These are the actions we worked on during the 2019 Legislative Session.
2019 Session
Criminal Justice
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HB1198 | An act to further define coercion within the context of Human Trafficking. |
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HB1243 | An act to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of classes in the hate crimes statute. |
Education
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HB1225 | An act to establish eligibility for playing on sex-segregated sports teams as based on the student’s birth certificate. |
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SB55 | An act to require that the national motto be displayed in public schools. |
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HB1058 | An act to consider homeschool students “private school students” for the purposes of federal funding for special education services. |
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HB1040 | An act to place the same requirements on homeschool students as is placed on public and private school students to qualify for the Opportunity Scholarship. |
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SB49 | An act to establish eligibility for playing on sex-segregated sports teams as based on the student’s birth certificate. |
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HB1175 | An act to establish an early learning advisory council. |
Family
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HB1055 | An act to require parental consent before placing a “Do Not Resuscitate” order in the medical file of a minor child. |
Gambling
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SJR2 | A joint resolution to place on the 2020 ballot, the question of sports betting in Deadwood and Reservation casinos. |
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HB1253 | An act to require funding for advertising explaining the negative aspects of compulsive gambling. |
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HB1252 | An act to increase the State’s percentage of video lottery revenue and to create a repeal & recovery fund for the excess revenue. |
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SJR5 | A joint resolution to place on the 2020 ballot, the question of allowing gambling in one casino in Yankton. |
Life – Sanctity of
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HR1003 | Denouncing the recent passage of New York’s abortion law and requesting that the Governor declare a day of prayer and fasting to atone for the unspeakable crime of abortion. |
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HB1177 | An act to require that a doctor offer to make audible the heartbeat of the baby before performing an abortion. |
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SB72 | An act to provide for a form a physician must use to obtain consent to an abortion. |
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HB1190 | An act to update the informed consent requirements to include reporting on the number of mothers that chose to hear the heartbeat of the child. |
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HB1193 | An act to provide a criminal penalty for causing an abortion against a pregnant mother’s will. |
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SB85 | An act to move the deadline for reporting abortion statistics from November 15 to July 1st. |
