Ani
Aprahamian, Notre Dame, Indiana, to the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority.
This appointment is effective December 10, 2015, and shall continue until
December 9, 2018.
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
This appointment is effective immediately, and shall continue until August 8, 2021.
April 24, 2015
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 13-49 of the South Dakota Codified Laws and
subject to your consent, I have the honor to inform you that I have reappointed Randy
Schaefer, Lake County, Madison, South Dakota, to the State Board of Regents.
This appointment is effective immediately, and shall continue until March 31, 2021.
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
This appointment is effective immediately, and shall continue until April 19, 2019.
May 29, 2015
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1-16G of the South Dakota Codified Laws and
subject to your consent, I have the honor to inform you that I have reappointed Theodore H.
Hustead, Pennington County, Wall, South Dakota, to the Board of Economic Development.
This appointment is effective immediately, and shall continue until April 19, 2019.
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1-16G of the South Dakota Codified Laws and
subject to your consent, I have the honor to inform you that I have reappointed Pat L. Prostrollo,
Lake County, Madison, South Dakota, to the Board of Economic Development.
This appointment is effective immediately, and shall continue until April 19, 2019.
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
This appointment is effective immediately, and shall continue until October 30, 2018.
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
This appointment is effective immediately, and shall continue until October 30, 2018.
December 11, 2015
The Honorable Matt Michels
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Dear President and Members of the Senate:
This appointment is effective January 5, 2016, and shall continue until January 5, 2019.
Your Joint-Select Committee appointed to make arrangements for a Memorial Service for
deceased former members of the South Dakota House of Representatives and Senate
respectfully reports that they recommend that the House of Representatives and Senate recess
and convene in the House Chamber at 3:00 p.m. on January 21, 2016, and that a Joint Memorial
Resolution be introduced in their memory by their colleagues in the House of Representatives
and Senate.
A short program will follow the introduction of the Memorial Resolution. At the
conclusion of the Memorial Service, the Joint Session will be dissolved.
The Memorial Resolution shall be printed in the House and Senate Journals.
Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted,
Scott Craig Mike Vehle
Roger Hunt Phyllis Heineman
Julie Bartling Jim Bradford
Dennis Feickert Senate Committee
House Committee
Your Joint-Select Committee appointed for the purpose of conferring with the Director of
the Legislative Research Council in regard to making arrangements for the distribution of the
official directory, House and Senate journals and bills, and other legislative printing for the two
houses and the state offices with the full power to act respectfully reports that:
The Legislature orders 100 copies of the Senate and House bills and resolutions (each); and
100 copies of the Senate and House daily journals (each) for the Ninety-first Legislative
Session.
The free distribution of sets of bills, resolutions, and daily journals shall be as follows:
Eight copies for the Governor's Office, thirteen copies for the Supreme Court, eleven
copies for the Legislative Research Council, four copies for the State Library Depository, three
copies for the Attorney General, two copies for the Bureau of Finance and Management, four
copies for the Secretary of State, two copies for the Department of Legislative Audit, one copy
for the Code Commission, one copy for the State Treasurer, one copy for the State Auditor, one
copy for the Commissioner of School and Public Lands, one copy for the Public Utilities
Commission, and press copies as needed. Accomplishment of this distribution may be satisfied,
in whole or in part, by obtaining electronic copies of these documents from the legislative
internet site.
State's Attorneys and County Auditors shall receive free copies of bills and journals if they
pay mailing charges at a rate of $50 per set (bills or journals) for first-class mailing.
Distribution of bills and journals to state officials, boards, commissions, and institutions
will be made upon request in writing to the Legislative Research Council at a charge of
$315 per set of bills and $85 per set of journals plus mailing charges, if applicable.
One copy of the official directory (red book) shall be distributed to each Senator and
Representative, four copies to the State Library, three copies to the Secretary of State and a
copy shall also be made available to state departments and the press upon request to the
Director of the Legislative Research Council. The public may obtain a copy for a fee of
$8 payable to the Legislative Research Council.
One free copy of the South Dakota Legislative Index shall be distributed to the Governor,
the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General and the Supreme Court; four free copies to the
State Library Depository; and one free copy to Senators and Representatives. Upon written
request to the Legislative Documents Room before January 28, 2016, all other state and private
entities may purchase the South Dakota Legislative Index at a cost of $55 per copy.
The Documents Clerk shall upon written request furnish any individual, firm, corporation,
association, or other organization with a set of House and Senate bills for $315 per set and a set
of journals for $85 per set for the Ninety-first Legislative Session, plus mailing charges, if
applicable.
Registered lobbyists shall be entitled to one copy of the official directory upon payment
of the $40 registration fee to the Secretary of State; and upon payment of an additional $315 per
set of bills and $85 per set of journals plus mailing charges, if applicable, to the Legislative
Research Council, shall be entitled to one copy of all bills and resolutions or journals pursuant
to SDCL 2-12-3.
