The Senate convened at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to adjournment, the President presiding.
The prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Pastor David Zellmer, followed by the Pledge of
Allegiance led by Senate page Monica Olsen.
Roll Call: All members present.
The President introduced the Honorable Tim Johnson, U.S. Senator from South Dakota,
who spoke briefly.
The President introduced Kate Monson, Beresford, and Andy T. Wiswall, Sioux Falls,
South Dakota Girls' and Boys' State Governors, who were escorted to the Chamber by Sens.
Albers and Everist.
The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources respectfully reports that it has had
under consideration HCR 1012 and 1013 and returns the same with the recommendation that
said resolutions be concurred in and be placed on the Consent Calendar.
The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources respectfully reports that it has had
under consideration HB 1301 which was tabled.
The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources respectfully reports that it has had
under consideration SCR 7 and tables the same.
The Committee on Commerce respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB
1247 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bill do pass and be placed on the
Consent Calendar.
The Committee on Commerce respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB
1127 which was tabled.
The Committee on Health and Human Services respectfully reports that it has had under
consideration HB 1053 and returns the same without recommendation.
The Committee on Transportation respectfully reports that it has had under consideration
HCR 1006 and returns the same with the recommendation that said resolution be concurred in
and be placed on the consent calendar.
The President introduced the Honorable John Thune, U.S. Congressman from South
Dakota, who spoke briefly.
MADAM PRESIDENT:
The Committee on Legislative Procedure respectfully reports that the Office of Engrossing
and Enrolling has carefully compared SB 1, 8, 16, 29, 33, 46, 47, 61, 122, 153, 171, and 176 and
finds the same correctly enrolled.
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to return herewith SB 1, 29, 46, 47, 61, 122, 171, and 176 which have
passed the House without change.
Also MADAM PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to return herewith SB 12 and 205 which have been amended by the House
and your concurrence in the amendments is respectfully requested.
SCR 8
Introduced by:
Senators Kloucek, Dennert, Dunn (Rebecca), Kleven, Lange, Moore,
Reedy, Symens, Valandra, and Vitter and Representatives Chicoine, Burg, Davis, Engbrecht,
Hunt, Jaspers, Lintz, Lockner, Munson (Donald), Nachtigal, Putnam, Sebert, Volesky,
Waltman, Weber, and Wudel
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION,
Requesting that railroad cars operating in the state be
reflectorized.
Sen. Albers moved that the Senate do concur in House amendments to SB 59.
The question being on Sen. Albers' motion that the Senate do concur in House amendments
to SB 59.
And the roll being called:
Nays were:
Staggers
Excused were:
Benson
So the motion having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the motion carried and the amendments were concurred in.
Sen. Halverson moved that the Senate do concur in House amendments to SB 97.
The question being on Sen. Halverson's motion that the Senate do concur in House
amendments to SB 97.
And the roll being called:
Yeas 33, Nays 0, Excused 2, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Dennert; Drake; Dunn (Jim); Dunn
(Rebecca); Duxbury; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Halverson; Ham; Hutmacher; Kleven;
Kloucek; Lange; Lawler; Madden; Moore; Munson (David); Olson; Paisley; Reedy; Rounds;
Shoener; Staggers; Symens; Valandra; Vitter; Whiting
Excused were:
Benson; Hainje
So the motion having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the motion carried and the amendments were concurred in.
Yesterday, Sen. Whiting announced his intention to reconsider the vote by which HB 1284
was lost.
Sen. Whiting moved that the vote by which HB 1284 was lost be reconsidered.
The question being on Sen. Whiting's motion that the vote by which HB 1284 was lost be
reconsidered.
Nays were:
Dennert; Drake; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Hainje; Hutmacher; Kleven; Moore; Olson;
Paisley; Staggers; Valandra
Excused were:
Benson; Dunn (Jim)
So the motion having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the motion carried and HB 1284 was up for reconsideration and final
passage.
HB 1284:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
include vehicular battery as an offense
for which the statutory presumptions arising from a chemical analysis of bodily fluids apply.
Having had its second reading was up for reconsideration and final passage.
The question being "Shall HB 1284 pass?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 18, Nays 15, Excused 2, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Dunn (Rebecca); Halverson; Ham; Lange;
Madden; Munson (David); Paisley; Reedy; Rounds; Shoener; Symens; Vitter; Whiting
Nays were:
Dennert; Drake; Duxbury; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Hainje; Hutmacher; Kleven; Kloucek;
Lawler; Moore; Olson; Staggers; Valandra
Excused were:
Benson; Dunn (Jim)
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
Sen. Staggers requested that HB 1133 be removed from the Consent Calendar.
