The House convened at 1:00 p.m., pursuant to adjournment, the Speaker presiding.
The prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Pastor John Fette, followed by the Pledge of
Allegiance led by House page Reid LeBeau II.
Roll Call: All members present except Reps. de Hueck, Duenwald, Duxbury, Eccarius, and
Waltman who were excused.
The Committee on Judiciary respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB
1055, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061 and 1062 and returns the same with the recommendation
that said bills do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.
The Committee on State Affairs respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB
1018 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bill do pass.
The Committee on State Affairs respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB
1028 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bill do pass and be placed on the
Consent Calendar.
The Committee on Transportation respectfully reports that it has had under consideration
HB 1075 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bill do pass.
I have the honor to transmit herewith SB 57, 58, and 59 which have passed the Senate and
your favorable consideration is respectfully requested.
HCR 1004
Introduced by:
Representatives Wetz, Brooks, de Hueck, Diedrich, Duniphan,
Fitzgerald, Hassard, Jaspers, Konold, Koskan, Madden, Pederson (Gordon), Pummel, Rost, and
Wick and Senators Vitter, Benson, Hainje, Johnson (William), and Kleven
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION,
Urging the United States Senate to reject the Kyoto
Protocol on global warming.
Rep. Koskan moved that the House Transportation Committee report on HB 1039 be
amended as follows:
On page 53, line 2 of the House Journal, after "bill" delete "after "Act to"" and insert
"delete everything after "to" and".
Which motion prevailed.
Rep. Gabriel moved that the reports of the Standing Committees on
Transportation on HB 1039 as found on pages 52 and 53 of the House Journal as amended
above; also
Judiciary on HB 1027 as found on page 53 of the House Journal be adopted.
Which motion prevailed and the reports were adopted.
HB 1105
Introduced by:
Representatives Weber, Crisp, Kazmerzak, Lee, Moore, and
Schrempp and Senators Kloucek and Hutmacher
HB 1106
Introduced by:
Representatives Weber, Kooistra, and Van Gerpen
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to authorize certain disciplinary action for students
riding school buses.
Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.
HB 1107
Introduced by:
Representatives Kooistra, Fiegen, and Schrempp and Senators
Albers, Kloucek, and Lawler
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to change the location for the Department of
Transportation to file the resolution concerning the acquisition of right-of-way.
Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
HB 1108
Introduced by:
Representatives Hagg, Duxbury, Jorgensen, Monroe, and Moore
and Senators Aker, Hutmacher, Kloucek, and Lawler
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to revise the supervision requirements of certified
registered nurse anesthetists by physicians.
Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 1109
Introduced by:
Representatives Wetz, Diedrich, Hassard, Hunt, Jaspers, Koskan,
Napoli, Rost, and Wick and Senators Vitter, Flowers, and Kleven
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to limit the applicability of certain waste reduction
goals and landfill bans.
Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on State Affairs.
HB 1110
Introduced by:
Representatives Wetz, Brooks, de Hueck, Hassard, Jaspers,
Konold, Koskan, and Sperry and Senators Kleven, Benson, Flowers, and Hutmacher
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to authorize increased fees to be charged by certain
Department of Game, Fish and Parks license agents.
HB 1111
Introduced by:
Representatives Moore, Crisp, Kazmerzak, Lee, Schrempp, Van
Gerpen, Waltman, and Weber and Senators Kloucek, Drake, and Hunhoff
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to prohibit local units of government from placing
additional weight restrictions on certain commercial motor vehicles operating between a
municipality and a state highway and to place certain restrictions on the use of such commercial
vehicles.
Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
HB 1032
:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to repeal certain provisions regarding
quarters allowance for certain enlisted men with dependents.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1032 pass?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 63, Nays 0, Excused 5, Absent and Not Voting 2
Yeas were:
Apa; Barker; Belatti; Broderick; Brooks; Brown (Gary); Brown (Jarvis); Brown (Richard);
Cerny; Chicoine; Collier; Crisp; Davis; Derby; Diedrich; Duniphan; Fiegen; Fischer-Clemens;
Fitzgerald; Gabriel; Gleason; Hagen; Haley; Hassard; Hunt; Jaspers; Johnson (Doug);
Jorgensen; Kazmerzak; Koetzle; Konold; Kooistra; Koskan; Kredit; Lockner; Lucas; Madden;
Matthews; McNenny; Monroe; Moore; Munson (Donald); Napoli; Pederson (Gordon); Peterson
(Bill); Pummel; Putnam; Richter; Roe; Rost; Schaunaman; Schrempp; Smidt; Sokolow; Solum;
Sperry; Van Gerpen; Volesky; Weber; Wetz; Wick; Windhorst; Speaker Hagg
Excused were:
de Hueck; Duenwald; Duxbury; Eccarius; Waltman
Absent and Not Voting were:
Cutler; Lee
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
Speaker declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
The question being "Shall HB 1033 pass?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 64, Nays 0, Excused 5, Absent and Not Voting 1
Yeas were:
Apa; Barker; Belatti; Broderick; Brooks; Brown (Gary); Brown (Jarvis); Brown (Richard);
Cerny; Chicoine; Collier; Crisp; Davis; Derby; Diedrich; Duniphan; Fiegen; Fischer-Clemens;
Fitzgerald; Gabriel; Gleason; Hagen; Haley; Hassard; Hunt; Jaspers; Johnson (Doug);
Jorgensen; Kazmerzak; Koetzle; Konold; Kooistra; Koskan; Kredit; Lee; Lockner; Lucas;
Madden; Matthews; McNenny; Monroe; Moore; Munson (Donald); Napoli; Pederson (Gordon);
Peterson (Bill); Pummel; Putnam; Richter; Roe; Rost; Schaunaman; Schrempp; Smidt;
Sokolow; Solum; Sperry; Van Gerpen; Volesky; Weber; Wetz; Wick; Windhorst; Speaker Hagg
Excused were:
de Hueck; Duenwald; Duxbury; Eccarius; Waltman
Absent and Not Voting were:
Cutler
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
Speaker declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
HB 1030
:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to revise and remove certain segments of
the state trunk highway system.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1030 pass?"
And the roll being called:
Excused were:
de Hueck; Duenwald; Duxbury; Eccarius; Waltman
Absent and Not Voting were:
Cutler
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
Speaker declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
HB 1038
:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to repeal certain requirements regarding
school bus stop arm signals.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1038 pass?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 64, Nays 1, Excused 5, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Apa; Barker; Belatti; Broderick; Brooks; Brown (Gary); Brown (Jarvis); Brown (Richard);
Cerny; Chicoine; Collier; Crisp; Cutler; Davis; Derby; Diedrich; Duniphan; Fiegen; Fischer-
Clemens; Fitzgerald; Gabriel; Gleason; Hagen; Haley; Hassard; Hunt; Jaspers; Johnson (Doug);
Jorgensen; Kazmerzak; Koetzle; Konold; Kooistra; Koskan; Kredit; Lee; Lockner; Lucas;
Madden; Matthews; McNenny; Monroe; Munson (Donald); Napoli; Pederson (Gordon);
Peterson (Bill); Pummel; Putnam; Richter; Roe; Rost; Schaunaman; Schrempp; Smidt;
Sokolow; Solum; Sperry; Van Gerpen; Volesky; Weber; Wetz; Wick; Windhorst; Speaker Hagg
Nays were:
Moore
Excused were:
de Hueck; Duenwald; Duxbury; Eccarius; Waltman
SB 57
:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to revise certain restrictions of activities of
real estate licensees.
Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
SB 58
:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to revise the requirement for real estate
brokers to furnish closing statements in a real estate transaction.
Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
SB 59
:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to revise certain exemptions to real estate
licensing requirements.
Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Pursuant to the Joint-Select Committee Report found on page 33 of the House Journal,
following are the Senate Rules, the House Rules, and the Joint Rules of the Seventy-third
Legislative Session.
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL BE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE BUT SHALL
HAVE NO VOTE UNLESS THE SENATORS BE EQUALLY DIVIDED.
S1-2. Presiding officer in absence of president and president pro tempore. If the president
and the president pro tempore are absent or unable to serve, any member called to the chair by
the Senate may serve as presiding officer. When in session, the presiding officer, in the absence
of the pro tempore, may designate any member to perform the duties of the presiding officer, but
the designation may not extend beyond an adjournment. The acts of such a member have the
same validity as those of the president.
S2-2. Seating assignments. The president pro tempore of the Senate, with the advice of the
minority leader, shall make the seating assignments for the floor of the Senate.
S2-3. Hour of meeting. The hour of meeting of the Senate is 2:00 p.m. on each legislative day
unless otherwise ordered by the Senate.
S2-4. Introduction of Honored Guests. Any Senator may, with the prior approval of the
presiding officer, present honored guests for introduction on the floor of the chamber. Any
honored guest should be a representative of some noteworthy event, charity, or benevolent
organization or the recipient of some significant honor, title, or award and shall be briefly
conducted onto the Senate floor from the legislators' side lobby. However, all such presentations
may only occur during the first hour of business, and the honored guests may not address any
remarks to the Senate. Introduction shall be made by the Presiding Officer or their designee.
The president of the Senate is an ex officio member of the committee on legislative procedure.
S4-2. Chairs of standing committees. The president pro tempore of the Senate shall serve as
the chair of the legislative procedure committee. For other committees, the member of a
committee announced first is the chair. In the absence of the chair, the member announced next
shall act as chair, and so on as often as necessary.
S5-2. Proceedings governed by Mason's manual. Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure
governs the proceedings of the Senate in all cases not covered by these rules or the Joint Rules.
S5-3. Conflicting rules. If the Senate rules and the Joint Rules conflict, the Senate rules govern.
