A.B.A.T.E.
of
South Dakota

We are moving into the third week of the 2019 Legislative Session and things have been relatively slow with introduction of bills and committee meetings. This week Governor Noem will give her budget address on Wednesday. Currently committees are dealing with summer study bills and department bills.

Thank you to everyone for attending ABATE Legislative Days. They were very successful and many legislators attended the Legislator Social. The Moose Lodge was great for the meeting. Also thank you to all the sponsors and chapters providing the meals. If you didn’t attend, make plans to attend next year as it is a great time to visit with legislators and inform them about ABATE. We were especially grateful for former Rep. Jim Putnam for attending – everyone loved seeing and visiting with him.

The following bills are all gun bills introduced in the Senate. If you are interested as an individual, you can go to the LRC website to access the individual bills. SB 9,  SB 38, SB 47, SB 50. Each bill deals with a somewhat different topic from permitting to open carry, etc.

The gun bills introduced in the House are HB 1041, HB 1054, HB 1056. If you are interested, same procedure as the Senate bills.

Bill revises the provisions regarding driving after consuming drugs/substances – deals with consuming prescribed medication.

Bill revises provisions regarding authorization for public transportation assistance grants – Transportation Commission given authorization to promulgate rules for administration, terms, conditions for disbursement of money to those eligible for public transportation assistance grant funds. – passed committee and Senate.