Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Judiciary
Room:    413
Date:    Friday, February 20, 2004
Time:    10:00 AM



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CONFIRM: Vivian Asmussen, Hughes County, Pierre, South Dakota to the Commission on
Human Rights

CONFIRM: Theodore J. Pins, Lake County, Wentworth, South Dakota to the Board of Pardons
and Paroles

         HB 1275*     require chemical tests of drivers involved in accidents resulting in serious bodily injury.
             Representatives Kraus, Adelstein, Gillespie, Hennies, McCaulley, Michels, Novstrup, Olson (Mel), Peterson (Bill), Sebert, Teupel, and Van Etten and Senators Abdallah, Bogue, de Hueck, Duenwald, Duniphan, Ham-Burr, McCracken, and Moore

         HB 1282*     prohibit recovery based on claims resulting from weight gain, obesity, or a health condition resulting from long-term consumption of a qualified product.
             Representatives McCaulley, Bradford, Cutler, Haverly, Kraus, Rave, Rhoden, Schafer, Teupel, Thompson, and Weems and Senators Apa, Abdallah, and Jaspers

         HB 1292*     provide for the rescission of a person's privilege to refuse to submit to the withdrawal of blood or urine for driving so as to endanger the life of a child and to provide for a separate misdemeanor penalty.
             Representatives Van Norman, Bartling, Bradford, Burg, Elliott, Engels, Gassman, Gillespie, Glenski, Hanson, Hargens, Hundstad, Kroger, Lange, McCoy, Nesselhuf, Olson (Mel), Peterson (Jim), Rounds, Sigdestad, Thompson, and Valandra and Senators LaPointe, Abdallah, Brown, de Hueck, Dempster, Dennert, Greenfield, Kleven, Kloucek, Koetzle, Kooistra, Moore, Nachtigal, and Symens

         HB 1298*     repeal certain provisions regarding implied consent for withdrawal of bodily substances and chemical tests when operating a motor vehicle.
             Representatives Olson (Ryan), Cutler, Kraus, and Rave and Senators Ham-Burr, Abdallah, de Hueck, Jaspers, and Sutton (Dan)

         HB 1053*     increase liquidated court costs.
             The Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Office of the Attorney General

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.

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PATRICIA DE HUECK, Chair