The House Commerce and Energy Committee is working to give employers a financial break. House Bill 1034 lowers the amount business owners contribute to the State Unemployment Trust Fund.
State Senators are passing a Senate Concurrent Resolution that commends Republican U.S. Senators John Thune and Mike Rounds for voting to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Not all Republican senators agreed.
A bill related to the extraordinary cost fund for special education moves to the full senate without the amendment recommended by the South Dakota Department of Education. Senate Bill 1 moves the Extraordinary Cost Oversight Board of of rules and into state statute. It also adds a legislator to the board.
South Dakota Goverrnor Kristi Noem will deliver the budget address on January 23, 2019.
Gun Rights legislators and activists are hoping a multi-year effort to remove permit requirements for concealed pistols will pay off.
The Senate Education committee is scheduled to take up a bill next week that voids the transgender policy implimented in 2015 by the South Dakota High School Activities Association.