P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
E Rep. Bordeaux
P Rep. Ring
P Rep. Jensen (Alex)
P Rep. Partridge
P Rep. Anderson
P Rep. Hunhoff (Jean)
P Rep. Romkema
P Sen. Buhl O'Donnell
P Sen. Parsley
P Sen. Omdahl
P Sen. Van Gerpen
P Sen. Haverly
P Sen. Heineman (Phyllis)
P Sen. White
P Rep. Dryden
P Sen. Tidemann
P Rep. Cronin, Co-Chair
P Sen. Peters, Co-Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Co-Chair Deb Peters.
Tony Venhuizen, Chief of Staff for Governor Daugaard, Representative Jacqueline Sly and Senator Deb
Soholt met with the Joint Committee on Appropriations to present the findings and goals of the Blue
Ribbon Task Force.
Tamara Darnall, Director of the Division on Finance and Management in the Department of Eductation,
presented information on the Blue Ribbon Task Force funding Formula.
Document 1 - Blue Ribbon Task Force Findings
Document 2 - Blue Ribbon Task Force Recommendations: Funding Formula
MOTION: DO PASS HB 1016
Moved by: Tidemann
Second by: Dryden
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (14-1-3-0)
Voting Yes: Ring, Jensen (Alex), Partridge, Hunhoff (Jean), Romkema, Buhl O'Donnell, Parsley,
Haverly, Heineman (Phyllis), White, Dryden, Tidemann, Cronin, Peters
Voting No: Omdahl
Excused: Bordeaux, Anderson, Van Gerpen
HB 1017: authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Board of Regents to provide
for the construction of a science and mathematics building on the campus of Northern State
University and to make appropriations therefor.
MOTION: TO TABLE HB 1017
Moved by: Cronin
Second by: Dryden
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (15-0-3-0)
Voting Yes: Ring, Jensen (Alex), Partridge, Hunhoff (Jean), Romkema, Buhl O'Donnell, Parsley,
Omdahl, Haverly, Heineman (Phyllis), White, Dryden, Tidemann, Cronin, Peters
Excused: Bordeaux, Anderson, Van Gerpen
SB 10: authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the renovation and construction of an
addition to Harding Hall on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an
appropriation therefor.
MOTION: DO PASS SB 10
Moved by: Tidemann
Second by: Dryden
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (15-0-3-0)
MOTION: DO PASS SB 11
Moved by: Parsley
Second by: Buhl O'Donnell
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (15-0-3-0)
Voting Yes: Ring, Jensen (Alex), Partridge, Hunhoff (Jean), Romkema, Buhl O'Donnell, Parsley,
Omdahl, Haverly, Heineman (Phyllis), White, Dryden, Tidemann, Cronin, Peters
Excused: Bordeaux, Anderson, Van Gerpen
SB 12: authorize the Board of Regents to sell certain extraneous real property in Brookings
County and to deposit the proceeds with the state treasurer to be credited to a fund designated
as the real property acquisition and capital improvement fund for South Dakota State
University.
"
Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act or any other law to the contrary, the Board
of Regents and the Governor may direct the commissioner of school and public lands to sell any
property described in section 1 of this Act to any municipality with corporate limits within ten miles
of the location of the property. The sale may be made without first offering the property for sale to the
public. The sale price shall be at least the appraised value as determined by the board of appraisal
established by § 5-9-3, and is subject to all applicable statutory and constitutional reservations.".
MOTION: DO PASS SB 17
Moved by: Cronin
Second by: Dryden
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (16-0-2-0)
Voting Yes: Ring, Jensen (Alex), Partridge, Hunhoff (Jean), Romkema, Buhl O'Donnell, Parsley,
Omdahl, Van Gerpen, Haverly, Heineman (Phyllis), White, Dryden, Tidemann, Cronin,
Peters
Excused: Bordeaux, Anderson
SB 18: make an appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund to the
State Conservation Commission and to declare an emergency.
MOTION: DO PASS SB 18
Moved by: Cronin
Second by: Dryden
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (16-0-2-0)
Voting Yes: Ring, Jensen (Alex), Partridge, Hunhoff (Jean), Romkema, Buhl O'Donnell, Parsley,
Omdahl, Van Gerpen, Haverly, Heineman (Phyllis), White, Dryden, Tidemann, Cronin,
Peters
Excused: Bordeaux, Anderson
HB 1012: provide for an additional position in the Governor's Office of Economic
Development to coordinate economic development with the tribes and to make an appropriation
therefor.
Presented by: Representative Haggar (Don)
Opponents: Kelsey Hanson, Bureau of Finance & Management
MOTION: TO TABLE HB 1012
Moved by: Tidemann
Second by: Dryden
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (16-0-2-0)
Voting Yes: Ring, Jensen (Alex), Partridge, Hunhoff (Jean), Romkema, Buhl O'Donnell, Parsley,
Omdahl, Van Gerpen, Haverly, Heineman (Phyllis), White, Dryden, Tidemann, Cronin,
Peters
Excused: Bordeaux, Anderson
HB 1015: authorize the Department of Human Services to dismantle and demolish buildings
and to restore the demolition site to its natural state on the South Dakota Developmental Center
campus, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Presented by: Gloria Pearson, Department of Human Services (Handouts: No. 3)
Others: Ryan Brunner Commissioner of School & Public Lands
THE CHAIR DEFERRED HB 1015
HB 1024: make an appropriation for the maintenance and repair of state owned dams and to
declare an emergency.
Presented by: Ryan Brunner Commissioner of School & Public Lands
Proponents: Angela Ehlers, SD Assn of Conservation Districts
Paul Lepisto, South Dakota Division Izaak Walton League of America
THE CHAIR DEFERRED HB 1024
HB 1029: make an appropriation to the Department of Health to fund the rural residency
program and to declare an emergency.
Presented by: Kim Malsam-Rysdon, Department of Health (Handouts: No. 4)
Proponents: Senator Brown
Mary Nettleman, USD School of Medicine
Scott Duke, SD Association of Healthcare Organizations
Justin Bell, South Dakota State Medical Association
Mark Deak, South Dakota Health Care Association
THE CHAIR DEFERRED HB 1081
SB 68: make appropriations from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund
subfunds for various water and environmental purposes, to revise solid waste management
program recycling provisions, to revise water and environment fund loan terms, and to declare
an emergency.
Presented by: Jim Feeney, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Handouts: No. 6)
Proponents: Andrew Berg, City of Sioux Falls
Bob Riter, SD Association of Rural Water Districts
Angela Ehlers, SD Assn of Conservation Districts
MOTION: DO PASS SB 68
Moved by: Cronin
Second by: Omdahl
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (16-0-2-0)
Voting Yes: Ring, Jensen (Alex), Partridge, Anderson, Hunhoff (Jean), Romkema, Buhl O'Donnell,
Parsley, Omdahl, Van Gerpen, Haverly, Heineman (Phyllis), Dryden, Tidemann,
Cronin, Peters
Excused: Bordeaux, White
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 19, 2016 3:00 P.M. AND JANUARY
20, 2016 3:00 P.M.
Moved by: Cronin
Second by: Jensen (Alex)
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION: ADJOURN
Moved by: Cronin
Second by: Jensen (Alex)
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Barb Bjorneberg
Committee Secretary
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DEB PETERS, Co-Chair JUSTIN R. CRONIN, Co-Chair