These are the actions we worked on during the 2016, 2017 & 2018 Legislative Sessions.
2018 Session
Constitution
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SJR1 | Proposing to the electors at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, to raise the threshold for a constitutional amendment to 55%. |
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SCR7 | A Resolution Supporting the State of Israel. |
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HJR1006 | Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring that future amendments cover only one topic. |
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HJR1003 | Rescinding House Joint Resolution 1001, adopted by the Ninetieth Legislature of the State of South Dakota pertaining to an Article V convention. |
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SJR7 | Rescinding House Joint Resolution 1001, adopted by the Ninetieth Legislature of the State of South Dakota pertaining to an Article V convention. |
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SJR3 | To apply for a convention of states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government and limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government. |
Criminal Justice
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HB1123 | An act to prohibit certain persons suffering from a severe mental illness from receiving capital punishment. |
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SB61 | An act to update provisions regarding sex offender registration. |
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SB64 | An Act to revise certain provisions related to attempted human trafficking in the first degree and to provide a penalty therefor |
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SB67 | An act to permit a victim of child sex trafficking or exploitation to expunge any criminal or delinquency record obtained as a result of the victimization. |
Education
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SB117 | An act to revise certain provisions regarding the partners in education tax credit program. |
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HB1073 | An Act to provide for the protection of free speech on the campuses of public institutions of higher education. |
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SB198 | An Act to provide for the protection of free speech on the campuses of public institutions of higher education. (mirrored verbiage of HB1073) |
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SB94 | An act to establish certain provisions regarding the opportunity scholarship program. |
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HB1120 | An act to provide equal access for all students to participate in activities sponsored by the South Dakota High School Activities Association or school districts. |
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HB1221 | An act to expand the partners in education tax credit program to include tribally controlled schools on a federally recognized Indian reservation. |
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HB1272 | An act to remove the requirement that a parent have two witnesses sign their school exemption form before homeschooling their child. WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR |
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SB132 | An act to establish an early learning advisory council to examine the need for early childhood education and make recommendations for increasing overall participation in early learning programs. |
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SCR10 | A resolution recognizing the need for early childhood education. |
Family
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HCR1008 | A resolution recognizing that tobacco, alcohol, and other drug marketing have no place in the lives of the children of the state. |
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HB1269 | An act to shorten the time frame for giving consent in adoption proceedings. |
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SB167 | An act to revise certain provisions regarding the consideration of joint physical custody of a minor. |
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SB74 | An act to create an exception to the minimum difference in age between adoptive parent and child. |
Gambling
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HB1279 | An Act to increase the State’s percentage of video lottery income, to place the increased monies in a fund, and repeal video lottery in 2022. |
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SJR9 | Propose on the ballot the ability for a single convention center in Yankton to have keno, craps, roulette, card games and slot machines. |
Human Rights
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SCR13 | Recognizing the root cause of the global war on terror. |
Life – Sanctity of
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SB110 | An act to establish certain findings pertaining to pre-abortion counseling practices by abortion providers in South Dakota and to amend provisions regarding mandatory third-party pre-abortion counseling. |
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SCR3 | Committing the Legislature and urging the Governor, the Supreme Court, and the Attorney General to secure the blessings of life and liberty for South Dakota’s posterity. |
Second Amendment
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HB1299 | An act to require that entities who designate areas as gun free zones ensure guns are not present, whether that be through use of metal detectors or trained personnel. WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR |
2017 Session
Constitution
FHA Action is constantly monitoring threats to the amazing document that is the U.S. Constitution.
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HB1069 | Repeal the changes made by Initiated Measure 22 |
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HB1200 | An act to make public the names, addresses, and employers of the top 100 donors of an organization if that organization spends more than $50,000 on a ballot question. |
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SB171 | An act to establish the Government Accountability Task Force to study government, campaign finance, lobbyist restrictions, and ethics. |
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SCR2 | A resolution expressing support for the continued use of the Electoral College for our Presidential elections. |
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SJR2 | SJR2 is a joint resolution that would be voted on by the people in the 2018 general election. It would change stipulations in the state Constitution regarding Constitutional amendments. Instead of a majority needed to pass in the House and Senate, it would require a two-thirds vote to go on the ballot. Then it would require a change from majority to 60% of the vote of the people to be approved. |
Education
All legislation supported by the Family Heritage Alliance, regarding the education of South Dakota children, will be analyzed through a stringent filter. The proposed legislation would fail to meet our criteria if we deem the answers to one or more of six questions to be in the affirmative.