S6-2. Approval of consent calendar is final disposition. Notwithstanding Joint Rule 13-4, after allowing a reasonable time for questions from the floor on the bills and resolutions on the consent calendar and after permitting the proponents to answer the questions, the president of the
Senate shall call for a vote on the consent calendar. Approval of the consent calendar by a
majority of the members-elect of the Senate is considered final disposition of all the bills and
resolutions on the consent calendar.
S7-2. Time for taking final action. Final action on nominations by the Governor may not be
taken until the second legislative day after receiving the nomination. This rule does not apply to
a nomination received during the three final legislative days.
S7-3. Motion of advice and consent. On considering nominations from the Governor, the
presiding officer shall put the following question: "Does the Senate advise and consent to the
executive appointment of (name) pursuant to the executive message as found on page ____
of the Senate Journal?"
S7-4. Vote requirements. Confirmation of nominations from the Governor requires a majority
vote of the members-elect.
S7-5. Reconsideration of vote. While a nomination from the Governor remains within the
Senate, the members may reconsider any vote taken on it.
S7-6. Written notice of final action. Upon final action, the secretary of the Senate shall notify
the Governor and the secretary of state in writing of the action of the body.
The elective officers of the house of representatives shall be a speaker and a speaker pro tempore,
who shall be members of that body, one chief clerk and such other officers as shall be necessary
to properly conduct the business of the house of representatives.
§ 2-5-3.1. Tie vote for organizing house of representatives.
In the event that there is a tie vote for purposes of organizing the house of representatives then,
for the purposes of organization, the political party's candidate for speaker of the house, speaker
pro tempore and clerk, then having a member of its party duly elected as the Governor of the
state of South Dakota shall be deemed to be elected.
H1-2. Actions of the speaker pro tempore, other presiding officers. The speaker pro tempore
shall act as presiding officer of the House of Representatives if the speaker is absent or unable
to serve. The acts of the speaker pro tempore have the same validity as those of the speaker. If
the speaker and the speaker pro tempore are absent or unable to serve, any member called to the
chair by the House of Representatives may serve as presiding officer. When in session, the
presiding officer, in the absence of the pro tempore, may designate any member to perform the
duties of the presiding officer, but the designation may not extend beyond an adjournment. The
member's actions have the same validity as those of the speaker.
H1-3. Votes by the speaker. The speaker shall vote on all questions taken by yeas and nays and
shall vote in any election or division called for by any member. The speaker may, by
relinquishing the chair, assume all rights and privileges of a member of the House.
H1-4. Hour of meeting. The hour of meeting of the House of Representatives is 2 p.m. on each
legislative day unless otherwise ordered by the House.
H1-5. Seating assignments. The speaker of the House shall, with the advice of the majority and
minority leaders, make seating assignments for the floor of the House of Representatives.
of Representatives or space reserved for members of the Legislature adjacent to the chamber at
any time during a session or for the period of three hours preceding a session except upon
invitation of a member of the House. However, under no circumstances may a lobbyist enter the
chamber or reserved space for a period of three hours preceding a session or thirty minutes after
adjournment of the House of Representatives.
H2-2. Speaker's power to maintain order. The Speaker may have any member of the House
temporarily removed in order to preserve order and decorum.
H2-3. Disciplinary committee regarding misconduct. Either upon written motion from the
floor or a written complaint of disorderly conduct of any member filed with the speaker by any
two members and made within two legislative days following the alleged misconduct, the
Speaker may appoint a disciplinary committee for purposes of receiving testimony and evidence
regarding the alleged misconduct. The committee shall report its findings and recommendations
to the body within three legislative days following the appointment of the committee. The
committee may dismiss the complaint or in addition to, or in lieu of, expulsion under Joint Rule
1-11, recommend appropriate sanctions, including but not limited to, restricting or withholding
a member's speaking privileges on the floor for a reasonable period of time, direct that an
apology be made to the body, issue an oral or written reprimand, or issue such other punishment
as the committee deems appropriate. The committee report setting forth such recommendation
may not be amended but shall be subject to the approval of a majority vote of the members-elect.
1. Agriculture and Natural Resources (13)
2. Appropriations (10)
3. Commerce (13)
4. Education (13)
5. Government Operations and Audit (3)
6. Health and Human Services (13)
7. Judiciary (13)
8. Legislative Procedure (7)
9. Local Government (13)
10. Retirement Laws (5)
11. State Affairs (13)
12. Taxation (13)
13. Transportation (13)
In the absence of the committee chair, the vice chair shall act as chair. The speaker and speaker
pro tempore are members of the legislative procedure committee, and the speaker shall serve as
chair of the legislative procedure committee.
H4-2. Proceedings governed by Mason's manual. Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure
governs the proceedings of the House of Representatives in all cases not covered by these rules
or the joint rules.
H4-3. Conflicting rules. If the rules of the House of Representatives and the joint rules conflict,
the rules of the House of Representatives govern.
H5-2. Votes to be taken on the electronic system. On any question requiring the "yeas" and
"nays" to be entered upon the journal, the electronic voting system shall be used. On any such
question, neither individual votes nor vote totals may be displayed to any person including the
presiding officer until the time for voting has expired and the voting system has been locked. If
the electronic voting system is not in operating order at the time to vote on any such question, the
presiding officer shall order that all "yea" and "nay" votes be taken by calling the roll in
alphabetical order, except the name of the speaker of the House, which shall be last.
H5-3. Other votes. On all other questions to be voted upon, except upon elections, the presiding
officer may order the "yeas" and "nays" to be taken by the electronic voting system, voice vote,
or standing vote. Upon demand of a member requesting a division before the result of a vote has
been announced by the presiding officer, the "yeas" and "nays" shall be taken by the electronic
voting system.
H5-4. Electronic voting system malfunctions. The vote of any member which has not been
recorded because of malfunction of the electronic voting system shall be entered upon the journal,
if the member was in the House chamber at the time of the vote and voted at the appropriate
time, and the malfunction is reported to the presiding officer before the presiding officer's
announcement of the result of the vote.
H5-5. Voting procedures. When the House is ready to vote upon any question using the
electronic voting system, the presiding officer shall state: "The question is . . . (designating the
matter to be voted upon). All in favor of such question shall vote 'yea', all opposed shall vote
'nay'." The presiding officer shall then direct the chief clerk to unlock the voting system and
announce, "The House will now proceed to vote."
H5-6. Changing votes. Any member may change a vote after the vote recording equipment has
started to operate if the member rises and, when recognized by the presiding officer, announces
the change before the result of the vote has been announced by the presiding officer.
H5-7. Voting records. On any question requiring the "yeas" and "nays" to be entered upon the
journal, the chief clerk shall retain one copy of the recorded vote on the electronic voting system
and provide it for purposes of the daily journal.
H5-8. Members to vote electronically from their desks, exceptions. A member may vote on
the electronic voting system only when at the member's desk. However, the presiding officer
may authorize the chief clerk to call the names of members who are on the floor but not at their
desks at the time of a vote and to record the votes of such members on the electronic voting
system. If a member other than the speaker of the House is presiding, the chief clerk shall switch
the voting system to allow the designated member presiding to vote in the presiding officer's
station.
H5-9. Voting by proxy prohibited. No member may vote for another member; nor may any
other person cast a vote for a member, except as otherwise provided in these rules. Any member
who votes or attempts to vote for another member, or a person not a member who votes or
attempts to vote for a member, is in contempt of the House and may be punished pursuant to law.
H5-10. Tampering with electronic voting equipment prohibited. Any member or other person
who willfully tampers with or attempts to disarrange, deface, impair or destroy in any manner
whatsoever the electronic voting equipment used by the House of Representatives, or who
instigates, aids or abets with the intent to destroy or change the record of votes thereon, is in
contempt of the House and may be punished pursuant to law.
H5-11. Voting machine for session use only. The electronic voting equipment may only be
used when the House of Representatives is in session.
Art. III, Sec. 19. Signing of bills and resolutions.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF EACH HOUSE SHALL, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HOUSE
OVER WHICH HE PRESIDES, SIGN ALL BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE
LEGISLATURE, AFTER THEIR TITLES HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY READ IMMEDIATELY
BEFORE SIGNING, AND THE FACT OF SIGNING SHALL BE ENTERED UPON THE
JOURNAL.
§ 2-4-9. Disturbance or disorderly conduct in Legislature as misdemeanor.
Every person who intentionally disturbs the Legislature of this state, or either of the branches
composing it, while in session, or who commits any disorderly conduct in the immediate view and
presence of either branch of the Legislature tending to interrupt its proceedings or impair the
respect due to its authority, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
§ 2-4-14. Contempt of Legislature - Punishment.
The senate or the house may punish, as a contempt, by imprisonment, a breach of its privileges
or the privileges of its members; but only for one or more of the following offenses:
1-2. Order of business. Each house shall begin each session as follows: call to order, prayer by
the chaplain, pledge of allegiance, roll call, and determination of a quorum, then proceed with the
daily order of business. A majority of the members present may demand that the journal for the
preceding day be read.
1-3. Questions of order. The presiding officer of each house shall decide all questions of order,
subject to a motion of appeal. No member may speak more than once on an appeal without the
consent of a majority of the members present.
1-4. Recognition of members for remarks. When a member desires to speak, that member shall
respectfully address the presiding officer. When the presiding officer recognizes the member, that
member is entitled to the floor. The member first to address the presiding officer shall speak first.
If two or more members address the presiding officer at the same time, the presiding officer shall
name the member who is to speak first.
