Votes at a glance: bills the House passed on Jan. 21, 2025

The House considered a mix of policy and appropriation bills on final passage on Jan. 21. Below are the items that received final action on the floor that day with the clerk’s recorded tallies and brief descriptions drawn from sponsor remarks and committee reports.

Votes at a glance

- HB 1029 — Update South Dakota Retirement System provisions: final passage; clerk reported ayes 68, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Weiszgram. (Reorganization and statutory clarifications for SDRS.)

- HB 1027 — Repeal obsolete provisions pertaining to non‑collecting remote sellers: final passage; clerk reported ayes 68, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Ellward. (Removes obsolete notice language after Wayfair and later statutes.)

- HB 1051 — Interim oversight of administrative rulemaking: final passage; clerk reported ayes 68, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Mortensen. (Adds posting requirement and other clarifications for rules review.)

- HB 1031 — SDRS member identity verification procedures: final passage; clerk reported ayes 68, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Weiszgram. (Allows electronic identity verification methods and online submission for certain forms.)

- HB 1059 — Define teleconference for open meeting law purposes: final passage; clerk reported ayes 68, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Fitzgerald. (Clarifies electronic communications covered by open meetings rules.)

- HB 1029, HB 1027, HB 1051, HB 1031 and HB 1059 were all described by sponsors as technical or clarifying changes requested by agencies or committees.

- HB 1033 — Emergency/disaster appropriation: final passage (two‑thirds required); clerk reported ayes 68, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Jorgensen. (Appropriation of $4,951,206 in general funds to cover emergency/disaster expenses.)

- HB 1034 — Wildfire suppression appropriation: final passage (two‑thirds required); clerk reported ayes 68, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Sharada. (Appropriation to backfill wildfire suppression fund.)

- HB 1007 — Allow PUC to recover reimbursement costs in a timely manner: final passage; clerk reported ayes 58, nays 10, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Ellward. (Strikes ambiguous requirement that could force the PUC to wait until the next legislative session to seek reimbursement.)

- HB 1004 — Tuition for students placed in residential treatment centers with educational programming: final passage; clerk reported ayes 65, nays 3, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Urybalk. (Makes a procedural change allowing students eligible for public enrollment to receive state funding for education in residential placements without requiring prior enrollment.)

- HB 1074 — Expand who can sign affidavit of homelessness for free birth certificate: final passage; clerk reported ayes 67, nays 1, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Muckey. (Adds McKinney‑Vento liaisons, school counselors, nurses and social workers to definitions for the program.)

- HB 1075 — Same as HB 1074 but for waiving fees for non‑driver ID: final passage; clerk reported ayes 67, nays 1, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Muckey. (Parallel change for non‑driver ID fee waivers.)

- HB 1067 — Define the term "must" for drafting consistency: final passage; clerk reported ayes 66, nays 2, excused 1. Sponsor: Representative Malawi.

Several other consent calendar and second‑reading items were declared passed on the consent calendar earlier in the day; consent items were not debated on the floor. For each bill above, sponsors noted committee vetting and provided brief justifications on the floor; appropriation bills required two‑thirds majorities and those votes were recorded as noted above.