76th Legislative Session _ 2001

Committee: House State Affairs
Friday, February 09, 2001

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Brown (Richard)
P    Duenwald
P    Duniphan
P    Eccarius
P    Glenski
P    Hanson (Gary)
P    Jaspers
P    Juhnke
P    Michels
P    Olson (Mel)
P    Smidt
P    Napoli, Vice-Chair
P    Peterson (Bill), Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Bill Napoli.

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 7, 2001 (8:00 PM)

Moved by:    Duniphan
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

         HB 1190: provide that the free exercise of religion is protected.

Presented By:    Representative Richard Brown, prime sponsor (handouts 1 and 2)
Proponents:    Ben Leslie, self, Sioux Falls
        Representative Stanford Adelstein, President, Synagogue of the Hills
        Rory King, Catholic Diocese of Eastern SD, Aberdeen


        Mark Tammen, Presbyterian minister, self, Louisville
        
Opponents:    Neil Fulton, self, Pierre
        Tom Barnett, lobbyist, State Bar Association
        Dick Tieszen, lobbyist, SD Sheriffs Association
        Joni Clark Cutler, via letter (handout 3)

Chair Bill Peterson assumed the chair.

The Chair deferred HB 1190 until Monday, February 12, 2001 (7:00 PM).

         HB 1159: require an employee's written authorization before money may be withheld from the employee's paycheck for a political purpose.

Presented By:    Representative Hal Wick, prime sponsor (handout 4)
Proponents:    Representative Stanford Adelstein, self
Opponents:    Senator Gil Koetzle, self
        Lona Lewis, lobbyist, SDEA
        Paul Aylward, lobbyist, SD AFL-CIO, Huron
        Richard Schultz, lobbyist, SD AFL-CIO, Watertown

The Chair deferred HB 1159 until Monday, February 12, 2001 (7:00 PM).

         HB 1155: restrict smoking in public buildings and certain places of business.

Presented By:    Representative Stanford Adelstein, prime sponsor (handouts 5 and 6)
Proponents:    Dr. Kevin Weiland, self, Rapid City
        Brenda Pates, self, Rapid City
        Tom Aman, self, Aberdeen (handout 7)
        Tim Pierson, self, Aberdeen
        Dan Moen, self, Aberdeen
        Gerri Moore, self, respiratory therapist, Onida
        Jennifer Stalley, American Cancer Society, Pierre
        Roberta Vogt, lobbyist, AARP, Aberdeen
        Representative Larry Frost, sponsor of HB 1115


The Chair deferred HB 1155 until Monday, February 12, 2001.

The Chair deferred HB 1115 until Monday, February 12, 2001.

         HJR 1001: Proposing and submitting to the electors at the special election designated

by the Seventy-fifth Legislature, meeting in special session, a question relating to the decision by the South Dakota State Cement Plant Commission to sell the state cement plant.

Presented By:    Representative Frank Kloucek, prime sponsor
Proponents:    Robert Mack, self, Watertown (handouts 8 and 9)

The Chair deferred HJR 1001 until Monday, February 12 (7:00 PM).

The Chair deferred HB 1210 until a later date.

The Chair deferred HB 1201 until a later date.

MOTION:     ADJOURN

Moved by:    Duniphan
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Clara Shelbourn

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Committee Secretary
Bill Peterson, Chair


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