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2019LEGISLATIVEKEY VOTESCORECARD
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Fellow South Dakotans,Welcome to the 2019 Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota Legislative Scorecard. The goal of this scorecard is simple: make government transparent to the people they represent.
History has proven that free people are capable of extraordinary things—but many current laws hold South Dakotans back from truly thriving. That’s why our growing network of activists across the state are fighting every day to make the Mount Rushmore State a better place to live, work, and raise a family. Policymakers are working to remove barriers that make it more difficult for South Dakotans to achieve their full potential. To advance principles related to this cause, we are using cutting edge tools and technology to educate, recruit, and mobilize citizens in support of improving the lives of all South Dakotans. With our 2019 Legislative Scorecard, we aim to enhance transparency and help involve your voice in the legislative process.
For Freedom,Don Haggar
South Dakota State Director
Americans for Prosperity
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HB 1079 | ALLOW PLUMBING WORK ON OWN PROPERTY WITHOUT LICENSEPRIME SPONSOR: Rep. Herman Otten — SENATE PRIME: Sen. Ernie Otten — AFP’S POSITION: SUPPORT — OUTCOME: SIGNED INTO LAW
The South Dakota Plumbing Commission recently decided that property owners were not eligible to perform plumbing work on their properties without first acquiring a plumbing license. This bill fixed that interpretation and removed unnecessary red tape that required property owners to have an occupational license to perform plumbing work on their own properties.
HB 1087 | PROMOTE FREE SPEECH AND INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSESPRIME SPONSOR: Rep. Sue Peterson — SENATE PRIME: Sen. Jim Stalzer — AFP’S POSITION: SUPPORT — OUTCOME: SIGNED INTO LAW
Higher education provides a unique forum for students to freely and productively engage with a range of ideas—education that enables a thoughtful and diverse society. This bill protects these unique environments on our college campuses and protects the free speech rights of students in South Dakota.
SB 96 | EXPAND TAX CREDIT FOR EDUCATIONAL CHOICE SCHOLARSHIPSPRIME SPONSOR: Sen. Lee Schoenbeck — HOUSE PRIME: Rep. Jon Hansen — AFP’S POSITION: SUPPORT — OUTCOME: SIGNED INTO LAW
Educational freedom allows students to get the education that best meets their needs. This bill expands the South Dakota Partners in Education (PIE) tax credit scholarship program to allow the credit to apply to 100% of the contribution and allow for quarterly reporting. This helps ensure students, regardless of income or ZIP code, have access to an education that helps them learn and thrive.
HB 1265 | CLARIFIES CURRENT SALES TAX REDUCTION LANGUAGEPRIME SPONSOR: Rep. Chris Karr — AFP’S POSITION: SUPPORT — OUTCOME: DEFEATED
In a previous legislative session, South Dakota lawmakers raised the state’s sales tax from 4% to 4.5%, with a deal in place to reduce the rate by 0.1% for every $20 million received in online sales tax revenue. This bill would have clarified the requirement by including an automatic trigger if government revenue grew by a specified amount, ensuring that there will be automatic sales tax relief for South Dakotans.
EXPLANATION OF BILLS2019 REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSIONJan 8, 2019—Mar 13, 2019
Legislative Votes
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SB 19 | REPEAL PRESUMPTIVE PROBATIONPRIME SPONSOR: Attorney General’s bill — AFP’S POSITION: OPPOSED — OUTCOME: DEFEATED
Presumptive probation allows low-level offenders to rehabilitate their lives without adding to our overcrowded prison populations. This bill would have repealed that reform and erected barriers to reentry for those individuals who have already paid their debt to society.
SB 65 | ALLOW COUNTIES TO IMPOSE A TAX TO FUND LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITIESPRIME SPONSOR: Sen. Al Novstrup — AFP’S POSITION: OPPOSED — OUTCOME: DEFEATED
South Dakotans have a big enough tax burden as it is. This bill would have given counties free reign to tax their residents to build new facilities.
SB 86 | REPEALS AND REPLACES THE SALES TAX REDUCTION WITH WEAKER LANGUAGE PRIME SPONSOR: Sen. Jeff Partridge — AFP’S POSITION: OPPOSED — OUTCOME: DEFEATED
Previous legislation regarding the increased sales tax included a deal that would automatically include a reduction of 0.1% in the sales tax for every $20 million in online sales tax revenue. This legislation would have discarded that language, removing the mechanism that guaranteed automatic tax relief for South Dakotans.
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% Voted WITH Americans for Prosperity - South Dakota
Voted AGAINST Americans for Prosperity - South Dakota
) Legislative Champions were identified by lawmakers’ impeccable record on AFP-SD’s priority bills.
) Policy Leaders paved the way on important legislative reforms during this year’s session.
