Bill Tracking List Update - 1/20/22

Update - 1/20/22

Following are bills being tracked on behalf of DRSD as of this morning. You’ll note any pending hearings noted in RED as a means of alerting you to those scheduled activities. Other actions are noted in BLACK.

To see information about each bill, click on the title of the Senate or House Bill that you would like to learn more about. You can also visit the  LRC Website to see a full list of this year's bills.

Senate Bills

SB 9 - revise the definition of a designated caregiver.

Seeks to revise the definition of a designated caregiver in relation to medical cannabis; yet “designated caregiver” is widely used in other areas. The proposed change removed “a person” and replaces it with “an individual” which appears to be a legal term. Do Pass Passed – Yeas 7, Nays 0 and Placed on Consent on 1/19/22

SB 53 - make an appropriation to increase workforce housing and to declare an emergency.

Seeks to make an appropriation to increase workforce housing and to declare an emergency. It is seeking an appropriation of $150,000,000 of general funds and $50,000,000 in federal fund expenditure authority to the Governor’s Office of Economic Development for purposes of increasing housing supply across South Dakota.

SB 55 - appropriate funds for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency.

Seeks to make an appropriation of $50,000,000 in federal fund expenditure authority to the Governor’s Office of Economic Development to be used for grants for the continued expansion of broadband in the state of South Dakota.

SB 59 - revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.

Seeks to revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas. It is proposing to reduce the maximum tax levy on agricultural property and on owner-occupied single-family dwelling. It proposes an increase in the overhead rate. It proposes a reduction in the maximum special levy that may be assessed. It proposes adjustments to allocations for students with disabilities. Referred to Joint Appropriations Committee Passed – Yeas 6, Nays 0 on 1/18/22

SB 65 - delineate uses for the South Dakota housing opportunity fund.

Seeks to revise how the South Dakota housing opportunity fund may be used to serve low-to-moderate income households in securing affordable housing. Hearing scheduled for 1/20/22 at 10:00AM with Senate Judiciary – Room 413

SB 69 - provide for an electronic system to update voter registration information.

Seeks to allow persons currently registered to vote with voter information contained within the master registration file to submit identified changes to their voter registration form electronically. Do Pass Passed – Yeas 7, Nays 0 on 1/19/22; Full Senate 1/20/22

SB82 – Seeks to revise the admissibility of certain statements made by persons with developmental disabilities concerning certain crimes i.e., any act of sexual contact or rape or describing any act of physical abuse or neglect… Hearing scheduled for 1/25/22 at 8:00AM with Senate Judiciary – Room 413

SB89 – Seeks to require insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids and related services to persons under age nineteen

House Bills

HB 1001 - revise the freeze on assessments for dwellings of disabled and senior citizens.

Seeks to revise the freeze on assessments of dwellings of disabled and senior citizens. Proposes adjustments to person’s income levels, includes the indexing annually of household income, and adjusts the true market value at which it does not apply to a single-family dwelling unless an exception is met.

HB 1011 - revise the application process for the reduction of tax on dwellings owned by paraplegics.

Lies out the process needing to be completed, by whom and when, if an individual wants to seek this reduction in taxes.

HB 1014 - make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability and to declare an emergency.

This is an annual bill which seeks an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with disabilities. It is seeking an appropriation of $450,000 for the Department of Revenue, for the purposes of providing refunds of real property tax and sales tax to elderly and disabled persons.

HB 1016 - make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency.

Seeks an appropriation of $2,946,882 for costs related to disasters in the state. It would go to the special emergency and disaster special revenue fund.

HB 1019 - make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.

Seeks an appropriation of $1,500,000 for payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and would go to the extraordinary litigation fund.

HB 1029 - revise the definition of telehealth for purposes of health insurance policies.

Seeks to revise the definition of telehealth for purposes of health insurance policies. Proposes that “Telehealth” the use of secure electronic information, imaging, and communication technologies by a health care professional to deliver health care services to a patient. Deferred to the 41st Legislative Day Passed – Yeas 10, Nays 3 on 1/19/22

HB 1040 - reduce the maximum property tax levies for the general fund of school districts.

Another bill seeking to reduce the maximum tax levies for the general fund of school districts. Tabled Passed – Yeas 15, Nays 0 on 1/19/22

HB 1041 - facilitate legislative oversight of settlement agreements involving a state entity or official.

Seeks to have legislative oversight as part of any settlement agreements involving a state entity or official. Hearing scheduled for 1/21/22 at 10:00AM with House Judiciary – Room 413

HB 1055 - require informational transparency regarding the issuance of executive orders.

Seeks to require informational transparency regarding the issuance of executive orders by adding involvement of the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council and opportunity for members of the public to provide testimony at a hearing and to submit written comments for inclusion in the record.

HB1068 – Seeks to clarify processing of sexual assault kits performed on individuals ages sixteen and seventeen. Do Pass Passed – Yeas 12, Nays 0 and Placed on Consent on 1/19/22; Full House of Representatives 1/20/22

HB1086 – Seeks to provide for the redistribution of donated prescription drugs and medical supplies, setting out definitions, parameters for the donation, acceptance and dispensing of donated prescription drugs and medical supplies, and others aspects of implementing such a program.