HB 1052:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
codify the legislation passed in 1999.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1052 pass?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 34, Nays 1, Excused 0, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Dennert; Drake; Dunn (Jim); Dunn
(Rebecca); Duxbury; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Hainje; Halverson; Ham; Hutmacher; Kleven;
Kloucek; Lange; Lawler; Madden; Munson (David); Olson; Paisley; Reedy; Rounds; Shoener;
Staggers; Symens; Valandra; Vitter; Whiting
Nays were:
Moore
HB 1100:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
allow certain nurses and physician's
assistants to form limited liability partnerships and limited liability companies.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1100 pass as amended?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 34, Nays 1, Excused 0, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Dennert; Drake; Dunn (Jim); Dunn
(Rebecca); Duxbury; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Hainje; Halverson; Ham; Hutmacher; Kleven;
Kloucek; Lange; Lawler; Madden; Munson (David); Olson; Paisley; Reedy; Rounds; Shoener;
Staggers; Symens; Valandra; Vitter; Whiting
Nays were:
Moore
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
HB 1126:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
clarify the provision of municipal water
and sewer services outside of municipal boundaries.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1126 pass?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 34, Nays 1, Excused 0, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Dennert; Drake; Dunn (Jim); Dunn
(Rebecca); Duxbury; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Hainje; Halverson; Ham; Hutmacher; Kleven;
Kloucek; Lange; Lawler; Madden; Munson (David); Olson; Paisley; Reedy; Rounds; Shoener;
Staggers; Symens; Valandra; Vitter; Whiting
Nays were:
Moore
HB 1212:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
revise certain provisions regarding dealer
franchises to include motorcycles, boats, personal watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, and
snowmobiles.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1212 pass as amended?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 34, Nays 1, Excused 0, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Dennert; Drake; Dunn (Jim); Dunn
(Rebecca); Duxbury; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Hainje; Halverson; Ham; Hutmacher; Kleven;
Kloucek; Lange; Lawler; Madden; Munson (David); Olson; Paisley; Reedy; Rounds; Shoener;
Staggers; Symens; Valandra; Vitter; Whiting
Nays were:
Moore
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
HCR 1011:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION,
Calling upon the federal government to
take responsibility for long-term health care on Indian reservations and to implement a pilot
project in South Dakota.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HCR 1011 as found on page 386 of the House Journal be
concurred in?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 34, Nays 1, Excused 0, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Dennert; Drake; Dunn (Jim); Dunn
(Rebecca); Duxbury; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Hainje; Halverson; Ham; Hutmacher; Kleven;
Kloucek; Lange; Lawler; Madden; Munson (David); Olson; Paisley; Reedy; Rounds; Shoener;
Staggers; Symens; Valandra; Vitter; Whiting
So the motion having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the motion carried and HCR 1011 was concurred in.
HB 1073:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
permit assessments based on benefits.
Having had its second reading was up for consideration and final passage.
Sen. Rounds moved that HB 1073 be deferred until Friday, February 18, the 29th
legislative day.
Which motion prevailed and the bill was so deferred.
HB 1280:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
increase the penalty for certain violations
regarding vital records and the disposition of dead bodies.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1280 pass as amended?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 33, Nays 1, Excused 1, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Dennert; Drake; Dunn (Jim); Dunn
(Rebecca); Duxbury; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Hainje; Halverson; Ham; Hutmacher; Kleven;
Kloucek; Lange; Lawler; Madden; Munson (David); Olson; Paisley; Reedy; Rounds; Shoener;
Symens; Valandra; Vitter; Whiting
Nays were:
Staggers
Excused were:
Moore
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
Sen. Frederick moved the previous question.
Which motion prevailed.
The question being "Shall HB 1099 pass?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 20, Nays 15, Excused 0, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Daugaard; Dennert; Drake; Duxbury; Flowers; Frederick; Hutmacher; Kleven; Kloucek; Lange;
Lawler; Madden; Moore; Reedy; Rounds; Shoener; Staggers; Symens; Valandra; Vitter
Nays were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Dunn (Jim); Dunn (Rebecca); Everist; Hainje;
Halverson; Ham; Munson (David); Olson; Paisley; Whiting
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
The President introduced Dr. Curt Voight, 1999-2000 President of the National
Association of Secondary School Principals, who is from Rapid City and was escorted to the
Chamber by Sen. Ham.
HB 1134:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
revise certain provisions regarding the
issuance of on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses within improvement districts.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1134 pass as amended?"
Nays were:
Brosz; Frederick; Kloucek; Moore; Olson; Symens
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
HB 1137:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
exempt real estate licensees from certain
sex offender notification provisions.