Bill status reports will be printed and sold to state agencies at cost and to registered
lobbyists for $220 payable to the Legislative Research Council which receipted funds shall be
used to pay the printing costs. If bill status is mailed, the additional cost is $125 for first-class
postage.
A free daily copy of the bill status report shall be distributed as follows:
Governor; Speaker of the House; Speaker Pro tempore of the House; House Majority
Leader; House Minority Leader; House Lobby; Chief Clerk of the House; Lieutenant Governor;
President Pro tempore of the Senate; Senate Majority Leader; Senate Minority Leader; Senate
Lobby; Secretary of the Senate; Page Advisor; Attorney General; Bureau of Finance and
Management; Secretary of State; Treasurer's Office; Auditor's Office; Office of School and
Public Lands; and Legislative Research Council. Accomplishment of this distribution may be
satisfied, in whole or in part, by obtaining electronic copies of these documents from the
legislative internet site.
The Documents Clerk shall at the end of the session file a report with the Director of the
Legislative Research Council of all money paid for the purchase of bills and journals and show
proof of having deposited such money with the State Treasurer. Such funds shall be used to
offset the costs of postage and printing of bills and journals.
Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted,
Don Haggar Jim White
Jim Bolin Ried Holien
Paula Hawks Troy Heinert
House Committee Senate Committee
Your Joint-Select Committee appointed for the purpose of fixing the compensation of the
elective and appointive officers and employees of the House and Senate for the Ninety-first
Legislative Session, pursuant to SDCL 2-5-8, respectfully reports that a salary schedule for the
elective and appointive officers and employees has been developed and filed with the Director
of the Legislative Research Council and the State Auditor.
In regard to the system for payment of travel expenses to legislators we respectfully report that:
(6) Pursuant to constitutional provisions, legislators will be paid for their initial trip to
Pierre and their final trip home at the rate of 5 cents per mile.
Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted,
Dean Wink Gary Cammack
Brian Gosch Corey Brown
Spencer Hawley Billie Sutton
House Committee Senate Committee
Your Joint-Select Committee appointed to make arrangements for legislative days
respectfully reports that we recommend the days of the Ninety-first Legislative Session be
January 12 through January 15, January 19 through January 22, January 25 through January 28,
February 2 through February 5, February 8 through February 11, February 16 through
February 19, February 22 through February 25, February 29 through March 3, March 7 through
March 11, and March 29.
Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted,
Mike Stevens Gary Cammack
Kris Langer Corey Brown
Peggy Gibson Billie Sutton
House Committee Senate Committee
Your Joint-Select Committee appointed relative to securing chaplains for the Ninety-first
Legislative Session respectfully reports:
We have conferred with the Pierre/Ft. Pierre Ministerial Association and have arranged
for ministers to participate on a part-time basis under the direction of Pastor Sarah Goldammer,
Lutheran Memorial Church, as chief chaplain, to serve the Senate and House as chaplains
throughout the Ninety-first session of the Legislature. The chaplains are as follows:
John Armstrong, Dan Bader, Josh Baumann, Paul Bly, Susan Carr, Larry Cass, John Fette,
Ron Garry, Sarah Goldammer, Mercy Hobbs, Joe Holzhauser, David Hussey, Wes Labrier,
Auggie Minzlaff, Sunshine Minzlaff, J. P. Mosley, Jr., Peggy Stempson, and David Zellmer.
Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted,
Scott Craig Bill Van Gerpen
Roger Hunt Gary Cammack
Karen Soli Scott Parsley
House Committee Senate Committee
Unless there is an objection, we will waive the reading of the messages from the House.
Hearing no objections, the reading was waived.
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has adopted the report of
the Joint-Select Committee relative to arranging for a Joint Session of the two houses to receive
the message of the Governor.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has adopted the report of
the Joint-Select Committee relative to notifying the Governor that the Legislature is duly
organized and ready to meet in Joint Session to receive any communications he may desire to
make.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has adopted the report of
the Joint-Select Committee relative to arranging for a Joint Session to receive the State of the
Judiciary message from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has adopted the report of
the Joint-Select Committee relative to arranging for a joint session to receive the State of the
Tribes message from a Tribal Chairman.
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has appointed
Reps. Mickelson, Westra, and Bartling, as a committee of three on the part of the House to meet
with a like committee on the part of the Senate to arrange for a Joint Session of the two houses
to receive the message of the Governor.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has appointed
Reps. Mickelson, Westra, and Bartling as a committee of three on the part of the House to meet
with a like committee on the part of the Senate to notify the Governor that the Legislature is
duly organized and ready to meet in Joint Session to receive any communications he may desire
to make.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has appointed
Reps. Gosch, Westra, and Hawley as a committee of three on the part of the House to meet with
a like committee on the part of the Senate to arrange for a Joint Session of the Senate and House
of Representatives to receive a message from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has appointed
Reps. Gosch, Westra, and Hawley as a committee of three on the part of the House to meet with
a like committee on the part of the Senate to arrange for a Joint Session to hear the message
from a Tribal Chairman on the State of the Tribes.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has appointed Reps. Wink,
Gosch, and Hawley as a committee of three on the part of the House to meet with a like
committee on the part of the Senate relative to the Joint Rules for the Ninety-first Legislative
Session.