1-5. Time allowed for a member to speak. Each member may speak on the pending subject before any member speaks twice. No member may speak more than twice nor longer than ten minutes on the same subject without the consent of a majority of the members present. However, a member may speak an additional twenty minutes if the time is yielded by individual members of the body. In computing the time allowed for argument, the time consumed in asking questions
is considered. If a member consents to the question, the time consumed by the answer is taken
out of the time allowed to the person answering the question.
1-6. Questions on the floor. If a member wishes to ask a question of another member, that
member shall courteously do so through the presiding officer and with the consent of the member
to whom the question is addressed. Any question addressed to a member shall relate to a question
before the body and shall be concisely asked for the sole purpose of obtaining information. No
question may reflect upon the character or conduct of any official, contain argument or debate,
or inquire about the course a member proposes to follow.
1-7. Call to order. If a member is called to order, that member shall remain silent until the
presiding officer determines whether the member is in order. The decision of the presiding officer
is subject to a motion of appeal.
1-8. Signing of documents by presiding officer. The presiding officer of each house shall sign
all concurrent resolutions and commemorations and all writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by
the house over which the officer presides.
1-9. Those permitted to speak to the body. No person other than a member of a house may
speak upon any subject before the house unless a member makes a motion to allow another
person to speak and the members present unanimously consent. However, any presidential
candidate who has qualified to be placed on the primary election ballot pursuant to SDCL
12-5-3.14 may address the Legislature subject to such conditions as the speaker of the House and
the president pro tempore of the Senate may deem appropriate.
1-10. Dissent against an act or resolution. Any two members of a house may dissent or protest
in respectful language against any act or resolution which they think injurious to the public or to
any individual and have the reason for their dissent or protest entered upon the journal. However,
if an objection is made that the language of the dissent or protest is not respectful, a majority of
the house may refer the dissent or protest back to the dissenting or protesting members for
emendation.
1-11. Discipline of disorderly member. Either house may punish its members for disorderly
behavior and, with concurrence of two-thirds of all members elected, expel a member. The reason
for such expulsion shall be entered on the journal with the names of the members voting on the
question.
1A-2. Smoking prohibited. Smoking is prohibited in all areas of the Capitol.
1A-3. Alcoholic beverages prohibited. No alcoholic beverage, beer, wine, or other beverage
containing alcohol may be stored or consumed in any area of the Capitol that is under the control
of the Legislature.
1A-5. Discrimination prohibited. The Legislature is an equal opportunity employer and
provides equal access to facilities and services without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex,
disability, ancestry, or national origin.
1A-6. Person with a disability may request assistance. Individuals requesting assistance
pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act must contact the Legislative Research Council
at least forty-eight hours in advance of the needed assistance.
1A-7. Use of chambers for campaign photographs. Legislators and candidates for the
Legislature may use the chambers for campaign photographs; however, no changes may be made
to the arrangement of either chamber.
1A-8. Items distributed to the members' desks. Before any person may distribute an item to
the members' desks on the floor of the Senate or the House of Representatives, that person must
obtain the approval of the secretary of the Senate or the chief clerk of the House, subject to the
review of the Speaker of the House and the President Pro tempore of the Senate, respectively.
Any item distributed to the members' desks on the chamber floor must clearly bear the name of
the item originator.
1A-9. Cellular Telephones Prohibited. Cellular telephones may not be used in either chamber
or gallery while the legislature is in session.
THE LEGISLATURE SHALL MEET AT THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT ON THE SECOND
TUESDAY OF JANUARY AT 12 O'CLOCK M. AND AT NO OTHER TIME EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED BY THIS CONSTITUTION.
Art. III, Sec. 15. Open legislative sessions - Exception.
THE SESSIONS OF EACH HOUSE AND OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SHALL BE
OPEN, UNLESS WHEN THE BUSINESS IS SUCH AS OUGHT TO BE KEPT SECRET.
Art. III, Sec. 16. Adjournment of legislative houses.
NEITHER HOUSE SHALL WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OTHER ADJOURN FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS, NOR TO ANY OTHER PLACE THAN THAT IN WHICH THE TWO HOUSES SHALL BE SITTING.
A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM, BUT
A SMALLER NUMBER MAY ADJOURN FROM DAY TO DAY, AND MAY COMPEL THE
ATTENDANCE OF ABSENT MEMBERS IN SUCH A MANNER AND UNDER SUCH PENALTY
AS EACH HOUSE MAY PROVIDE.
2-2. Call of the house. One-sixth of the members-elect of either house may compel the
attendance of absent members by ordering a call of the house of which they are members, but a
call of the house may not be made after voting commences.
2-3. Procedure after a call of the house. When a call of the house is ordered, the doors shall
be closed and the absentees noted. No member may leave the room until permission is given by
the presiding officer, the sergeant at arms' report is received and acted upon, or the house is
adjourned. Until the sergeant at arms' report is received, proceedings under the call may not be
suspended except by two-thirds of the members present.
EACH HOUSE SHALL DETERMINE THE RULES OF ITS PROCEEDINGS, SHALL CHOOSE
ITS OWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND FIX THE PAY THEREOF, EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CONSTITUTION.
The elective officers of the senate shall be a president pro tempore of the senate, who shall be a
member of that body, one secretary and such other officers as shall be necessary to properly
conduct the business of the senate.
The elective officers of the house of representatives shall be a speaker and a speaker pro tempore,
who shall be members of that body, one chief clerk and such other officers as shall be necessary
to properly conduct the business of the house of representatives.
§ 2-5-5. Appointment of legislative employees by presiding officers.
The presiding officer of the house of representatives shall appoint employees necessary to
properly conduct the business of the house and the president pro tempore shall appoint
employees necessary to properly conduct the business of the senate.
§ 2-5-8. Determination of amount of compensation of legislative employees.
All elective and appointed officers and employees of the senate and house of representatives
designated in §§ 2-5-2, 2-5-3 and 2-5-5 shall receive compensation determined and agreed upon
by a joint select committee of both houses.
3-2. Duties of the secretary of the Senate and chief clerk of the House. The secretary of the
Senate and chief clerk of the House of Representatives are responsible to the President Pro Tem
of the Senate or the Speaker of the House, respectively. Their duties are:
(1) To supervise the keeping of a daily journal, the engrossing and enrolling, and the handling
of bills and resolutions;
(2) To assist the calendar committee in the preparation of a daily calendar listing motions and
resolutions, committee reports to be introduced, and bills and joint resolutions ready for
second reading, and to assist the calendar committee in preparation of a daily consent calendar;
(3) To sign the certificate of origin of all bills passed by the Legislature;
(4) To attest the signature of the presiding officer to all bills, memorials, resolutions,
commemorations, writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by the house;
(5) To deliver to the secretary of state at the close of each session the journals and all books,
bills, documents, resolutions, and papers in possession of the Legislature;
(6) To preserve one true copy of each printed bill, joint resolution, and concurrent resolution
of each legislative session; to attach the copy together with a signed certificate that it is a true
and complete copy of each printed bill, joint resolution, and concurrent resolution of the
legislative session; and to file such certified copies with the secretary of state within ten days
after adjournment of the Legislature; and
(7) To perform all other acts appertaining to the office as may be required by the house or its
presiding officer.
3-3. Office of Engrossing and Enrolling. The Legislative Research Council shall perform all
engrossing and enrolling duties. In addition, each house may hire secretaries necessary to conduct
the business of the standing committees. Any secretary appointed to a committee is responsible
to the committee chair. In each house, a secretary is provided to the minority party.
3-4. Engrossing and Enrolling. The engrossing and enrolling duties of the Legislative Research
Council are:
(1) To engross and enroll all bills delivered to them;
(2) To provide and supervise secretarial assistance to legislators as requested;
(3) To collect from the secretaries of all standing and special committees the minutes of such
committees and retain them in the Legislative Research Council Library; and
(4) To correct clerical errors, with the consent of the secretary of the Senate or chief clerk of
the House of Representatives, in any bill originating in the house by which they are employed.
Clerical errors which may be corrected are: errors in spelling, errors in numbering sections,
errors of omission or commission due to addition or deletion of material, and errors due to
copying incorrectly from the most recent statute. The secretary of the Senate and the chief
clerk of the House shall inform the principal sponsor of all such corrections.
3-5. Chaplains. The chief chaplain shall schedule a chaplain to serve in each house for each
legislative day. The duty of the chaplain of each house is to open each day's session with a prayer.
3-6. Disputes or complaints involving a legislative session employee. Any dispute or
complaint involving the competency or decorum of a legislative session employee, including any
violation of SDCL 2-12, shall be referred to the President Pro Tem of the Senate or the Speaker
of the House. The officer may dismiss, suspend, or otherwise discipline the employee.
3-7. Sexual harassment prohibited. All employees are responsible for ensuring that the
workplace is free from sexual harassment. All employees shall avoid any action or conduct which
could be viewed as sexual harassment. An employee shall report any sexual harassment complaint
to the president pro tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House or any supervisor. If the
situation is not resolved, the employee shall forward the complaint to the Executive Board of the
Legislative Research Council.
(1) Prayer by the chaplain and pledge of allegiance;
(2) Roll call and determination of a quorum;
4-2. Special orders. Any bill, resolution, memorial or other subject matter may be made a
special order for some subsequent time by a majority vote of the members present.
4-3. Order of bills and resolutions. Each bill and resolution up for consideration under any
order of business shall be listed and taken up in the order in which it is listed on the daily calendar
unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the members present.
5-2. Restatement and reading of motions. When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be
restated by the presiding officer, and, if requested by the presiding officer or a member, shall be
displayed electronically or reduced to writing and read aloud.
5-2.1. Provision of copies of motions. If a motion to amend is displayed electronically or
offered in writing or if each member of the body has been given a copy of the motion, the reading
of that motion is automatically waived.
