Joint Legislative Procedure Committee, South Dakota State Legislature
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The Legislative Procedure Committee is a joint standing committee of the South Dakota State Legislature. Per the Joint Rules, joint committees of the South Dakota State Legislature are not standalone, but rather exist as a combination of related House and Senate standing committees. Members of the House and Senate committees are appointed according to their respective chamber rules.
House committees are assigned by the Speaker of the House with the advice of the Minority Leader. The Speaker appoints the chair and vice chair of each committee.[1] Senate committees are assigned after the general election by the President Pro Tempore and Minority Leader. For most standing committees, the member that is announced first serves as the chair of the committee.[2]
When two related committees operate as a joint committee in order to vote, the chairs of the respective House and Senate committees serve as a co-chairs. When two related committees operate as a joint committee to deliberate, hear testimony, and conduct other business apart from voting regarding a bill, the chair of the committee where a bill in question originated serves as the chair of the joint committee with the other standing committee's chair serving as vice chair.[3]
See rules: Joint Rules
Function
The Legislator Reference Book defines the following subject areas for the Legislative Procedure Committee:
| “ | The Legislative Procedure Committee recommends corrections to and approval of the
daily Senate and House Journals, certifies to the two houses that measures have been correctly engrossed and enrolled, and certifies the delivery of bills to the Governor and joint resolutions to the Secretary of State. This committee also considers and recommends new rules and amendments to existing rules for the conduct of legislative business.[4][5] |
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Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Joint Legislative Procedure Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Joint Legislative Procedure Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (13) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Joint Legislative Procedure Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Joint Legislative Procedure Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Joint Legislative Procedure Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (12) | |||
| • Jason Frerichs | • Brock Greenfield, Chair | |||
| • Spencer Hawley | • Mark Mickelson, Chair | |||
| • Don Haggar, Vice chair | ||||
| • Terri Haverly, Vice chair | ||||
| • R. Blake Curd | ||||
| • Kris Langer | ||||
| • David Lust | ||||
| • Ryan Maher | ||||
| • Al Novstrup | ||||
| • Kent Peterson | ||||
| • Lee Qualm | ||||
| • Mike Stevens | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Joint Legislative Procedure Committee Senate Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Jason Frerichs | • Corey Brown, Vice Chair | |||
| • Billie Sutton | • Phyllis Heineman | |||
| • Ried Holien | ||||
| • Timothy Rave | ||||
| • Deb Soholt | ||||
| Joint Legislative Procedure Committee House Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Spencer Hawley | • Dean Wink, Chair | |||
| • Roger Hunt (South Dakota) | ||||
| • Mark Mickelson | ||||
| • Lee Schoenbeck | ||||
| • Steve Westra | ||||
| • Brian Gosch | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Dakota State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 20, 2021
- ↑ South Dakota State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ South Dakota State Legislature, "Joint Rules," accessed Feb. 22, 2021
- ↑ South Dakota State Legislature, "South Dakota Legislator Reference Book – 2019- 2020 Term," accessed February 23, 2021(p. 17)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
