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SB 55 — require the Board of Regents to assemble a task force to study the operations and functions of the institutions of higher education under the board's authority.
Last action — Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 S.J. 557
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 21, 2020. Enacted.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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14 sponsors
14 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 5 recorded votes so far.
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Read SB 55 on the official South Dakota source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 S.J. 557
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Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 534
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Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
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Signed by the President
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Signed by the President S.J. 487
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Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1. S.J. 479
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House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2. H.J. 514
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House Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0.
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House Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55G
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House Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55E
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Scheduled for hearing
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Scheduled for hearing
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First read in House and referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 432
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Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2. S.J. 368
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Senate Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0.
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Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55D
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Senate Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 55C
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Scheduled for hearing
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First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 56
Sponsors
- Post · Primary
- Tom Pischke · Primary
- Koth · Primary
- Chris Karr · Primary
- Hunhoff · Primary
- Gross · Primary
- Bartels · Primary
- Wiik · Primary
- Partridge · Primary
- Nesiba · Primary
- Lake · Primary
- Jack Kolbeck · Primary
- Maher · Primary
- Greenfield (Brock) · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →14 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 91 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (14)
- Post
- Tom Pischke Republican
- Koth
- Chris Karr Republican
- Hunhoff
- Gross
- Bartels
- Wiik
- Partridge
- Nesiba
- Lake
- Jack Kolbeck Republican
- Maher
- Greenfield (Brock)
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (91)
91 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 91 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 3% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Blare | — | Yea |
| Bolin | — | Yea |
| Cammack | — | Yea |
| Castleberry | — | Yea |
| Curd | — | Yea |
| Ewing | — | Yea |
| Heinert | — | Yea |
| Jensen (Phil) | — | Yea |
| Kennedy | — | Yea |
| Klumb | — | Yea |
| Lake | — | Yea |
| Langer | — | Yea |
| Maher | — | Yea |
| Monroe | — | Yea |
| Nesiba | — | Yea |
| Partridge | — | Yea |
| Rusch | — | Yea |
| Russell | — | Yea |
| Schoenbeck | — | Yea |
| Soholt | — | Yea |
| Stalzer | — | Yea |
| Steinhauer | — | Yea |
| Sutton | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Wiik | — | Yea |
| Wismer | — | Nay |
| Youngberg | — | Yea |
| Jamie Smith | Democratic | Yea |
| Red Dawn Foster | Democratic | Yea |
| Al Novstrup | Republican | Yea |
| Ernie Otten | Republican | Yea |
| Helene Duhamel | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Kolbeck | Republican | Yea |
| Kyle Schoenfish | Republican | Yea |
| Lana Greenfield | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 65 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 3% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (70)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Bartels | — | Yea |
| Barthel | — | Yea |
| Bordeaux | — | Nay |
| Borglum | — | Yea |
| Brunner | — | Yea |
| Chaffee | — | Yea |
| Chase | — | Yea |
| Cwach | — | Yea |
| Dennert | — | Yea |
| Deutsch | — | Not Voting |
| Diedrich | — | Yea |
| Duba | — | Yea |
| Duvall | — | Yea |
| Finck | — | Yea |
| Frye-Mueller | — | Yea |
| Glanzer | — | Not Voting |
| Gross | — | Yea |
| Hammock | — | Yea |
| Haugaard | — | Yea |
| Hunhoff | — | Yea |
| Jensen (Kevin) | — | Yea |
| Johns | — | Yea |
| Johnson (Chris) | — | Yea |
| Johnson (David) | — | Yea |
| Koth | — | Yea |
| Latterell | — | Yea |
| Lesmeister | — | Yea |
| Livermont | — | Yea |
| McCleerey | — | Yea |
| Mills | — | Yea |
| Milstead | — | Yea |
| Olson | — | Yea |
| Peterson (Kent) | — | Yea |
| Peterson (Sue) | — | Yea |
| Post | — | Yea |
| Qualm | — | Yea |
| Rasmussen | — | Yea |
| Ring | — | Nay |
| Rounds | — | Yea |
| Saba | — | Yea |
| St. John | — | Yea |
| Steele | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Wangsness | — | Yea |
| Weis | — | Yea |
| Wiese | — | Yea |
| Willadsen | — | Yea |
| York | — | Yea |
| Erin Healy | Democratic | Yea |
| Jamie Smith | Democratic | Yea |
| Arch Beal | Republican | Yea |
| Carl Perry | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Karr | Republican | Yea |
| Ernie Otten | Republican | Yea |
| Jon Hansen | Republican | Yea |
| Lana Greenfield | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Zikmund | Republican | Yea |
| Marty Overweg | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Miskimins | Republican | Yea |
| Peri Pourier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rebecca Reimer | Republican | Yea |
| Sam Marty | Republican | Yea |
| Spencer Gosch | Republican | Yea |
| Taffy Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Goodwin | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Reed | Republican | Yea |
| Tina Mulally | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Pischke | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Randolph | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bartels | — | Yea |
| Gross | — | Yea |
| Hunhoff | — | Yea |
| Koth | — | Yea |
| Peterson (Sue) | — | Yea |
| Post | — | Yea |
| Saba | — | Not Voting |
| Chris Karr | Republican | Yea |
| Taffy Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 6% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Blare | — | Yea |
| Bolin | — | Yea |
| Cammack | — | Yea |
| Castleberry | — | Yea |
| Curd | — | Yea |
| Ewing | — | Yea |
| Heinert | — | Yea |
| Jensen (Phil) | — | Yea |
| Kennedy | — | Yea |
| Klumb | — | Yea |
| Lake | — | Yea |
| Langer | — | Yea |
| Maher | — | Yea |
| Monroe | — | Yea |
| Nesiba | — | Yea |
| Partridge | — | Yea |
| Rusch | — | Yea |
| Russell | — | Yea |
| Schoenbeck | — | Yea |
| Soholt | — | Yea |
| Stalzer | — | Yea |
| Steinhauer | — | Yea |
| Sutton | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Wiik | — | Yea |
| Wismer | — | Nay |
| Youngberg | — | Yea |
| Jamie Smith | Democratic | Yea |
| Red Dawn Foster | Democratic | Nay |
| Al Novstrup | Republican | Yea |
| Ernie Otten | Republican | Yea |
| Helene Duhamel | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Kolbeck | Republican | Yea |
| Kyle Schoenfish | Republican | Yea |
| Lana Greenfield | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Lake | — | Yea |
| Maher | — | Yea |
| Nesiba | — | Yea |
| Partridge | — | Yea |
| Sutton | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Wiik | — | Not Voting |
| Jack Kolbeck | Republican | Yea |
| Lana Greenfield | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 55?
- SB 55 is sponsored by Post, Tom Pischke (Republican), Koth, Chris Karr (Republican), Hunhoff, Gross, Bartels, Wiik, Partridge, Nesiba, Lake, Jack Kolbeck (Republican), Maher, and Greenfield (Brock).
- What is the current status of SB 55?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 21, 2020. Enacted.
- Where can I track SB 55?
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