State Affairs Committee, South Dakota State Senate
The State Affairs 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]
See rules: Senate Rules
Function
The Legislator Reference Book defines the following subject areas for the State Affairs Committee:
| “ | Bills relating to the organization of the executive branch of state government; policy decisions of overriding state concern; public employees; workers’ compensation; public fiscal administration; veterans and military affairs; the state legislature; the state constitution; relations with the Indian tribes; the state building authorities and state authorized bonds; and regulation of electrical and telephone utilities. Bills not clearly identified with any other committee or subject area will usually find their way to the State Affairs Committee. | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate State Affairs Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate State Affairs Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate State Affairs Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate State Affairs Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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Jordan Youngberg (R) left this committee on June 18, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| State Affairs Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Troy Heinert | • Bob Ewing, Chair | |||
| • Billie Sutton | • Jenna Haggar, Vice chair | |||
| • James Bolin | ||||
| • R. Blake Curd | ||||
| • Kris Langer | ||||
| • Ryan Maher | ||||
| • Al Novstrup | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| State Affairs Committee Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Bernie Hunhoff | • Timothy Rave, Chair | |||
| • Billie Sutton | • Corey Brown, Vice Chair | |||
| • Ried Holien | ||||
| • Dan Lederman | ||||
| • Ernie Otten | ||||
| • Deb Soholt | ||||
| • Alan Solano | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| State Affairs Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Jason Frerichs | • Larry Rhoden, Chair | |||
| • Larry Lucas | • Russell Olson, Vice Chair | |||
| • Corey Brown | ||||
| • Mark Johnston | ||||
| • Dan Lederman | ||||
| • Timothy Rave | ||||
| • Craig Tieszen | ||||
2011-2012
| State Affairs Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Jason Frerichs | • Larry Rhoden, Chair | |||
| • Russell Olson, Vice Chair | ||||
| • Stanford Adelstein | ||||
| • Joni Cutler | ||||
| • Cooper Garnos | ||||
| • Bob Gray | ||||
| • Mark Johnston | ||||
| • Craig Tieszen | ||||
2009-2010
| State Affairs Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Nancy Turbak Berry | • Tom Dempster, Chair | |||
| • Gary Hanson | • Bob Gray, Vice Chair | |||
| • Scott Heidepriem | • Gene Abdallah | |||
| • David Knudson | • Russell Olson | |||
| • Larry Rhoden | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Dakota State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021(Section 4-1)
- ↑ South Dakota State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021(Section S4-2)
- ↑ South Dakota State Legislature, "Legislator Reference Book," accessed Feb. 20, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