5-2.2. Withdrawal of motions. After a motion is stated by the presiding officer, it may not be
withdrawn without unanimous consent of the members present.
5-3. Priority of motions. When a question is under debate, no motion may be made except the
following motions which have precedence in the order listed:
(1) To adjourn;
(2) To recess;
(3) To call the house;
5-4. Priority of motion for adjournment. A motion for adjournment is always in order, unless
the roll is being called or the previous question has been ordered, and shall be decided without
debate.
5-5. Application and nondebatability of motions to lay on the table. A motion to lay on the
table which effects a disposition on the merits of any bill or resolution requires the vote of a
majority of the members-elect to carry and shall be decided without debate. Any other motion to
lay on the table requires the vote of a majority of the members present and shall be decided
without debate. No member may make introductory remarks prior to making a motion to lay on
the table.
5-5.1. Scope of motions to lay on the table. A motion to lay on the table may be made so as to
apply either to the main question or to a proposed amendment or to the bill and all pending
amendments, and the motion shall clearly state to which it is intended to apply.
5-5.2. Motion to take from the table. Whenever any bill or resolution is laid on the table, it
requires a majority vote of the members-elect to take it from the table. The motion to take from
the table is debatable.
5-5.3. Scope of motion to defer to day certain beyond sine die. The rules pertaining to motions
to table and to defer to a day certain beyond sine die shall be the same except that a motion to
defer to a day certain beyond sine die is debatable.
5-6. Motion to call the previous question. A motion for the previous question shall be decided
immediately by a majority of the members present and without debate. The motion shall clearly
indicate the question to which it applies. No member may make introductory remarks prior to
making a motion to call the previous question. The effect of adopting a motion to call the
previous question is to close debate, to prevent the moving of amendments or other subsidiary
motions, and to bring to vote immediately the question to be voted upon. The effect of defeating
a motion to call the previous question is to allow continuation of debate on the question before
the house.
5-7. Priority of vote after call of the previous question. After a motion to call the previous
question has prevailed, it is not in order to move a call of the house or to move to adjourn, prior
to a decision of the question before the house.
5-8. Dilatory motions to defer or refer. If a motion to defer to a day certain, to defer
indefinitely or to refer to committee is decided in the negative, such motion is not again in order
at the same stage of consideration of the bill or proposition.
5-8.1. Motion to postpone as final action. A motion to defer indefinitely or to a date beyond the sine die adjournment of the Legislature requires the vote of a majority of the members-elect.
5-10. Motions to strike the enacting clause. A motion to strike the enacting clause of a bill has
precedence to a motion to amend, and if carried, is equivalent to the rejection of the bill.
5-11. Notice of intention to reconsider. Notice of intention to move for reconsideration shall
be made before the body proceeds to the next item of business. If any member fails to give notice
of intention to reconsider, the vote on a question shall be deemed to have been moved for
reconsideration and such motion for reconsideration to have been laid on the table.
5-11.1 Motions to reconsider. Having given notice of intent to reconsider, the member giving
notice may move to reconsider the question not later than the next legislative day, except as
provided in Joint Rule 5-13. Any motion to reconsider or motion to recall propositions from the
other house for reconsideration shall be made under order of business No. 8, except as provided
in Joint Rule 5-13, and takes precedence over all other motions except to recess or to adjourn. No
motion to reconsider the same question may be made twice in the same house without unanimous
consent. Every motion to reconsider shall be decided by a majority vote of the members-elect on
a roll call vote. No question may be reconsidered except the final disposition of bills and joint
resolutions and the override of vetoes.
5-12. Failure to make timely motion for reconsideration. If any member has given notice of
intent to move for reconsideration and does not move for reconsideration before the stated
deadline, the presiding officer shall immediately state that any member may move for
reconsideration.
5-13. Motion for reconsideration during final legislative days. During the seven final
legislative days, any member who has given notice of intent to move for reconsideration shall
make such motion at a time prior to the conclusion of business on the legislative day that the
question sought to be reconsidered was acted upon. Such motion may be made at any time prior
to adjournment.
5-13.1. Immediate consideration of emergency measures. If the affirmative vote for a bill
containing an emergency clause is less than two-thirds but more than one-half of the
members-elect, the vote shall be immediately reconsidered.
5-14. Germaneness of amendments. No motion to amend a bill is in order unless it is germane
to the subject as expressed in the title of the bill.
5-15. Order of questions. All questions, other than privileged questions as listed in Joint Rule
5-3, shall be put in the order they are moved.
5-16. Limitations on number of motions to amend and substitute motions. When a motion
or proposition is under consideration, a motion to amend and a motion to amend that amendment
is in order. It is also in order to offer a further amendment as a substitute, but such substitute is
not subject to amendment.
5-17.1. Motion to delay action on amendments is nondebatable. No member invoking Joint
Rule 5-17 may speak to the merits of the amendment or make any other introductory remarks.
NO LAW SHALL EMBRACE MORE THAN ONE SUBJECT, WHICH SHALL BE EXPRESSED
IN ITS TITLE.
Art. XII, Sec. 2. Contents of general appropriation bill - Separate appropriation bills.
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL SHALL EMBRACE NOTHING BUT
APPROPRIATIONS FOR ORDINARY EXPENSES OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE, THE CURRENT EXPENSES OF STATE
INSTITUTIONS, INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC DEBT, AND FOR COMMON SCHOOLS. ALL
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS SHALL BE MADE BY SEPARATE BILLS, EACH EMBRACING
BUT ONE OBJECT, AND SHALL REQUIRE A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF ALL THE MEMBERS
OF EACH BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Art. III, Sec. 18. Enacting clause - Assent by majority - Recording of votes.
THE ENACTING CLAUSE OF A LAW SHALL BE: "BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA" AND NO LAW SHALL BE PASSED UNLESS BY
ASSENT OF A MAJORITY OF ALL THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE OF THE
LEGISLATURE. AND THE QUESTION UPON THE FINAL PASSAGE SHALL BE TAKEN
UPON ITS LAST READING, AND THE YEAS AND NAYS SHALL BE ENTERED UPON THE
JOURNAL.
(1) A House or Senate resolution, which shall pertain to the affairs of one house only and
require action only by the legislative chamber concerned. A House or Senate resolution may
be used to express an opinion or principle of one house, to express an opinion to or request of
the other house, to regulate procedure, or to refer the subject matter of bills to the Legislative
Research Council;
(2) A concurrent resolution, which shall express opinions and principles of the Legislature not
having the force of law. A concurrent resolution may be used to authorize interim studies, joint
rules, sessions or committees, to memorialize or instruct a department of state government,
or to petition federal agencies;
(3) A joint resolution, which shall contain matters of legislation only. A joint resolution may
be used to refer a matter for referendum to the people, to place a constitutional amendment on
the ballot at the next general election, to ratify proposed amendments to the United States
Constitution, or to grant a water right pursuant to § 46-5-20.1;
(4) A House or Senate resolution of disapproval as provided under Article IV, Section 8, of
the South Dakota Constitution; and
(5) A legislative commemoration, which shall express recognition of service or achievements
of national or statewide importance or express sorrow over death or loss.
6A-2. Format of bills and joint resolutions. If a bill amends an existing statute, the new matter
shall be underscored and the omitted matter shall be overstricken. If an entire title, chapter,
section, subdivision, or subsection is to be repealed, only the code citation need be listed.
6A-3. Format of joint resolutions. If a joint resolution amends an existing provision of the
Constitution, the omitted matter shall be overstricken and the new matter shall be underscored.
A joint resolution shall contain sufficient introductory wording to give reasonable notice of the
effect of the proposed amendment.
6A-4. Bills at the request of the Governor, executive agencies, and the Chief Justice. A bill
introduced at the request of the Governor, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a department,
board, commission, or any other agency of state government, shall indicate in the title at whose
request such bill is being introduced.
6A-5. Review of bills by the Legislative Research Council. Before a bill, resolution, or
commemorative may be introduced, it shall be reviewed by the Legislative Research Council for
style and form. No bill or joint resolution may be submitted to the Legislative Research Council
for review less than forty-eight hours of the final introduction date for bills or joint resolutions
as provided in Joint Rule Chapter 17.
6A-6. Title of repealed law. A bill introduced for the sole purpose of repealing an existing law
shall include in its title the general subject to which the law relates.
6A-8. Title and sponsors placed on bills and resolutions. Before a bill or resolution is
introduced, its title and the name or names of the member, members, or committee introducing
the bill or resolution shall be printed on it.
B. INTRODUCTION AND SPONSORSHIP
Any person who has been duly elected or appointed to serve during a regular session of the
Legislature may file bills and resolutions with the state legislative research council at any time
within thirty days prior to the convening of such regular session. Notwithstanding the provisions
of § 2-7-6.1, any interim committee of the legislative research council may file bills and
resolutions under the provisions of this section. The executive board of the state legislative
research council shall prescribe rules for the handling and placing in proper form of such bills
and resolutions, subject to the provisions of §§ 2-7-4 to 2-7-6, inclusive.
§ 2-7-5. Numbering, printing and disposition of prefiled bills - Date of introduction.
The director of the legislative research council shall, within the confines of such rules, receive
such bills and resolutions, place them in proper form, assign them numbers for introduction in
the proper house, and deliver copies to the printing contractor for pre-session printing. The
director shall deliver the original and one copy of each bill and resolution to the secretary of the
senate or the chief clerk of the house, as the case may be, on the day when the session convenes.
However, the director may not deliver any prefiled bill or resolution until every sponsor of such
bill or resolution has been duly sworn into office.
Upon prefiling, such bills and resolutions become the property of the Legislature and may not
thereafter be withdrawn. Prefiled bills and resolutions shall be considered as introduced on the
day of their delivery to each house.
