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District 5 State Senate won by Tapio
District 5 State Senate won by Tapio
SD Legislative District 5. Screenshot of map from SD SOS website on 4/28/16. I have given more than enough time for any placeholder candidates to be placed on the ballot. Now it is time to update my list of SD 2016 General Election Legislative Races with a few more races that have already been won. Up first is the State Senate seat for South Dakota legislative District 5. District 5 is in…
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House Commerce and Energy committee has 1 bill on Weds Mar 4
On Wednesday, March 4th, at 10:00 AM the SD House Commerce and Energy committee will take on 1 bill.
SB 119 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Revise certain provisions regarding abandoned mobile and manufactured homes.
Sen Ried Holien (R, Dist 5) and Rep Roger Solum (R, Dist 5) are the prime sponsors. This bill was hoghosued in Senate Taxation and passed that committee 4-1. It went on to pass the Senate…
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House Health and Human Services committee has 1 bill on Thurs Feb 26
On Thursday, February 26th, at 7:45 AM the SD House Health and Human Services committee will take on 1 bill.
SB 95 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Revise provisions related to human trafficking.
Sen Ried Holien (R, Dist 5) and Rep Scott Craig (R, Dist 33) are the prime sponsors. This bill passed Senate Judiciary 6-0 after being amended. It then passed the Senate floor without opposition. The biggest…
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Senate Taxation committee has 1 bill on Fri Feb 20
On Thursday, February 20th, at 10:00 AM the SD Senate Taxation committee will take on 1 bill.
** This meeting is important. Next Tuesday is the last opportunity for committees to get the bills from their chamber moved on to the floor. This committee does not have a scheduled committee meeting until next Wednesday.
SB 119 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Revise certain provisions regarding abandoned mobile…
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Senate Taxation committee has 1 bill on Weds Feb 18
On Wednesday, February 18th, at 10:00 AM the SD Senate Taxation committee will take on 1 bill.
SB 119 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Revise certain provisions regarding abandoned mobile and manufactured homes.
This bill has been deferred a couple of times. Here are my previous notes about the bill:
Sen Ried Holien (R, Dist 5) and Rep Roger Solum (R, Dist 5) are the prime sponsors. This bill just adds…
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Some grassroots opposition building to criminal justice initiative
If you listened to the Senate debate on the criminal justice reform (Senate Bill 70) on Thursday, some of the Republican senators had an oddly defensive tone in their speeches for a measure that has broad bipartisan support and passed 31-2.
"I've had good friends tell me they can't believe I'm carrying this bill, and this is soft on crime. I disagree," said Sen. Russell Olson, R-Wentworth.
Sen. Ried Holien, R-Watertown, repeatedly emphasized that the measure was "tough on crime."
SB 70 "might not be a perfect bill," he said, urging senators to not "kill a really good bill in search of a perfect one."
Given the overwhelming support for the criminal justice initiative in the Capitol, what's behind that tone?
Olson said lawmakers were pitching their remarks not so much to their fellow senators, who largely agree, but at the public in general. They've been getting a steady stream of emails from the public, upset about various aspects of the bill, he said.
The opposition isn't overwhelming and doesn't appear to be the result of an organized group. Instead, it seems to be a general group of grassroots conservatives with some concerns.
It's unlikely (but not impossible) this group of conservatives will manage to defeat SB 70, given the extremely broad support for the measure from a huge range of stakeholders. So far only a handful of the most conservative lawmakers have actually voted against it, while other outspoken conservatives have stayed on board.
But it's a dynamic worth keeping in mind as this bill heads over to the House of Representatives.