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HB1122 | An Act to clarify certain provisions regarding the process to be excused from public school attendance |
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HB1125 | An act to make donor information relating to the “Partners in Education Tax Credit” a matter of public record. |
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SB115 | An act to ensure the privacy of students in public school locker rooms, showers, and other changing facilities. |
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SB155 | An act to establish an early childhood education pilot program and to make an appropriation therefor. (state funded pre-kindergarten) |
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SB156 | An act to establish the South Dakota Early Learning Advisory Council to oversee the implementation of the early childhood education pilot-program. (state funded pre-kindergarten) |
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SB55 | SB55 would ensure that a teacher is free to explain not only the strengths, but also the weaknesses of any scientific theory that is discussed in their classroom. |
Family
As our name implies, we are all about the family. From improving marriage relationships to raising healthy children, we want legislation to protect and defend the family
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SB149 | An act to protect faith-based adoption agencies from Government discrimination. Please thank the Governor for signing this bill.
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SB81 | An act to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or possession of powdered alcohol. |
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SCR4 | A resolution recognizing the harmful effects of pornography, and categorizing it as a public health crisis. |
Health Care
FHA Action seeks to safeguard the health care system in South Dakota. Health care is a massive family issue.
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SCR11 | A resolution opposing physician assisted suicide |
Human Rights
Our Declaration of Independence refers clearly to our human rights in stating “…That among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The issue of Human Rights is a multi-faceted topic including Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, Protection of the Weak, or simply the freedom to live your life without unnecessary burdens.
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HB1118 | An act to eliminate the need to prove the use of force, fraud, or coercion in the human trafficking of minors. |
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HB1143 | An act to specify that someone 15 or under cannot be charged with prostitution. |
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SB102 | An act to require that the name and telephone number of an organization fighting to end sex trafficking be given, in writing, to any woman seeking an abortion. |
Life – Sanctity of
The phrase sanctity of life refers to the idea that human life is sacred and holy, argued mainly by the pro-life side in political and moral debates over such controversial issues as abortion, contraception, euthanasia, and embryonic stem-cell research in the United States.
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HB1101 | An act to increase the penalty for performing an abortion of an unborn child capable of feeling pain |
Marriage
FHA Action takes very seriously the task of defending marriage as God defines it, promoting legislation that strengthens it, and opposing legislation that undermines it.
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SB93 | An act to adjust the marriage license fee and to provide a discounted rate for those who complete marriage counseling. |
2016 Session
Child Protection
Protecting our children from harm, whether inside the home or outside of it, has always been important to the Family Heritage Alliance and her friends. There is much to be done when it comes to safe-guarding our children from child abuse, sexual abuse and child predators.
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HB 1008 | The Student Physical Privacy Act will protect the privacy of every public school student, while being sensitive to the student who has confusion about their gender. Governor Daugaard vetoed this bill. |
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HB1247 |
An act to require that school districts and child welfare agencies adopt a policy and provide access to training on sexual abuse. Withdrawn by Sponsor |
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SB168 | Revising certain provisions regarding Human Trafficking. |
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SB169 | Revise certain provisions regarding Child Pornography. |
Criminal Justice
We are a nation under the rule of law. Our Pledge of Allegiance promises “justice for all”. Such is the challenge for the Family Heritage Alliance. We endeavor in our work at the capitol to ensure that the bills passed by the legislature provide justice for all.
