These are the actions we worked on during the 2020 Legislative Session.
2020 Session
Education
| FHA Action | Bill Number | Description |
  |
HB1204 | An act to reduce the tax credit amount permitted for the partners in education tax credit program. |
  |
HB1167 | An act to keep parents informed with regard to conversations between a student and a school counselor. |
Family
| FHA Action | Bill Number | Description | ||
|
|
HB1057 | The Vulnerable Child Protection Act – a bill to prevent medical harm against children struggling with questions about their identity. | ||
|
|
HB1096 | An act to stop the business of commercial surrogacy in South Dakota. | ||
|
|
HB1232 | An act to provide funds to offset certain costs related to adoption. |
Gambling – Halt Expansion Of
| FHA Action | Bill Number | Description |
|
|
HB1249 | An act to establish the video lottery repeal and recovery fund, and prohibit the State Lottery Commission from advertising the lottery. |
|
|
HB1250 | An act to establish the video lottery repeal and recovery fund, and to increase the State’s percentage of the total revenue raised through the lottery. |
|
|
HB1282 | An act to establish the video lottery repeal and recovery fund, and to cap the amount of revenue the state is permitted to spend. |
Health Care
FHA Action seeks to safeguard the health care system in South Dakota. Health care is a massive family issue.
| FHA Action | Bill Number | Description |
|
|
SB109 | An act to protect the conscience rights of medical professionals. – Bill withdrawn at the request of sponsor. |
Judicial System
| FHA Action | Bill Number | Description | ||
|
|
HB1047 | An act to strengthen certain aspects of our human trafficking laws. <ahref=”http: sdlegislature.gov=”” legislative_session=”” bills=”” bill.aspx?bill=”1047&Session=2020″”></ahref=”http:> |
||
|
|
SB73 | An act to allow that a name change for a victim of abuse or human trafficking not be published in a newspaper. | ||
|
|
HB1277 | An act to prevent trafficking, coercion, and exploitation that occurs under the guise of obscene content. |
Life – Sanctity of
| FHA Action | Bill Number | Description |
|
|
HB1195 | An act to provide an affirmative defense to a pregnant mother after receiving a charge for drug possession if she completes an addiction recovery program. |
|
|
HCR6020 | A resolution denouncing the National Education Association’s recent policy to support “the fundamental right to abortion. |
Other Issues
| FHA Action | Bill Number | Description |
|
|
HCR6005 | Commending the nation of Israel for its cordial and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States and with the State of South Dakota. <ahref=”http: sdlegislature.gov=”” legislative_session=”” bills=”” bill.aspx?bill=”1047&Session=2020″”></ahref=”http:> |
|
|
HB1212 | An act to add members of the clergy to the list of mandatory reporters. |