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has appointed Reps. Wink,
Gosch, and Hawley as a committee of three on the part of the House to meet with a like
committee on the part of the Senate for the purpose of setting the compensation schedule of the
elective and appointive officers and employees of the House and Senate for the Ninety-first
Legislative Session, pursuant to SDCL 2-5-8, with the full power to act and that such
compensation schedule be filed with the Director of the Legislative Research Council and the
State Auditor.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has appointed
Reps. Stevens, Langer, and Gibson as a committee of three on the part of the House to meet
with a like committee on the part of the Senate to arrange for legislative days for the members,
officers, and employees of the Senate and House.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has appointed
Reps. Haggar, Bolin, and Hawks as a committee of three on the part of the House to meet with
a like committee on the part of the Senate for the purpose of conferring with the Director of the
Legislative Research Council in regard to making arrangements for the distribution of the
official directory, House and Senate journals, and bills and other legislative printing for the two
houses and the state offices, with the full power to act.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has appointed Reps. Craig,
Hunt, and Soli as a committee of three on the part of the House to meet with a like committee
on the part of the Senate relative to securing chaplains for the Ninety-first Legislative Session.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has appointed Reps. Craig,
Hunt, Bartling and Feickert as a committee of four on the part of the House to meet with a
committee of three on the part of the Senate for the purpose of arranging for a memorial
recognition of deceased former members of the House and Senate.
Sen. Brown moved that when we adjourn today, we adjourn to convene at 12:30 p.m. on
Thursday, January 14, the 3rd legislative day.
Which motion prevailed.
Sen. Peters moved that the Senate do now adjourn, which motion prevailed and at
12:48 p.m. the Senate adjourned.
The following prayer was delivered by Chaplain, Bishop David B. Zellmer, South Dakota
Synod of the ELCA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota:
Amos 5:21 ... I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
O God of Grace and Glory
We give thanks for the gifts of living in this beautiful state, for the men and women who
keep us safe, for our teachers and those who are raising up the next generation. On this day we
give thanks for the men and women of our Judiciary, for through them the law is applied with
fairness and justice to our citizens. We ask that You would continue to gift them with wisdom
and courage that all in our state might live equitably.
We ask that You might bless our Governor, Chief Justice, the Judiciary, our Legislators,
and all those who have been set aside to serve the people of South Dakota, that through their
work our citizens, from the youngest to the oldest, from those who feel as if they have no voice,
to those who sit in halls of power, might benefit. Bless this state and all who live here.
In Your Holy Name we Pray. Amen.
The Secretary of the Senate, Kay Johnson, called the roll of the Senate and the following members were present:
The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, Arlene Kvislen, called the roll of the
House and the following members were present:
Anderson; Bartling; Beal; Bolin; Bordeaux; Brunner; Campbell; Conzet; Craig; Cronin;
Deutsch; DiSanto; Dryden; Duvall; Feickert; Gibson; Gosch; Greenfield, Lana; Haggar, Don;
Harrison; Haugaard; Hawks; Hawley; Heinemann; Holmes; Hunhoff, Jean; Hunt; Jensen, Alex;
Johns; Killer; Kirschman; Klumb; Langer; Latterell; Marty; McCleerey; Mickelson; Novstrup,
Al; Otten, Herman; Partridge; Peterson, Kent; Qualm; Rasmussen; Ring; Romkema; Rounds;
Rozum; Russell; Schaefer; Schoenbeck; Schoenfish; Schrempp; Sly; Soli; Solum; Stalzer;
Steinhauer; Stevens; Tulson; Verchio; Werner; Westra; Wiik; Willadsen; Wollmann; Zikmund;
Speaker Wink.
Sen. Brown moved that a committee of three on the part of the Senate and a committee of
five on the part of the House be appointed to escort the Honorable David Gilbertson, Chief
Justice of the state of South Dakota, to the rostrum.
Which motion prevailed and the President appointed as such committee Sens. Cammack,
Brown, and Sutton on the part of the Senate and Reps. Gosch, Westra, Mickelson, Hawley, and
Bartling on the part of the House.
The Sergeant at Arms announced the arrival of Chief Justice David Gilbertson, who was
escorted to the rostrum.
The Lieutenant Governor, Matt Michels, introduced the Honorable David Gilbertson, who
delivered the State of the Judiciary Address.
Sen. Brown moved that the Joint Session do now dissolve.
Which motion prevailed.