Senate Calendar 2/26/2008 02:00 PM

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MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
* Refer to Daily Reader for engrossed (amended) bill

SCR 14     (SJ 30^th LD) Requesting the Governor, the Commissioner of School and Public Lands, the Department of Game, Fish and Parks, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to develop a system of managing and maintaining the state- owned dams.
SCR 15     (SJ 30^th LD) Urging Congress to oppose efforts to restrict the harvest, processing, transportation, and export of horses.
HCR 1008     (HJ p. 670) Urging Congress not to impose any new performance fees, taxes, royalties, or other charges relating to the public performance of sound recordings on local radio stations and to support the Local Radio Freedom Act.
HCR 1009     (HJ p. 671) Supporting full funding, at the federal level, for immigration and custom enforcement officers for the detention of persons who have been determined to be in South Dakota illegally and have been reported to them by local law enforcement officers.
SB 112 *    (Consideration of House Amendment, HJ p. 636) revise eligibility requirements for continuation of health care coverage.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

DO NOT PASS: HB 1265

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

HB 1061 *    revise the penalty for the distribution or possession with intent to distribute marijuana to a minor.
HB 1120 *    revise the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.
HB 1248 *    establish the South Dakota soil conservation award program and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1242     (Deferred from 30th 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 *    (Placed by motion) authorize the Board of Regents to acquire land for the Higher Education Center_West River.
HB 1263*    (Deferred from 30^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 1320 *    (Deferred from 30^th LD) provide tax incentives for certain wind energy facilities and energy transmission equipment.
HB 1132     (Deferred from 30^th LD) revise certain provisions concerning the circumstances under which children may be held in temporary custody.
HB 1224 *    (Deferred from 30^th LD) provide for the funding of certain reduced tuition programs for veterans.
HB 1283 *    (Deferred from 30^th LD) ~~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 1233     bring transparency to state spending by requiring the Bureau of Finance and Management to create a website making certain state government information available to the public.
HB 1279 *    (Deferred from 30^th LD) 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 1076     (Placed by motion) revise the funding for K-12 education.
HB 1300 *    (Deferred from 30^th LD) ~~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 1124 *    (Deferred from 30^th LD) ~~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 1226 *    (Deferred from 30^th LD) provide funds to the postsecondary technical institutes.
HB 1227 *    (Deferred from 30^th LD) appropriate money to postsecondary technical institutes for the maintenance and repair of buildings.
HB 1087 *    (Deferred from 30^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 30^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 1069     (Deferred from 30^th LD) make an appropriation to the coordinated natural resources conservation fund and to declare an emergency.
HB 1047 *    (Deferred from 30^th LD) make an appropriation to assist sparse school districts.

LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATIONS

SC 20     (SJ 30^th LD) Commending Joanie Johnson on her outstanding service to the South Dakota Legislature.
SC 21     (SJ 30^th LD) Honoring the Patriot Guard Riders of South Dakota and their unwavering respect for those who risk their lives for America's freedom and security.
HC 1014     (HJ p. 705) Honoring Eliot Ohlstein, Tian-Li Yue, and Robert Ruffolo, for creating the cardiovascular medicine, Coreg®, as a pioneering and life-prolonging therapy for patients with mild to severe heart failure.
HC 1015     (HJ p. 705) Honoring five top seniors from Washington High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as finalists for the Merit Scholarship Awards.
HC 1016     (HJ p. 706) Commending the 2006-2007 Hurley Bulldogs High School Boys' Basketball Team for winning the State B Championship.
HC 1017     (HJ p. 707) Commending the 2007 Vermillion Tanagers High School Boys' Golf Team for winning the State Championship.
HC 1018     (HJ p. 707) Commending the 2006-2007 Vermillion Tanagers High School Girls' Basketball Team for winning the State A Championship.
HC 1019     (HJ p. 708) Commending the 2006 Parker Pheasants High School Football Team for winning the State 9AA Championship.
HC 1020     (HJ p. 708) Honoring the 2007 Todd County High School Cross Country Team and the students and staff involved in the boys and girls cross country program.
HC 1021     (HJ p. 709) Commending and honoring Blunt Elementary School for receiving the United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School Award.