Was read the second time.
Sen. Drake moved the previous question.
Which motion prevailed.
The question being "Shall HB 1137 pass as amended?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 29, Nays 6, Excused 0, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Dennert; Drake; Dunn (Jim);
Duxbury; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Hainje; Halverson; Ham; Hutmacher; Kleven; Lange;
Lawler; Madden; Moore; Munson (David); Olson; Rounds; Shoener; Staggers; Valandra;
Whiting
Nays were:
Dunn (Rebecca); Kloucek; Paisley; Reedy; Symens; Vitter
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
The question being "Shall HB 1156 pass as amended?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 28, Nays 5, Excused 2, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Drake; Dunn (Jim); Dunn
(Rebecca); Everist; Frederick; Hainje; Halverson; Ham; Hutmacher; Kleven; Kloucek; Lange;
Madden; Moore; Munson (David); Paisley; Reedy; Rounds; Shoener; Staggers; Vitter; Whiting
Nays were:
Dennert; Duxbury; Flowers; Olson; Valandra
Excused were:
Lawler; Symens
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
Sen. Rounds moved that HB 1002 be immediately considered.
Which motion prevailed.
HB 1002:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
require an independent actuarial review
of equity issues regarding the South Dakota Retirement System and to declare an emergency.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1002 pass as amended?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 24, Nays 10, Excused 1, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Drake; Dunn (Jim); Everist;
Frederick; Hainje; Halverson; Ham; Kleven; Kloucek; Madden; Moore; Munson (David);
Paisley; Rounds; Shoener; Staggers; Vitter; Whiting
Excused were:
Dennert
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a two-thirds majority of the members-
elect, the President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
HB 1163
:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
revise certain provisions relating to the
validity of marriages contracted outside this state.
Was read the second time.
The question being "Shall HB 1163 pass?"
And the roll being called:
Yeas 34, Nays 1, Excused 0, Absent and Not Voting 0
Yeas were:
Albers; Benson; Bogue; Brosz; Brown (Arnold); Daugaard; Dennert; Drake; Dunn (Jim); Dunn
(Rebecca); Duxbury; Everist; Flowers; Frederick; Hainje; Halverson; Ham; Hutmacher; Kleven;
Kloucek; Lange; Lawler; Madden; Moore; Munson (David); Olson; Paisley; Reedy; Rounds;
Shoener; Staggers; Symens; Vitter; Whiting
Nays were:
Valandra
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
There being no objection, the Senate reverted to Order of Business No. 5.
MADAM PRESIDENT:
The Committee on Legislative Procedure respectfully reports that the Office of Engrossing
and Enrolling has carefully compared SB 59 and 97 and finds the same correctly enrolled.
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has failed to concur in
Senate amendments to HB 1096 and has appointed Reps. Wetz, Brooks, and Lucas as a
committee of three on the part of the House to meet with a like committee on the part of the
Senate to adjust the differences between the two houses.
Also MADAM PRESIDENT:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the House has concurred in Senate
amendments to HB 1101, 1194, and 1293.
HB 1174:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
revise the provisions on the liability of
adjoining property owners for failure to repair or maintain sidewalks.
Was read the second time.
Sen. Vitter moved that HB 1174 be deferred until Friday, February 18, the 29th legislative
day.
Which motion prevailed and the bill was so deferred.
Sen. Dunn (Jim) moved that HB 1237 be immediately considered.
Which motion prevailed.
HB 1237:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
authorize additional licenses to sell
alcoholic beverages in certain convention facilities in certain municipalities.
Was read the second time.
Nays were:
Albers; Brosz; Dunn (Rebecca); Halverson; Kloucek; Olson; Reedy; Symens
Excused were:
Moore; Vitter
So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the
President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.
Sen. Rounds moved that HB 1179, 1197, 1200, 1213, 1222, 1261, 1282, and 1308 be
deferred until Friday, February 18, the 29th legislative day.
Which motion prevailed and the bills were so deferred.
The President publicly read the title to
SB 1:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
provide for the judicial jurisdiction of certain
underage consumption offenses.
SB 8:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
revise certain provisions relating to the
establishment of a separate market value for land in an identifiable region.
SB 16:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
require a candidate's financial statement to
be filed biannually until disposition of all funds and payment of all obligations.
SB 29:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
designate areas within the state park system
where a park license may be required.
SB 33:
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
define the duty of insurers and rights of
consumers with regard to auto insurance damage claims.
Sen. Daugaard moved that the Senate do now adjourn, which motion prevailed, and at
4:40 p.m. the Senate adjourned.