Senate Calendar 2/25/2008 02:00 PM

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

HCR 1006 (HJ p. 641) Urging that the delisting of gray wolves as a threatened or endangered species be extended to include all parts of South Dakota.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

Amended SJ 29^th LD: HB 1061, 1120, 1248

SECOND READING OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS

HB 1271     abolish the doctrine of abatement ab initio of a criminal proceeding and to provide for the posthumous sentencing of certain criminal defendants.
HB 1302 *     ~~revise certain notification requirements related to the placement of children under the Indian Child Welfare Act.~~
     Establish notification requirements for certain relatives of children in the custody of the Department of Social Services.

SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
* Refer to Daily Reader for engrossed (amended) bill

HB 1047 * (Deferred from 28^th LD) make an appropriation to assist sparse school districts.
HB 1069 (Deferred from 28^th LD) make an appropriation to the coordinated natural resources conservation fund and to declare an emergency.

HB 1087 *    (Deferred from 28^th LD) revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008 regarding appropriations to the Department of Executive Management, the Department of Revenue and Regulation, the Department of Game, Fish and Parks, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Education, the Board of Regents, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
HB 1085 *    (Deferred from 29^th LD) authorize the South Dakota Building Authority to provide for the construction, reconstruction, renovation, and modernization of science facilities and laboratories at public universities and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1100 *    (Deferred from 29^th LD) create a rebuttable presumption against the award of custody to any person with a proven history of domestic abuse.
HB 1107 *    (Deferred from 29^th LD) revise certain provisions relating to the promulgation of rules to set various licensing and other fees for certain professions and occupations.
HB 1242     (Deferred from 29^th LD) require the Department of Education and the Board of Regents to establish certain programs for children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing.
HB 1251 *    (Deferred from 29^th LD) authorize the Board of Regents to acquire land for the Higher Education Center_West River.
HB 1263 *    (Deferred from 29^th LD) establish a hunter mentoring program, to authorize hunting under certain conditions by persons less than sixteen years of age, and to authorize the Game, Fish and Parks Commission to promulgate rules.
HB 1314 *    (Deferred from 29^th LD) authorize the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to sell and convey real and personal property located at the Spring Creek Recreation Area and to declare an emergency.
HB 1320 *    (Deferred from 29^th LD) provide tax incentives for certain wind energy facilities and energy transmission equipment.
HB 1016 *    establish a new system of funding for the postsecondary technical institutes.
HB 1124 *     ~~enhance education in the state and to make an appropriation therefor.~~
     Establish a classification system, an evaluation system, and minimum annual salaries for certified teachers and school service specialists, to establish the Certified Teacher and School Service Specialist Classification and Evaluation System Advisory Board, and to revise certain provisions relating to teacher tenure.
     Enhance education in South Dakota.
HB 1132     revise certain provisions concerning the circumstances under which children may be held in temporary custody.
HB 1224 *    provide for the funding of certain reduced tuition programs for veterans.
HB 1226 *    provide funds to the postsecondary technical institutes.
HB 1227 *    appropriate money to postsecondary technical institutes for the maintenance and repair of buildings.
HB 1279 *    align math and science education with South Dakota's historic and unique scientific opportunities, to direct the Department of Education to initiate Project Lead the Way, to develop a clearinghouse for certain educational opportunities, and to provide for an independent analysis of the state's content standards, and to make an appropriation therefor, and to require the Department of Education to develop a framework for a high school for the twenty-first century, and to require high schools to report on activities and results relative to that framework.

HB 1283 *     ~~create a special class of alcoholic beverage licenses for full service restaurants and to provide for compensation of certain alcoholic beverage licenses.~~
     Revise on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses in municipalities and to declare an emergency.
HB 1300 *     ~~require the Department of Education to develop a framework for a high school for the twenty-first century, and to require high schools to report on activities and results relative to that framework.~~
     ~~Require the Department of Education to develop a framework for a high school for the twenty-first century, and to require high schools to report on activities and results relative to that framework.~~
     Revise certain provisions related to the payment of additional funds to consolidated school districts.
HB 1313 *    prohibit the use of certain electronic communication devices to communicate threats and harassment and to provide a penalty therefor.

LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATIONS

HC 1012 (HJ p. 690) Honoring Platte's Summer Recreation program and its three 2007 state champion youth baseball and softball teams.
HC 1013 (HJ p. 691) Honoring Lisa Jan Thvedt, of Beresford, South Dakota, for being selected to represent her state as South Dakota's Junior Miss 2007 in the America's Junior Miss Scholarship Program in Mobile, Alabama.