Representative • Republican

William Shorma

South Dakota • District HD-017

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Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

81% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 152

Other: 14

Yea: 1019

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William Shorma

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Sponsored Bills

Require an individual be registered as a voter of this state before being eligible to be a petition sponsor for a ballot measure.

Modify practice criteria for physician assistants.

Provide an exception for employers to acquire and distribute opioid antagonists that are available over the counter.

Make an appropriation for a student teacher stipend grant program.

Void covenants that prohibit or restrict the possession or use of firearms and ammunition.

Permit a court to order family therapy or reunification therapy in a custody or visitation dispute.

Prohibit payment or rebate of insurance deductibles by contractors providing motor vehicle repair services.

Provide the board of commissioners with authority over certain intra-county land uses and construction projects.

Create the McCook Lake contingency fund and to transfer moneys to the fund.

Increase the minimum age to purchase a lottery ticket.

Require cost model reports for certain programs and institutions.

Authorize a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain an individual who is reasonably suspected of committing a crime and to provide a penalty therefor.

Modify requirements on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving.

Clarify a provision related to the award of punitive damages in a wrongful death action.

Prohibit cost-sharing in certain health insurance policies for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging examinations.

Create a share the road specialty license plate.

Provide a process to withdraw a signature from a petition for an initiated measure, constitutional amendment, or a referendum on a law in certain situations and to declare an emergency.

Require the creation of an informational video and other materials describing the state's abortion law and medical care for a pregnant woman experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions.

Increase the annual limit of tax credits that an insurance company may claim through the partners in education tax credit program.

Remove a prohibition on the ability of law enforcement and various governmental entities to inspect, search, seize, prosecute, or impose disciplinary action on cannabis dispensaries, cultivation facilities, manufacturing facilities, and testing facilities.

Amend provisions regarding entry on private property for examination and survey of a project requiring a siting permit.

Provide special motor vehicle license plates for advanced life support personnel and emergency medical technicians.

Require the consideration of the definition of antisemitism when investigating unfair or discriminatory practices.

Revise a provision providing authority to the Governor to enter into agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Provide that required exterior hunting garments may be fluorescent pink.

Create a habitat conservation specialty plate and emblem.

Revise a provision related to threatening law enforcement officers.

Prohibit the use of a deepfake to influence an election and to provide a penalty therefor.

Revise the process for nominating candidates for the offices of lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state.

Provide that certain personal information of a lottery prize winner may only be used for advertising or promotion with the winner's consent.

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