Senator • Republican
Arthur Rusch
South Dakota • District SD-017
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
42
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
100% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 41
Not Voting: 2
Yea: 467
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Sponsored Bills
SD HB1278•Passed
Revise the child support obligation schedule.
Primary Sponsor
SD SB170•Passed
Make an appropriation for costs related to forest resiliency and growth in the state and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1279•Passed
Revise certain provisions relating to child support.
Primary Sponsor
SD SB169•Passed
Establish a means for certain Department of Corrections inmates to earn credit against fines or costs ordered by the sentencing court.
Primary Sponsor
SD HB1273•Passed
Authorize the Department of the Military to purchase certain real property in Chamberlain and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1268•Passed
Revise provisions related to name changes when obtaining a marriage license.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB151•Vetoed
Revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1209•Passed
Make an appropriation to the Board of Regents for improving the National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota and to declare an emergency.
Primary Sponsor
SD HB1210•Passed
Make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to provide grant funding for a new biomedical facility at the research park in Sioux Falls, and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB119•Passed
Prohibit sexual contact between prison employees and prisoners.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1133•Passed
Provide that the cost of a home study required for an adoption is the responsibility of the Department of Social Services.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB107•Passed
Provide for the remote witnessing of certain legal instruments.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB103•Passed
Make an appropriation to support the teen court grant program and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1099•Passed
Revise provisions related to courtroom modifications for child witnesses.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB83•Passed
Modify when a motion for expungement of an arrest record may be made and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1068•Passed
Clarify the processing of sexual assault kits performed on individuals ages sixteen and seventeen.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1041•Passed
Facilitate legislative oversight of settlement agreements involving a state entity or official.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1120•Passed
Include carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide capture companies in certain provisions regarding pipeline taxation.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1086•Passed
Provide for the redistribution of donated prescription drugs and medical supplies.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB23•Passed
Revise the definition of bona fide practitioner-patient relationship.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB117•Enrolled
Revise the gross receipts tax on certain food.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1079•Passed
Revise provisions regarding court transcript costs.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB15•Passed
Revise provisions providing that certain professions are not subject to discipline for certain conduct relating to medical cannabis.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1185•Passed
Permit the wearing of a beaded graduation cap at a school honoring or graduation ceremony.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB25•Engrossed
Provide for the taxation of marijuana.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB3•Engrossed
Provide for the use and regulated sale of marijuana.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB172•Engrossed
Revise provisions regarding eligibility for parole for certain persons sentenced to life imprisonment.
Primary Sponsor
SD SB72•Engrossed
Establish the crime of hazing and to provide a penalty therefor.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB102•Engrossed
Create the medicaid expansion fund and to provide for the receipt of monies received as a result of expanding medicaid eligibility.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1213•Engrossed
Clarify the Corrections Commission's ability to obtain criminal justice information.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1080•Passed
Prolong requirements for increasing teacher compensation.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1085•Passed
Expand the eligibility for a small estate probate.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB16•Engrossed
Repeal provisions related to the prosecution, search, seizure, penalty, or discipline of medical cannabis establishments for certain conduct.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB207•Introduced
Enact the uniform electronic recordation of custodial interrogations act.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB186•Introduced
Expand Medicaid eligibility by the Legislature.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB173•Introduced
Establish standards for live or photographic lineups conducted by law enforcement.
Primary Sponsor
SD HB1220•Introduced
Establish a safe harbor for child survivors of certain forms of human trafficking.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1218•Introduced
Revise the definition of abused or neglected child to include minors subject to human trafficking.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1221•Introduced
Require training on human trafficking for law enforcement officers.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1217•Introduced
Expand criminal provisions regarding the protection of minors from certain forms of sexual exploitation.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB9•Passed
Revise the definition of a designated caregiver.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1203•Introduced
Require taxing districts to hold a public hearing when increasing property tax revenues relative to the previous year.
Co-Sponsor
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