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House VotesHOUSE DISTRICT
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79
HB
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87
HB
126
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OUTCOME
SIG
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David Anderson 16 %
Hugh Bartels 5 %
Doug Barthel 10 % %Arch Beal 12 ) % % % % %Shawn Bordeaux 026A % %Scyller Borglum 32 %
Thomas Brunner 29 ) % % % % %Kirk Chaffee 29 % % % %Roger Chase 22 %
Ryan Cwach 18 %
Drew Dennert 3 ) % % % % %Fred Deutsch 4 ) % % % % %Michael Diedrich 34 % % %Linda Duba 15 %
Mary Duvall 24 %
Caleb Finck 21 % % % %
Julie Frye-Mueller 30 ) % % NV NV %Bob Glanzer 22 % % %Tim Goodwin 30 ) % % % % %Spencer Gosch 23 ) % % % % %Lana Greenfield 2 ) % % % % %Randy Gross 8 % % % %
Dayle Hammock 31 ) % % % % %Jon Hansen 25 ) ) % % % % %Steven Haugaard 10 ) % % % % %
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House Votes cont,
HOUSE DISTRICT
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HB
10
79
HB
10
87
HB
126
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HB
126
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ON
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SB 9
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SIG
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INTO
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SIG
NE
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Erin Healy 14 %
Taffy Howard 33 ) % % % % %Jean Hunhoff 18 %
Kevin Jensen 16 ) % % % % %Timothy Johns 31 %
Chris Johnson 32 ) % % % % %David Johnson 33 %
Chris Karr 11 ) % % % %
Lance Koth 20 ) % % % % %John Lake 23 % NV
Isaac Latterell 6 ) % % % % %Oren Lesmeister 028A % NV
Steve Livermont 27 ) % % % % %Sam Marty 028B ) % % % % %Steven McCleerey 1 % NV
John Mills 4 ) % % % % %Rhonda Milstead 9 % % %
Paul Miskimins 20 % % % %
Tina Mulally 35 ) % % % % %Jess Olson 34 %
Herman Otten 6 ) % % % %
Carl Perry 3 ) % % % % %Kent Peterson 19 % NV NV
Sue Peterson 13 ) ) % % % % %Tom Pischke 25 ) % % % % %
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HOUSE DISTRICT
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TIV
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PO
LIC
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R
HB
10
79
HB
10
87
HB
126
5
HB
126
5 *R
EC
ON
SID
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SB 9
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OUTCOME
SIG
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INTO
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W
SIG
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D
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LA
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Doug Post 7 ) % % % % %Peri Pourier 27 % %Lee Qualm 21 ) % % % % %Tony Randolph 35 ) % NV NV NV %Nancy Rasmussen 17 ) % % % % %Tim Reed 7 %
Rebecca Reimer 026B % % % %
Ray Ring 17
Tim Rounds 24 % % % NV
Michael Saba 9 %
Kyle Schoenfish 19 % % %Jamie Smith 15 %
Manny Steele 12 ) % % % % NV
Tamara St. John 1 ) % % % % NV
Kelly Sullivan 13 %
Kaleb Weis 2 ) % % % % %Marli Wiese 8 ) % % % % %Mark Willadsen 11 % %
Nancy York 5 % %Larry Zikmund 14 % %
House Votes cont.
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HOUSE DISTRICT
LEG
ISLA
TIV
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AM
PIO
N
PO
LIC
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LEA
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HB
10
79
HB
10
87
SB 9
6
SB 1
9
SB 8
6
SB 6
5
SB 6
5*R
EC
ON
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ER
ED
OUTCOME
SIG
NE
D
INTO
LA
W
SIG
NE
D
INTO
LA
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INTO
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FE
AT
ED
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ED
Rocky Blare 21 % %
Jim Bolin 16 % % % % %
Gary Cammack 29 % % % % %Justin Cronin 23 % % % % % %Blake Curd 12 % % NV % %Lynne DiSanto 35 ) % % % NV % % %Bob Ewing 31 % % %
Red Dawn Foster 27 % NV % % %Brock Greenfield 2 % % %
Troy Heinert 26 % % % %Phil Jensen 33 % % % % % %Craig Kennedy 18 % % % % %Joshua Klumb 20 % NV %
Jack Kolbeck 13 % % % % % %
Kris Langer 25 ) % % % % NV % %Ryan Maher 28 % % % %
Jeff Monroe 24 % % % %
Stace Nelson 19 % % % % %
Reynold Nesiba 15 % % % %Al Novstrup 3 % % %
Ernie Otten 6 ) % % % % % %Jeffrey Partridge 34 NV % NV % NV %Arthur Rusch 17 % % % % NV
Lance Russell 30 % % % %
Lee Schoenbeck 5 ) % % % NV
Senate Votes
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HB
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79
HB
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87
SB 9
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SB 1
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SB 8
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SB 6
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SB 6
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V.J. Smith 7 % % % %
Deb Soholt 14 % % % % % %Alan Solano 32 % % % NV % %Jim Stalzer 11 ) % % % % % %Wayne Steinhauer 9 % % %
Margaret Sutton 10 % % % % %James White 22 % % % % %John Wiik 4 % % % % % %Susan Wismer 1 NV
Jordan Youngberg 8 % % % %
Senate Votes Cont.
