2011 Legislative Updates and Action Items

2011 Legislation to WATCH!

PRIORITY BILL TITLE LINK STATUS
1 - Support and Lobby HB 1217 Establish certain legislative findings pertaining to the decision of a pregnant mother considering termination of her relationship with her child by an abortion, to establish certain procedures to better insure that such decisions are voluntary, uncoerced, and informed, and to revise certain causes of action for professional negligence relating to performance of an abortion. LINK Passed Seante Health and Human Services 6-1 
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1 - Support and Lobby HB 1255 Provide for the award of joint physical custody of children under certain circumstances. LINK Passed House 53-16. Senate Health 3/2
1 - Support and Lobby SB 176 Provide for the crime of human trafficking, to establish the elements and degrees of the crime, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof. LINK Passed Senate 35-0 House Judiciary 3/2
2 - Support SB 65 Allow nonpublic schools accredited by certain accrediting agencies other than the Department of Education to become members of the South Dakota High School Activities Association. LINK Passed Senate 33-1 to House Ed. 3/2
3 - Public Interest Only HB 1165 Establish certain legislative findings, to prohibit the enforcement of certain federal health care laws, and to provide a penalty therefor. LINK 41st Day 13-0
3 - Public Interest Only SB 114 Provide that parties to a divorce or separate maintenance action be restrained from making changes to insurance coverage. LINK Senate 33-0; House Judiciary 9-0
3 - Public Interest Only SB 156 Prohibit the employment of unauthorized aliens, to criminalize the knowing transportation, concealment, or solicitation of unauthorized aliens, and to provide penalties therefor. LINK Seante 23-12; House State Affairs
3 - Public Interest Only SB 71 Prohibit the use of certain handheld electronic wireless devices for electronic messaging while driving. LINK Passed 26-9; to House Local Government
DEAD HB 1061 Provide for the practice and regulation of registered midwives. LINK 41st Day 5-2
DEAD HB 1088 Make certain legislative findings concerning the constitutionality of certain federal health care laws. LINK 41st Day 13-0
DEAD HB 1142 Repeal certain tort liability arising out of causes of action based on seduction, abduction, and alienation of affections. LINK 41st Day 7-5
DEAD HB 1151 Provide procedures by which adopted persons may obtain their original birth certificates. LINK 41st Day 8-4
DEAD HB 1170 Require schools to provide instruction on certain historical documents and speeches. LINK 41st Day. 12-0
DEAD HB 1191 Authorize school district boards to provide licensed day care facilities on or off school district property. LINK 41st Day 12-0
DEAD HB 1199  Provide for a compact concerning citizenship. LINK 41st Day 8-5
DEAD HB 1218 Prohibit surrogate mother contracts, to prohibit enforcement of such arrangements, and to establish standards to award custody of children born as a result of such arrangements. LINK 41st Day 9-4
DEAD SB 104 Require each school district to develop a policy to prohibit bullying that meets certain requirements. LINK 41st Day 4-3
DEAD SB 115 Prohibit the use of certain wireless communication devices while driving. LINK 41st Day 6-1
DEAD SB 117 Provide for certain restrictions for the use of tanning devices by minors. LINK 41st Day 5-2
DEAD SB 128 Require the Commission of Human Rights to meet no less than annually. LINK 41st Day 6-1
DEAD SB 161 Prohibit certain unfair or discriminatory practices based on age and veteran or military status. LINK Senate Killed 25-9
Governor Signature HB 1133 Revise certain provisions relating to certain forms used to excuse a child from school. LINK Passed House Floor 63-4; Senate 33-0
Governor Signature SB 22 Provide for the regulation and licensure of birth centers. LINK Seante 28-6 to House 64-3
TABLED HB 1012 Change the terminology for mental retard, mentally retarded, mental retardation, and other similar terms in statute and to provide for the change in printed materials and signage. LINK Tabled 12-0
TABLED HB 1171 Provide that the use of force by a pregnant woman for the protection of her unborn child is an affirmative defense to prosecutions for certain crimes. LINK House Tables 63-4
TABLED SB 138 Enact the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote. LINK Tabled 9-0 

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