§ 2-7-6.1. Committee introduction of bills and resolutions.
No bill or joint resolution may be introduced in either house of the Legislature by any committee
thereof, except:
(1) A bill or a joint resolution introduced by any standing committee of either house;
(2) A bill or joint resolution referred to the Legislature from an interim committee of the state
legislative research council; or
(3) A bill or joint resolution introduced at the request of the Governor, an executive agency
or of the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
6B-2. Numbering of bills and resolutions. Bills shall be numbered consecutively as introduced,
beginning with No. 1 for Senate bills and with No. 1001 for House bills. Resolutions shall be
numbered consecutively as introduced, beginning with No. 1001 for House resolutions and with
No. 1 for Senate resolutions.
6B-3. Limit on number of bills that may be introduced. No legislator may introduce as prime
sponsor more than three individual bills or joint resolutions during the last three days for bill
introduction prescribed by Joint Rule Chapter 17.
6B-4. Sponsorship of bills and resolutions. Any bill, joint resolution, or concurrent resolution
may be introduced by any member or members of the house of origin. Any member or members
of the other house may join the member or members of the house of origin in introducing the bill
or resolution.
6B-5. Bill introduction by standing committees. Before a bill or joint resolution can be
introduced by a standing committee pursuant to § 2-7-6.1, the bill or resolution shall have
received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of a standing committee at one of its
regular meetings with a statement of such fact on a separate slip attached to the cover of the bill
and signed by the chair of the committee.
6B-6. Pre-filing of agency bills. No bill or resolution introduced at the request of a department,
board, commission, or any other agency of state government, except bills or resolutions
introduced at the request of the Governor or Chief Justice, may be considered by the Legislature
unless such bill or resolution is pre-filed with the Director of the Legislative Research Council
at least forty-eight hours before the opening of a legislative session and available for introduction
on the first legislative day.
6B-7. Disposition of copies of bills when introduced. An original and one copy of each bill or
resolution introduced shall be disposed of as follows:
(1) The original, which shall have endorsed thereon the word "Original," shall be retained by
the house of origin; and
(2) The copy shall be delivered to the prime sponsor.
6C-1.1. Request for fiscal note by any member. A fiscal note may be requested by any member
if supported by one-fifth of the members of the house in which the bill or resolution is to be
considered, at the time of the second reading. However, the request shall not extend final
consideration of the bill over two days beyond the last day for passage from the house of origin.
6C-2. Legislative Research Council to prepare fiscal notes. If the presiding officer determines
a bill or resolution requires a fiscal note at the time of introduction, the presiding officer shall
request the Director of the Legislative Research Council to prepare the fiscal note, in consultation
with the Bureau of Finance and Management. The Director of the Legislative Research Council
shall prepare a fiscal note for prefiled bills or resolutions.
6C-3. Deferral of bills without fiscal note. The original copy of a bill or resolution for which
a fiscal note has been requested shall be stamped by the bill clerk with the initials "F.N." before
referral to committee. If such bill or resolution is reported back to the house without a fiscal note,
the presiding officer shall defer placing the bill or resolution on the calendar until the requested
fiscal note is received, unless in the presiding officer's opinion a fiscal note is no longer required.
6C-4. Committees may request fiscal note. If the presiding officer has not requested a fiscal
note on a bill or resolution having a fiscal effect, the committee considering the bill or resolution
may request a fiscal note. If it is not possible to include a fiscal note at the time of introduction,
the committee considering the bill or resolution shall request a fiscal note. The committee may
request an amended fiscal note if a bill or resolution is amended.
6C-5. Attaching fiscal note to bill and individual member may request fiscal note. If a fiscal
note is available, it shall be attached by the Office of Engrossing and Enrolling at the end of the
original copy of the bill or resolution. A fiscal note may also be requested by any member of the
house in which the bill or resolution is to be considered, at the time of the second reading.
6C-6. Local government fiscal notes. In addition, if requested by the presiding officer or any
legislator, a bill or resolution which has an effect on the revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability
of any political subdivision of the state shall have attached a fiscal note, prepared by the Director
of the Legislative Research Council, in consultation with the Bureau of Finance and Management.
6C-7. Retirement system actuarial statement. Each bill introduced affecting the benefits payable by the state or a local government retirement system shall have an actuarial statement requested by the sponsor and attached to the bill. The actuarial statement shall be requested from the governing board of the retirement system affected and the statement shall identify the costs of the proposed change in the law as stated by the actuary for the affected retirement plan. If there is a doubt as to the need for an actuarial statement, the presiding officer shall make the final
decision. After the bill is introduced, the Chief of Enrolling and Engrossing shall attach the
actuarial statement to the original bill.
D. FIRST READING AND REFERRAL
6D-2. Referral of resolutions of disapproval. Any resolution of disapproval shall be referred
to a committee unless ordered to be placed directly on the calendar by a majority vote of the
members present.
E. AMENDMENTS AND SUBSTITUTE BILLS
6E-2. Hoghouse amendments. Any substitute bill shall be treated as an amendment and shall
be governed by the rules governing amendments.
6E-3. Message required when one house amends bill or resolution of other house. Whenever
a bill or joint resolution is passed in one house and amended and passed in the other, a message
to the house of origin shall indicate that the bill or resolution has been amended and the journal
page references for that amendment.
F. SECOND READING
6F-1. No second reading until engrossment. No bill or resolution amended after introduction
may be read the second time until it is correctly engrossed.
6F-3. Action on committee reports. No report of any standing committee or select committee
may be acted upon until at least one legislative day after it has been read to the body, except the
report of the committee on legislative procedure, or the reports of standing committees requesting
referral to another standing committee of a bill or resolution which may be acted upon
immediately. However, during the last three days of the session, reports of conference committees
may be acted upon the same day as reported.
6F-4. Placement of unamended bills and resolutions on calendar. If any committee makes
a report that a bill or resolution "Do Pass" without proposing any amendment thereto, the bill or
resolution shall be placed upon the calendar for second reading on the next legislative day.
6F-5. Placement of amended bills and resolutions on calendar. If any standing committee
returns a bill or resolution to the house with the recommendation that the bill or resolution do
pass with proposed amendments, the report shall be received, read and entered upon the journal.
The committee report shall be placed on the calendar for adoption the following legislative day
and the bill shall be placed on the calendar for floor action on the legislative day following the
adoption of the committee report. On the final day for the committee to act upon a bill, the report
may be placed directly on the calendar for floor action. A report recommending the passage of
a bill or resolution with proposed amendments is not subject to change or amendment.
6F-6. Placement of bills and resolutions not receiving a "Do Pass" recommendation on the
calendar. Any bill or resolution reported "Do Not Pass" or "without recommendation" shall fail
if no motion is made for its disposition under the order of business of Consideration of
Committee Reports on the next legislative day after delivery to the house. On the final day to use
Joint Rule 7-7, a motion must be made before adjournment on that day. A motion to place a bill
or resolution on the calendar where a committee reports a bill or resolution "Do Not Pass" or
"without recommendation" shall require the vote of a majority of the members-elect to carry. A
bill or resolution failing to be placed on the calendar is lost after time for reconsideration has
passed.
G. PRINTING, ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING
§ 2-7-14. Time allowed for printing of bills and resolutions.
The contractor for printing of the house and senate bills and joint resolutions of any kind shall
deliver them, completed, to the Legislature within two days after receiving the copy.
§ 2-7-15.1. Fees for copies of bills and journals - Mailing fees - Disposition.
The executive board of the legislative research council is authorized to recover up to one-half of
the printing costs of legislative bills and journals by establishing uniform fees for the distribution
of legislative printed materials, to public agencies, lobbyists and individuals. Fees for estimated
mailing costs may also be charged for mailing printed materials. Fees collected may be deposited
in a special fund within the state treasury, the proceeds of which shall be used to pay for printing
and postage costs, or transferred to the state general fund.
§ 2-7-16. Fraudulent alteration of bill or resolution as felony.
Any person who fraudulently alters the draft of any bill or resolution which has been presented
to either house of the Legislature to be passed or adopted, with intent to procure it to be passed
or adopted by either house, or certified by the presiding officer of either house, in language
different from that intended by such house, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
§ 2-7-17. Certification and filing of printed bills and resolutions - Judicial notice.
It shall be the duty of the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the house to preserve one true
copy of each printed bill, of each printed joint resolution, and of each printed concurrent
resolution of each session of the Legislature; and to attach same together, to attach thereto,
their signed certificate that they are true and complete copies of all the printed bills, joint
resolutions, and concurrent resolutions of the certain session of the Legislature, and to file said
copies so certified in the office of the secretary of state within ten days after adjournment of the
session.
All copies so certified and filed shall be subject to judicial notice in all courts of record.
§ 2-7-18. Engrossment of bills and amendments.
All bills, in either house of the Legislature, which have been favorably acted upon, preparatory
to going upon the calendar shall be engrossed if amendments have been made thereto.
Amendments to any bill made by either senate or house, after engrossment, shall likewise be
engrossed.
§ 2-7-19. Enrollment of bill after passage by both houses.
A bill which has passed both houses of the Legislature shall at once be enrolled by the house in
which it originated.
The original copy of each enrolled bill shall be signed by the president of the senate, secretary
of the senate, speaker of the house, and chief clerk of the house and presented to the Governor.
If the Governor approves the bill, the Governor shall sign and transmit it to the secretary of state
who shall deliver a photocopy of the signature page to the code counsel to be used in preparing
copy for session laws. The secretary of state shall provide a permanent form of binder for the
original enrolled bills and the bills vetoed with the veto message attached. The secretary of state
shall also provide the code counsel with a photocopy of the signature page of each vetoed bill
and veto message.