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HB1225 | An act to allow the forfeiture of assets related to a conviction of terrorism. |
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SB 26 | Require a sex offender to report changes in residence and occupation to the Chief of Police or Sheriff in addition to their parole officer. Also to require them to notify of foreign travel. |
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SB 97 | Allow class 2 misdemeanors to be automatically erased from public record after 10 years. (Law enforcement records would continue show the offense) |
Education
All legislation supported by the Family Heritage Alliance, regarding the education of South Dakota children, will be analyzed through a stringent filter. The proposed legislation would fail to meet our criteria if we deem the answers to one or more of six questions to be in the affirmative.
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HB 1013 |
Remove the requirement for alternative educators to administer a nationally standardized achievement test at 2nd grade. If you would like to ask your legislators to support this bill, find their contact info here. |
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HB 1112 | HB1112 seeks to void and replace the transgender policy that the SDHSAA passed last year which allows a student to play on the sports team they feel they belong on, rather than the team their birth-sex dictates. |
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HB1096 | An act to allow parents to opt their student out of certain achievement tests. |
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HB1168 | An act to require a parent to give written permission before their student may attend sexual education courses. |
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HB1209 |
An act to require that a state agency cannot ignore the sex of a student that is listed on their birth certificate. Withdrawn by the Sponsor |
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HB1215 | An act to give access to special ed. services for homeschool families. |
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SB 83 | Protect the teaching of scientific information in our schools, whether it be from an evolutionary standpoint or a creationist standpoint. |
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SB102 | An act to allow the sale of alcohol on the campuses of state universities. |
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SB129 | “Jason’s Law” would require that Teachers be given a 1-hour suicide prevention training as a part of their periodic re-certification. |
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SB159 | To provide financial assistance for low-income families to send their kids to a private school. |
Family
As our name implies, we are all about the family. From improving marriage relationships to raising healthy children, we want legislation to protect and defend the family
Gambling – Halt Expansion Of
It is often repeated in government circles: “There is no free lunch”. So what does the gambling money really cost South Dakotans in devastated families, fraud, addiction, and suicides? It is the belief of FHA Action that allowing the gambling industry to keep expanding is a bet we just can’t take.
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HB 1048 | Would allow the SD Lottery Commission to increase the Video Lottery machine limit, the bet limit, and the win limit. |
Health Care
FHA Action seeks to safeguard the health care system in South Dakota. Health care is a massive family issue.
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HB1067 | An act to “promote quality, competition, and freedom of choice in the health insurance market place.” This bill would essentially reverse Initiated Measure 17, passed by the voters in 2014. |
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SB171 |
An act to allow the medical use of Cannabidiol. (A Marijuana by-product.) If you would like to ask your legislators to oppose this bill, click here. |
Human Rights
Our Declaration of Independence refers clearly to our human rights in stating “…That among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The issue of Human Rights is a multi-faceted topic including Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, Protection of the Weak, or simply the freedom to live your life without unnecessary burdens.
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HCR1014 | Calling for the United States to save Christians, Yazidis and people of other faiths from persecution and genocide |
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HCR1017 | Commending the nation of Israel for its cordial and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States and with the State of South Dakota |
Life – Sanctity of
The phrase sanctity of life refers to the idea that human life is sacred and holy, argued mainly by the pro-life side in political and moral debates over such controversial issues as abortion, contraception, euthanasia, and embryonic stem-cell research in the United States.
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HB 1123 | Require inspection results of abortion clinics to be available to the public. |
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HB1157 | An act to require that a mother be given information about reversal procedures after taking the first step in a chemical abortion. |
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HB1212 | Revising certain requirements relating to pregnancy help centers. |
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SB 24 | Prohibit the sale of fetal body parts. |
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SB 72 | prohibit the abortion of an unborn child who is capable of experiencing pain and to provide a penalty therefor. |
Marriage
FHA Action takes very seriously the task of defending marriage as God defines it, promoting legislation that strengthens it, and opposing legislation that undermines it.
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HB 1107 |
ensure government nondiscrimination in matters of religious beliefs and moral convictions. Withdrawn by Sponsor |
Second Amendment
The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides for the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms. With the ever present attempts by many to undermine this vital right, the FHA supports legislation that protects
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SJR1 | Proposing an amendment to the state constitution strengthening the verbiage that protects our 2nd Amendment rights. |
