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Commerce and Energy Committee, South Dakota State Senate

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The Commerce and Energy Committee is a standing committee of the South Dakota State Senate.

Per Section S4-1 of the Senate Rules, committees of the South Dakota State Senate are chosen by the President Pro Tempore and Minority Leader. Committees are assigned after the general election.[1] The President of the Senate is an ex officio member of the Legislative Procedure Committee and the President Pro Tempore is the chair of the Legislative Procedure Committee.[1] For all other standing committees, the member that is announced first serves as the chair of the committee.[2]

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Function

The Legislator Reference Book defines the following subject areas for the Commerce and Energy Committee:

Bills relating to insurance; banking; investment; loans and interest; labor; liquor; mercantile transactions; regulation of professions and occupations engaged in commerce; Uniform Commercial Code; OSHA; corporations; property; litter; and minimum wage.[3][4]

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Senate Commerce and Energy Committee, 2025-2026

Democratic members (1) Republican members (8) Third-party members(0)

2023-2024 legislative session

Senate Commerce and Energy Committee, 2023-2024

Democratic members (1) Republican members (9) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Senate Commerce and Energy Committee, 2021-2022

Democratic members (1) Republican members (8) Third-party members(0)

2019-2020 legislative session

Senate Commerce and Energy Committee, 2019-2020

Democratic members (1) Republican members (5) Third-party members(0)

Stace Nelson (R) left this committee on December 10, 2019.

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2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Commerce and Energy Members, 2017
Democratic members (1)Republican members (6)
Craig KennedyPhil Jensen, Chair
Stace Nelson, Vice chair
Jack Kolbeck
Jenna Haggar
Al Novstrup
Neal Tapio

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

2011-2012

2009-2010

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Footnotes


Current members of the South Dakota State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Jim Mehlhaff
Minority Leader:Liz Larson
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
Tim Reed (R)
District 8
District 9
Joy Hohn (R)
District 10
District 11
District 12
Arch Beal (R)
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
J. Marty (R)
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
Republican Party (32)
Democratic Party (3)