6G-2. Reprinting of bills and joint resolutions. If a bill is amended, the amendment shall be
engrossed on the bill before the bill advances to the next stage of the legislative process. The
engrossed bill shall become the original bill.
6G-3. (Reserved).
6G-4. Printing without consent. Each house may print bills, messages, and reports without the
consent of the other.
6G-5. Engrossing of bills and joint resolutions. All bills or joint resolutions in either house of
the Legislature, which have been favorably acted upon and amendments have been made thereto,
before going upon the calendar shall be engrossed. Amendments to any bill or joint resolution,
made by either house after engrossment, shall likewise be engrossed upon the original bill or joint
resolution.
6G-6. Report to committee on legislative procedure. The chief of the office of engrossing and
enrolling shall examine all amended bills and joint resolutions and report to the committee on
legislative procedure those bills and joint resolutions correctly engrossed.
6G-7. Enrolling of bills and joint resolutions. A bill which has passed both branches of the
Legislature shall be at once enrolled. An enrolled bill or joint resolution shall be free from
erasures, marks and interlineations, and each sheet thereof shall be initialed by the chief of
engrossing and enrolling and numbered for identification. The cover of the bill or joint resolution
shall indicate the house of origin.
6G-8. Review and signing of bills and joint resolutions. The committee on legislative
procedure and the chief of engrossing and enrolling shall compare enrolled with engrossed bills
and joint resolutions as passed by both houses and make a report thereon to the house of origin.
If a bill or joint resolution is reported by the committee as correctly enrolled, it shall be presented
to the presiding officers of both houses for their signatures
6H-1. Introduction of commemorations. Any member may introduce a legislative
commemoration, which may be cosponsored by other members of either house, by filing it with
the bill clerk of that member's house. However, no member may introduce a legislative
commemoration during the last five legislative days of the session.
6H-2. Numbering of commemorations. Each legislative commemoration shall be numbered
consecutively as introduced beginning with No. 1 for the Senate and No. 1001 for the House of
Representatives.
6H-3. Printing and calendaring of commemorations. Upon introduction, the presiding officer
shall order the legislative commemoration printed in the journal of that legislative day.
Subsequently the presiding officer shall place each pending legislative commemoration along
with a notation of the page upon which it is printed in the journal on the calendar of the next
legislative day following its printing.
6H-4. Approval of commemorations in the house of origin. Any member of the body may
object to the approval of any legislative commemoration by so stating on the floor of the body
at any time before adjournment on the legislative day upon which the legislative commemoration
is calendared. If no such objection is made, the legislative commemoration shall be deemed
approved and the presiding officer shall deliver it to the other house. If there is objection, the
legislative commemoration shall be deemed disapproved.
6H-5. Calendaring of commemorations in the second house. Upon receipt of a legislative
commemoration from the other house, the presiding officer shall place it on the next day's
legislative calendar along with a notation of the page upon which it is printed in the journal.
6H-6. Approval of commemorations in the second house. Any member of the receiving body
may object to the approval of any legislative commemoration by so stating on the floor of the
body at any time before adjournment on the legislative day upon which the legislative
commemoration is calendared. If no such objection is made, the legislative commemoration shall
be deemed approved and the presiding officer shall deliver it to the house of origin. If there is
objection, the legislative commemoration shall be deemed disapproved.
6H-7. Enrollment of commemorations. The secretary of the Senate or the chief clerk of the
House of Representatives shall deliver the original enrolled legislative commemoration to the
prime sponsor.
I. COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM
6I-1. Bill Status. The bill status, created by the computerized information system, is the official record of action to the bill.
Any member of the senate or house of representatives, while acting as a member of any committee
thereof, shall have authority to administer oaths to such persons as shall be examined before such
committee.
§ 2-6-2. Composition and appointment of government operations and audit committee - Duties
and reports - Assistance.
There shall be appointed at each regular session of the Legislature a government operations and
audit committee of six, consisting of three members of the senate appointed by the president pro
tempore and three members of the house appointed by the speaker of the house, for the purpose
of inquiry and review of any phase of the operations and the fiscal affairs of any department,
institution, board or agency of the state, and to make a detailed report to the senate and house
of representatives and submit a copy of its report to the appropriation committee of each house
of the Legislature at the next succeeding session of the Legislature or any special session of the
Legislature upon request of the body.
The department of legislative audit shall provide assistance, including clerical help, to the
committee upon the request.
§ 2-6-4. Investigative powers of government operations and audit committee - Executive board
of research council to direct action.
The government operations and audit committee may examine all records and vouchers, summon
witnesses, and thoroughly examine all expenditures and the general management of each
department. No review or action may be taken by the government operations and audit committee
until the committee is directed by the executive board of the legislative research council.
§ 2-6-5. Disobedience of legislative summons as misdemeanor.
Any person who is summoned to attend as a witness before either house of the Legislature or any
committee thereof authorized to summon or subpoena witnesses, and who refuses or neglects
without lawful excuse to attend pursuant to the summons or subpoena, is guilty of a Class 2
misdemeanor.
§ 2-6-6. Refusal to testify or produce evidence before Legislature as misdemeanor.
Any person who, being present before either house of the Legislature or any committee thereof
authorized to summon witnesses, willfully refuses to be sworn or affirmed, or to answer any
material and proper question, or to produce upon reasonable notice any material or proper
books, papers, or documents in his possession or under his control, is guilty of a Class 2
misdemeanor.
§ 2-6-8. Retirement laws study committee created - Purpose.
There is hereby created the South Dakota retirement laws committee to make a continuing study
of the pension and annuity and benefit laws relating to employees and officers in public service.
§ 2-6-9. Appointment and terms of retirement laws committee members - Political affiliations.
The retirement laws committee shall consist of five members of the house of representatives to
be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and five members of the senate to be
appointed by the president pro tempore. The members of the retirement laws committee shall be
appointed biennially for terms expiring on January first of each succeeding odd-numbered year
and shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. No more than three
from each legislative body may be from the same political party.
§ 2-6-10. Officers of retirement laws committee - Staff assistance.
The retirement laws committee shall select a chairman and vice-chairman and shall be provided
with staff assistance from the legislative research council staff.
§ 2-6-11. Study of retirement laws by committee - Emphasis.
The retirement laws committee shall continue the study of the retirement and pension laws
applicable to employees and officers in government service throughout the state and shall
appraise and evaluate existing laws relating to retirement and pension. It shall give particular
study and consideration to the financial affairs of the retirement funds and shall recommend
revisions in financial provisions and methods of amortizing the accrued liabilities of such funds
without impairment of any of the rights and equities of participants and beneficiaries but in
conformity with sound and established principles of financing retirement fund obligations.
§ 2-6-12. Legislative drafts and recommendations by retirement laws committee - Reports -
Review of proposals.
The retirement laws committee shall present legislative drafts to effect sound and equitable public
employees retirement programs. The retirement laws committee shall study and make
recommendations concerning the extension of retirement coverage to public employees to whom
retirement protection has not been accorded. The retirement laws committee shall from time to
time report to the Legislature which report shall include but not be limited to the financial
soundness of the system. The retirement laws committee shall review all proposed legislation that
affects public employee retirement in the state and shall make its report to the Legislature.
During the legislative session, however, the standing committees established to review retirement
laws legislation shall review proposed legislation that affects public employee retirement.
§ 2-6-15. Reports by bonding entities to joint committee - Contents - Other assistance.
Each of the entities shall submit to the joint committee a complete and detailed report no later
than December first of each year, setting forth:
(1) Its operations and accomplishments;
(2) Its receipts and expenditures during its fiscal year for its
operating and capital outlay purposes;
(3) Its assets and liabilities at the end of its fiscal year;
(4) A schedule of its notes and bonds outstanding at the end of its fiscal year, together with
a statement of the amounts redeemed and incurred during such fiscal year; and
(5) Information relating to the selection, evaluation and compensation of its professional
service providers.
Each of the entities shall assist the joint committee in a continuous review of programs and
projected plans for the entities.
§ 2-6-16. Reports to joint committee on particular issues of bonds or notes - Contents.
For each issuance of bonds or notes of any such entity, there shall be provided to the joint
committee a report of the details of the issuance, including a citation to the resolution providing
for the issuance of the bonds and notes, the use of the proceeds of such issuance, the maturity
date or dates of the bonds or notes, the interest rate or rates of the bonds or notes, the anticipated
source of revenue from which the bonds or notes are to be repaid, and the rating, if any, given
by a standard rating service on the bonds or notes.
§ 2-6-17. Detailed accounting to committee on underlying security and investments.
The joint committee may request at any time a detailed accounting of the security underlying
outstanding bonds or notes, the ability to make timely repayment of bonds or notes, or the
investments of such entity.
§ 2-6-19. Water development oversight committee created - Purpose.
There is hereby created the legislative water development oversight committee. The committee
shall consist of four legislators, one each appointed by the majority and minority leaders of the
senate and one each appointed by the majority and minority leaders of the house of
representatives. The committee shall monitor the meetings and actions of the board of water and
natural resources and the water management board. The secretary of the department of water
and natural resources shall cooperate with the members of the committee and assist them in
carrying out their responsibilities. The secretary of the department of water and natural
resources shall inform the members of the committee of the time and place of all meetings of the
board of water and natural resources and water management board and shall forward to the
members of the committee copies of all materials sent to the members of those boards.
The committee shall select a chairperson from among its members and shall from time to time
report to the executive board of the legislative research council on its activities.
Members of the committee shall receive compensation as would any member of an interim
legislative committee authorized by the executive board of the legislative research council under
chapter 2-9.
7-1.1. Subcommittees. The president pro tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House or a chair
of a standing committee may designate subcommittees, the number of members to serve on each
subcommittee, the chair of each subcommittee, the members of the subcommittee, and the period
of time the subcommittee shall serve.
