CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

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.

     1. Agriculture and Natural Resources (9)
     2. Appropriations (9)
     3. Commerce (7)
     4. Education (7)
     5. Government Operations and Audit (5)
     6. Health and Human Services (7)
     7. Judiciary (7)
     8. Legislative Procedure (7)
     9. Local Government (7)
    10. Retirement Laws (5)
    11. State Affairs (9)
    12. Taxation (9)
    13. Transportation (7)

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.

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.

H1-5. 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.

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 (9)
     3. Commerce (13)
     4. Education (15)
     5. Government Operations and Audit (5)
     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 (15)
    13. Transportation (13)

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."

When, in the judgment of the presiding officer, reasonable time has been allowed all members present in the House to vote, the presiding officer shall ask the question: "Have all members present voted?" After a pause, the presiding officer shall direct the chief clerk to record those members who are "Absent" or "Excused" and to lock the voting system after late votes, if any, are recorded, and to display and record the individual and total votes. The presiding officer shall then announce the vote. The chief clerk shall enter upon the journal the result in the manner provided by the joint rules of the Legislature.

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.

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, the speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate may allow any person other than a member of the body to speak subject to advance notice to the majority and minority leaders. A motion objecting to the decision of the presiding officer shall require a majority vote of the members elect.

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-4. Sexual harassment prohibited. All members are responsible for ensuring that the workplace is free from sexual harassment. All members shall avoid any action or conduct which could be viewed as sexual harassment. A member shall report any sexual harassment complaint to the presiding officer of the house to which the member belongs. If the situation is not resolved, the member shall forward the complaint to the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council.

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.

IN ALL ELECTIONS TO BE MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE THE MEMBERS THEREOF SHALL VOTE VIVA VOCE AND THEIR VOTES SHALL BE ENTERED IN THE JOURNAL.

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.

employees of the House. All employee positions shall be described in a uniform compensation and classification manual which shall be annually reviewed by the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council and approved by the Joint Select Committee on Compensation.

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;
        

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
        

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;
                             (3)    Approval of the journal;
                             (4)    Communications and petitions;
                             (5)    Reports of standing committees;
                             (6)    Reports of select committees;
                             (7)    Messages from the other house;
                             (8)    Motions and resolutions;
                             (9)    Consideration of committee reports;
                            (10)    Introduction, first reading and reference of bills and joint resolutions originating in the house;
                            (11)    Second reading of consent calendar bills and resolutions;
                            (12)    Second reading of bills and joint resolutions originating in the house;
                            (13)    First reading and reference of bills and joint resolutions originating in the other house;
                            (14)    Second reading of bills and joint resolutions originating in the other house;
                            (15)    Announcements.

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;
    (4) To lay on the table;
    (5) To call the previous question;
    (6) To defer indefinitely;
    (7) To defer to a day certain;
    (8) To refer to committee;
    (9) To amend.

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.

5-9. Division of the question. Any member may call for a division of the question. The presiding officer shall divide the question if it contains questions so distinct that, one being taken away, the rest may stand as a separate proposition.

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.

5-12. 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. Motion to delay action on amendments. Final action upon any amendment to a bill or resolution may not be had until one legislative day has intervened, if a request for delay is made and is supported by at least one-fifth of the members. However, no such request is in order during the last fourteen days of the session. This rule cannot be invoked more than two times on the same bill in each house.

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.

    (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-7. Placement of emergency clause. Any bill containing an emergency clause shall have the emergency clause added at the end of the bill.

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.

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:

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, or its chair, considering the bill or resolution may 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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

6F-2. Second reading at least one day after committee report. No bill or joint resolution may have its second reading or receive final passage until at least one legislative day after it has been reported to the house by the committee to which the same has been referred and such report has been read to the house.

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.

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.

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-9. Presentation of bills and joint resolutions to Governor. After a bill or joint resolution is signed by the officers of both houses, the chairmen of the committees on legislative procedure shall jointly cause such bill to be presented to the Governor for the Governor's signature and such joint resolution to the secretary of state for filing. The committees shall, at any time, report such presentations to both houses.

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.

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.

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.

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.

7-1.4. Posting of agendas. Agendas of the bills, resolutions, and other proposals to be considered at any meeting of a standing committee or subcommittee shall be posted on the bulletin board of the respective house. At least one legislative day shall intervene between the date of posting and the date of consideration. An agenda must be posted by 5 p.m. in order to allow for an intervening legislative day. However, if a day of legislative recess intervenes between the date of posting and the date of consideration, the requirement of posting is fulfilled only if posting is made prior to adjournment of the session of the particular house on the day before the legislative recess.

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.

7-4. 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.

7-5. Filing of committee minutes. The minutes of all standing committees shall be prepared and filed on a computerized legislative information system. Computer terminals shall be available in the Presidents' and Speakers' lobbies of the capitol.

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.

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:

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.

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:

(Seal of State)
Begun and Held at Pierre South Dakota
on

Tuesday, January ____ 20__
and Concluded
____________ March, _________ 20__
Published under the Direction and
Authority of the Legislature

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.

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.

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.

12-5. 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.

13-2. Consent calendar placement, objections. Any bill or resolution certified by the committee chair as an uncontested bill or resolution shall be placed by the secretary of the Senate or the chief clerk of the House of Representatives, on the consent calendar. Upon objection of any member to the placement or retention of any bill or resolution on the consent calendar, the bill or resolution shall be removed from the consent calendar and may be placed on the house calendar for second reading on the following legislative day. No consent calendar bill or resolution may be considered for adoption until the legislative day following the day of its placement on the consent calendar.

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.

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.

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.

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.

16.5 Suspension of floor privileges. During a joint session, former Governors, Lieutenant Governors, members of the Congress of the United States from South Dakota and former members of the South Dakota Legislature will not be admitted to the chamber. The presiding officer will instruct the sergeant at arms to provide a reserve seating section in the chamber gallery for these former officials who wish to witness the joint session.