2014 marked the first year that legislators could take a legislative measure they were the prime sponsor of, and say “Naaahh.”
Here’s the list of legislative measures that were withdrawn at the request of their sponsors:
| Withdrawal of Bill – a procedure occasionally used in the legislature whereby the prime sponsor of a bill may withdraw the bill in the house of origin with the approval of the presiding officer. | |||
| Bill | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1137 | revise the title of the task force responsible for implementing and overseeing the assessment of agricultural land and to assign the task force certain other oversight responsibilities. | ||
| HB 1202 | revise the index factor in the state aid to general education formula. | ||
| HCR 1020 | Recognizing the 22nd anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy which resulted in the loss of over six hundred lives. | ||
| SB 67 | provide protection to certain businesses or persons that decline to provide certain wedding services or goods due to the free exercise of religion. | ||
| SB 96 | exempt certain purchases for law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical and transport services from the general provisions regarding procurement of public safety equipment for the state and its political subdivisions. | ||
| SB 133 | clarify certain statutes prohibiting political subdivisions from restricting firearms, to assert the sovereignty of the State of South Dakota with regards to the regulation of arms and weapons, and to provide recourse and penalties for violations. | ||
| SB 140 | exempt certain computer programming services and software | ||
| SB 146 | revise certain provisions regarding the closure of county and township roads due to high water. | ||
| SB 148 | ensure that parents may direct the rearing of their children without undue governmental infringement. | ||
| SB 174 | revise the bank franchise tax apportionment of income provisions. | ||
| SB 175 | revise certain bank franchise tax provisions regarding net income and net operating losses. | ||
Any thoughts about the new rule? Good bad, or otherwise?