7-1.2. Committee action on bills and resolutions. Unless otherwise ordered under Joint Rule
6D-2, all bills or resolutions shall be referred to one of the standing committees. The chair of a
standing committee may then assign a bill or resolution to a subcommittee of that standing
committee. All subcommittees shall return such bills or resolutions as are assigned to them for
consideration, to the standing committee with or without recommendation and within the time
which will permit the full standing committee to act upon the bill or resolution.
7-1.3. Meetings open to public. Subject to Article III, Section 15 of the Constitution, all
committee or subcommittee meetings shall be open to the public.
7-1.5. Consideration of matters not posted. A two-thirds majority of the committee members
present may bring a matter up for consideration at any time.
7-1.6. Formal action required on all legislative proposals. Standing committees shall take
formal action regarding each legislative proposal submitted for their consideration.
7-1.7. Vote requirement. Final disposition on a bill or resolution requires a majority vote of the
members-elect taken by roll call.
7-1.8. Final disposition. Final disposition is any action which moves a bill out of a committee
to the floor of a house or to another committee or which removes it from further consideration
by the committee. Examples of final disposition include "Do Pass," "Do Pass, Amended," "Refer
to Another Committee," "Lay on the Table," and "Postpone to a Day Certain Beyond the End of
the Session."
7-1.9. Attachment of amendments to bills or resolutions reported unfavorably. A committee
may amend a bill or resolution that it reports "Do Not Pass" or "Without Recommendation."
7-1.10. Amendment of a previously tabled bill. If a bill is removed from the table and amended
so that it requires a title amendment, the title must be amended and then the bill reported for a
new hearing pursuant to Joint Rule 7-1.4, unless placed by Joint Rule 7-1.5.
7-2. Committee reports. Each committee shall report final committee actions on legislative
proposals. The chair of a committee shall sign the reports of the committee and present them to
the body when the call for committee reports is made. The chair is responsible for the accuracy
and propriety of the chair's statements and shall answer any questions pertaining to the report.
This rule does not prohibit the committees on legislative procedure from reporting at any time.
Formal actions shall be reported to the body not later than the next legislative day in an
informational committee report which is printed in the daily journal.
7-3. Reports of select committees. Select committees to which matters are referred shall in all
cases report a statement of facts and their opinion on the matters to the body.
7-4. Dissenting reports. If the members of a committee cannot agree on its report, the majority
and minority may each make a report. Any member dissenting in whole or in part from the
reasoning and conclusions of both majority and minority may also present a statement of the
member's reasoning and conclusions. All reports must be decorous in language and respectful to
the house and shall be entered in the journal.
7-6. Contents of committee minutes. Minutes of standing committees filed pursuant to Joint
Rule 7-5 shall contain the number of each proposal considered; the title or a brief summary of
each proposal's major provisions; the committee's action, if any, on each proposal, including a
brief minority report if requested by any committee member; a record of how each committee
member voted when action was taken, including votes on motions to postpone consideration of
proposals; and a list of all persons testifying before the committee on each proposal and the
interest they represent. Minutes of budget hearings conducted by an appropriations committee
may contain a synopsis of testimony received. Minutes shall be open to the public for inspection.
7-7. Demand for delivery of bill or resolution to house--"Smoke-out." Each house may by
motion order its committee to deliver a bill or resolution under its consideration to that house. If
the motion is supported by the vote of one-third or more of the members-elect, the committee
shall, not later than the next legislative day, deliver the bill or resolution to the house with or
without recommendation.
7-8. Placement of "smoked-out" bill or resolution on calendar. If a bill or resolution is
delivered to the house of origin pursuant to Joint Rule 7-7 on the last day for passage by the house
of origin and it was not reported "Do Pass," the bill or resolution may, by motion approved by
a majority of the members-elect, be placed on that day's calendar.
7-9. Calendar committee. The calendar committee in each house consists of the presiding
officer, the majority leader, and the minority leader. The committee shall determine the daily
legislative calendar.
7-10. Co-chairs of joint committees. Chairs of standing committees operating and voting as
joint committees shall serve as co-chairs of the joint committees.
7-11. Introduction of General Appropriation Bill. The general appropriation bill shall be
introduced by the Senate Committee on Appropriations in even-numbered years and by the House
Committee on Appropriations in odd-numbered years. The general appropriation bill shall be
introduced no later than the sixteenth legislative day.
7-12. Structure of Appropriations Committee. The Senate and House Committees may meet
in joint session or form combined subcommittees to hear agency budget presentations. If
combined subcommittees are formed and maintained through the entire session, each
subcommittee may make committee amendments to the general appropriation bill. The final
committee action to the general appropriation bill shall be approved by a majority vote of the
Senate Committee members-elect as well as a majority vote of the House Committee members-
elect. Such action shall constitute the committee report of the house of origin on the general
appropriation bill.
purpose, the other house shall appoint a committee to confer with a like committee of the other
house upon the subject of the disagreement, and to report back to its house of appointment. Each
conference committee shall consist of three members of each house and shall be appointed by the
presiding officers of the two houses. Insofar as possible, members appointed to conference
committees shall be representative of the decision within the house upon the issue under
consideration.
8-2. Conference committee meetings, committee reports, and reports must be germane.
Conference committees shall meet in open session. The presiding officer of the house of origin
shall announce to that body the time and location of each conference committee meeting. Each
conference committee shall report the results of each meeting to the body. The conference
committee report must be germane to the title of the bill as submitted to the conference
committee. Conference committee reports must be signed by at least two members from each
house for adoption.
8-3. Final disposition of report and distribution of reports. Adoption of a conference
committee report recommending passage of a bill or adoption of a resolution constitutes final
disposition. The vote required to concur in the amendments of the other House or to adopt a
conference committee report shall be the same as that required for final passage of the bill or
resolution taking such bill or resolution as a whole. Before the final vote on the adoption of a
conference committee report may be taken, any member of the body may require that the report
be distributed in written form to the members of the body.
8-4. Member may move to not appoint a subsequent conference committee. Final
disposition. However, if a conference committee report is not adopted, any member may move
not to appoint a new conference committee. If that motion prevails it constitutes final disposition
of that bill or resolution.
9-2. Rules of the committee of the whole. The rules observed by the house concerned shall
govern as far as practicable, except that:
(1) The yeas and nays may not be called;
(2) The previous question may not be enforced; and
(3) The time of speaking may not be limited.
9-3. Adjournment of the committee of the whole. A motion that the committee rise is always
in order and shall be decided without debate.
EACH HOUSE SHALL KEEP A JOURNAL OF ITS PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLISH THE SAME
FROM TIME TO TIME, EXCEPT SUCH PARTS AS REQUIRE SECRECY, AND THE YEAS
AND NAYS OF MEMBERS ON ANY QUESTION SHALL BE TAKEN AT THE DESIRE OF
ONE-SIXTH OF THOSE PRESENT AND ENTERED UPON THE JOURNAL.
§ 2-7-8. Time of delivery of daily legislative journals - Penalty for delay - Waiver.
The contractor for printing and binding of the journals of the Legislature shall deliver the daily
journals to the Legislature at least two hours before the convening of the Legislature on the
following legislative day and, if he fails to do so, he is subject to a penalty of ten dollars per hour
for each hour's delay to be deducted from any sum due him on the contract, or recovered from
his performance bond in the event such deduction from contract cannot be made. The director
of the legislative research council may waive the penalty provisions of this section if failure to
deliver the daily journals as required is due to circumstances which the director considers to be
sufficiently extenuating.
§ 2-7-10. Permanent journals as official record of proceedings.
The corrected daily copies of the journal of the senate and house of representatives, together with
the index thereof, shall constitute, and be the official permanent record of the legislative
proceedings.
§ 2-7-11. Time of delivery of permanent journals - Distribution and price.
The contractor for printing the journal indexes of the Legislature shall deliver them to the
legislative research council within ninety days after copy therefor has been furnished. The
legislative research council shall provide for the distribution of the journals. Price and
distribution of the journal indexes shall be determined by a joint-select committee of the
Legislature.
10-2. Journal contents. In keeping a correct journal, the secretary of the Senate and the chief
clerk of the House shall record in the journals of their respective houses the motions, resolutions,
rules and decisions of the respective houses.
10-3. Journal format and certification. The secretary of the Senate and the chief clerk of the
House shall each furnish a corrected copy of their respective compiled daily journals to the printer
having the contract for the printing of the journals. The secretary and the chief clerk shall preface
the journals by a title to appear on the first page of the permanent volumes of the journals,
substantially as follows:
On the second page of the journal the secretary or chief clerk shall certify that the record contains
a full, true, and correct proceeding of the legislative session.
One copy each of the daily permanent journals of the House and Senate shall be certified as
follows:
I hereby certify that the following (Senate or House) journal of the _______________legislative day is correct.
The certified copies shall be filed with the secretary of state not later than forty days after the
adjournment of the Legislature.
11-2. Adopting joint rules. A joint rule may be adopted by concurrence of a majority of the
members-elect of each house.
11-3. Proceedings governed by Mason's Manual. Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure
governs the proceedings of the
Senate and the House of Representatives in all cases not covered by these rules.
THE ENACTING CLAUSE OF A LAW SHALL BE: "BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA" AND NO LAW SHALL BE PASSED UNLESS BY
ASSENT OF A MAJORITY OF ALL THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE OF THE
LEGISLATURE. AND THE QUESTION UPON THE FINAL PASSAGE SHALL BE TAKEN
UPON ITS LAST READING, AND THE YEAS AND NAYS SHALL BE ENTERED UPON THE
JOURNAL.
Art. XI, § 14. Vote required to impose or increase taxes.
THE RATE OF TAXATION IMPOSED BY THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN REGARD TO
ANY TAX MAY NOT BE INCREASED AND NO NEW TAX MAY BE IMPOSED BY THE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA UNLESS BY CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE BY EXERCISE OF THEIR
RIGHT OF INITIATIVE OR BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF ALL THE MEMBERS ELECT OF
EACH BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Article XII, § 2. Contents of general appropriation bill - Separate appropriation bills.
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL SHALL EMBRACE NOTHING BUT APPROPRIATIONS FOR ORDINARY EXPENSES OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE, THE CURRENT EXPENSES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS, INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC DEBT, AND FOR COMMON SCHOOLS. ALL OTHER APPROPRIATIONS SHALL BE MADE BY SEPARATE BILLS, EACH EMBRACING BUT ONE OBJECT, AND SHALL REQUIRE A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF EACH BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE.
AMENDMENTS TO THIS CONSTITUTION MAY BE PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE OR BY A
MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE. AN
AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE SHALL REQUIRE A PETITION SIGNED BY
QUALIFIED VOTERS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST TEN PER CENT OF THE TOTAL
VOTES CAST FOR GOVERNOR IN THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION. THE
PETITION CONTAINING THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND THE NAMES
AND ADDRESSES OF ITS SPONSORS SHALL BE FILED AT LEAST ONE YEAR BEFORE THE
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION AT WHICH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS SUBMITTED
TO THE VOTERS. A PROPOSED AMENDMENT MAY AMEND ONE OR MORE ARTICLES
AND RELATED SUBJECT MATTER IN OTHER ARTICLES AS NECESSARY TO
ACCOMPLISH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE AMENDMENT.
12-2. Voting restrictions. No member may vote on any question unless within the chamber and
voting before the result of the vote is announced.
12-3. Voting procedures. Questions shall be put in this form: "As many as favor the question,
as stated, say 'Yea'; as many as are opposed to the question, as stated, 'Nay'." If the presiding
officer doubts the result of a vote or if a division is called for, the members shall divide. Those
in the affirmative shall first rise from their seats and remain standing until counted and then those
in the negative shall vote in like manner.
12-4. Changing votes. If the yeas and nays have been taken on any question, no member may
change a vote after the decision is announced from the chair, unless by unanimous consent of the
house.
12-5. Majority vote required for resolutions. Any joint or concurrent resolution requires a
majority vote of the members elected to each house of the Legislature, and the yeas and nays shall
be entered upon the journal. Any House or Senate resolution requires a majority vote of the
members elected to that house, and the yeas and nays shall be entered upon the journal.
13-3. Consent calendar scheduling. The calendar committee in each house may schedule
consent calendar bills and resolutions at any time.
13-4. Consent calendar items -- questions, voting. Bills and resolutions on the consent
calendar are not debatable. The president of the Senate or the speaker of the House of
Representatives shall allow a reasonable time for questions from the floor and shall permit the
proponents of the bills or resolutions to answer the questions. Immediately before voting on the
first bill or resolution on the consent calendar, the president of the Senate or the speaker of the
House of Representatives shall call to the attention of the members the fact that the next roll call
will be the roll call on the bill or resolution on the consent calendar.
NO ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT UNTIL NINETY DAYS AFTER THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE
SESSION AT WHICH IT PASSED, UNLESS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, (TO BE EXPRESSED
IN THE PREAMBLE OR BODY OF THE ACT) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL BY A VOTE OF
TWO-THIRDS OF ALL THE MEMBERS ELECTED OF EACH HOUSE, OTHERWISE DIRECT.
Article IV, § 4, Par. 1, 2, 3, 4. Veto power.
WHENEVER THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION, ANY BILL PRESENTED TO THE
GOVERNOR FOR SIGNATURE SHALL BECOME LAW WHEN THE GOVERNOR SIGNS THE
BILL OR FAILS TO VETO THE BILL WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF PRESENTATION. A VETOED
BILL SHALL BE RETURNED BY THE GOVERNOR TO THE LEGISLATURE TOGETHER
WITH HIS OBJECTIONS WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF PRESENTATION IF THE LEGISLATURE
IS IN SESSION OR UPON THE RECONVENING OF THE LEGISLATURE FROM A RECESS.
ANY VETOED BILL SHALL BE RECONSIDERED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND, IF
TWO-THIRDS OF ALL MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE SHALL PASS THE BILL, IT SHALL
BECOME LAW.
WHENEVER A BILL HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE
HAS ADJOURNED OR RECESSED WITHIN FIVE DAYS FROM PRESENTATION, THE BILL
SHALL BECOME LAW WHEN THE GOVERNOR SIGNS THE BILL OR FAILS TO VETO IT
WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER SUCH ADJOURNMENT OR RECESS.
BILLS WITH ERRORS IN STYLE OR FORM MAY BE RETURNED TO THE LEGISLATURE BY
THE GOVERNOR WITH SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE. BILLS
RETURNED SHALL BE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS VETOED BILLS EXCEPT
THAT SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE AS TO STYLE OR FORM MAY BE
APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE. IF THE
GOVERNOR CERTIFIES THAT THE BILL CONFORMS WITH HIS SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BILL SHALL BECOME LAW. IF THE GOVERNOR FAILS TO
CERTIFY THE BILL, IT SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE LEGISLATURE AS A VETOED BILL.
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and statutes relating to vetoes and the referendum,
an act of the Legislature which does not prescribe when it shall take effect, if passed at a regular
session, takes effect on the first day of July after its passage and if passed at a special session on
the ninety-first day after the final adjournment of such session.
§ 2-7-20.1. Certificate of conformity by Legislature in form and style.
Whenever the Governor certifies, pursuant to paragraph four of section 4 of article IV of the
Constitution, that the Legislature has conformed a bill to his recommendations, that certificate
shall be typed and signed on the enrolled bill.
§ 2-7-20.2. Veto of bills passed before last four session days - Message to house of origin -
Reconsideration - Filing with secretary of state.
Whenever the Governor vetoes any bill or any items of a bill which was presented to him five or
more calendar days before an adjournment or a recess of the Legislature, he shall transmit his
veto message with the original bill to the secretary of the senate or chief clerk of the house,
whichever was the house of origin, on the date of his exercise of the power but no later than noon
on the last legislative day prior to adjournment or recess. The officer of the house receiving the
veto message shall certify on the original copy of the bill whether reconsideration was had and
the vote on any reconsideration and shall transmit the bill and veto message to the secretary of
state for filing when the time for reconsideration has passed.
§ 2-7-20.3. Veto of bills too late for return to Legislature - Transmittal to secretary of state.
Whenever the Governor vetoes a bill or any items of a bill which was presented to him during the
final four days preceding an adjournment or a recess and it cannot be transmitted to the house
of origin in session, he shall transmit the original bill and his veto message to the secretary of
state within one day following his veto but no later than the sixteenth day following adjournment
or recess.
15-2. Notification of bill or resolution rejection. If a bill or joint resolution which has passed
one house is rejected by the other, the house of origin shall be immediately notified of this action.
15-3. Notification of bill or resolution deferred to 36th or 41st day. If the consideration of any
bill or joint resolution which originated in one house shall be postponed in the other house to a
day so distant that it will not be taken up again by the present session, the house of origin shall
be immediately notified of such action.
15-4. Recall of bills, resolutions, reports, amendments, orders, and messages from the other
house. If a bill, resolution, report, amendment, order or message upon which a vote has been
taken has been transmitted to the other house, a motion may be made to recall such item for
correction and shall be acted upon immediately.
15-5. Returning of recalled bills and resolutions. If a motion has been passed to recall a bill
or resolution and the motion for such recall has been received by the other house prior to the time
of its first reading, the presiding officer shall immediately inform the body in session that such
bill or resolution will be returned unless objection is made and sustained by a majority vote of
the members-elect of such house.
16-2. Call of the house. A call of the members of either house may be had in joint session by
order of the house in which the call is desired.
16-3. Recording of the proceedings. The secretary of the Senate and the chief clerk of the
House shall be the clerks of the joint session and keep a record of the proceedings and enter the
record in the journals of the Senate or of the House.
16-4 Motion to defer or adjourn. Any motion to defer or adjourn shall be decided by a joint vote of both houses, and, if required, the yeas and nays shall be entered upon the journals of both houses.
Legislative Deadline Dates | ||
Legislative Action | 40 Day Session | 35 Day Session |
Final day for introduction of individual bills and joint resolutions | 15th Day | 10th Day |
Final day of introduction of committee bills and joint resolutions* | 16th Day | 11th Day |
Last day upon which Joint Rule 5-17 can be invoked on a bill or resolution in either house | 26th Day | 21st Day |
Last day to move required delivery of bills or resolutions by a committee to the house of origin* | 27th Day | 22nd Day |
Last day to pass bills or joint resolutions by the house of origin* | 28th Day | 23rd Day |
Last day to move required delivery of bills or resolutions by a committee to the second house* | 35th Day | 30th Day |
During the seven final legislative days motions to reconsider and reconsideration being made upon the same day (any time before adjournment) | 34th Day on | 29th Day on |
Last day for a bill or joint resolution to pass both houses | 36th Day | 31st Day |
Three days preceding the final day of a legislative session shall be reserved for concurrences or action upon conference committee reports |
37th Day 38th Day 39th Day |
32nd Day 33rd Day 34th Day |
The final day of a legislative session is reserved for the consideration of vetoes | 40th Day | 35th Day |
* This deadline does not apply to the general appropriations bill. |
Rep. Gordon Pederson moved that the House do now adjourn, which motion prevailed, and
at 1:18 p.m. the House adjourned.