Representative • Republican

Hugh Bartels

South Dakota • District HD-005

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 125

Not Voting: 1

Other: 28

Yea: 1154

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Require disclosure of certain information prior to the sale of property bound by a homeowners' association.

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.

Revise provisions related to the custody of an alleged delinquent child before and after a temporary custody hearing.

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.

Repeal and revise certain provisions regarding the petition circulation process to comply with federal court decisions.

Create the South Dakota-Ireland Trade Commission.

Expand the scope of a physician wellness program and to declare an emergency.

Revise unclaimed property provisions.

Revise and repeal provisions related to forcible entry and detainer.

Revise provisions regarding the 911 emergency surcharge.

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.

Revise provisions related to death by distribution of a Schedule I or II substance.

Create the Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council.

Allow an appeal of a decision of the Department of Education regarding special education or related services by a civil action against the department.

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

Provide for the distribution of informational materials regarding palliative care.

Revise certain provisions pertaining to municipal government.

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.

Require that a notification of medical cannabis certification be provided to a patient's primary or referring practitioner.

Require the publication of measures taken to restrict the access of obscene materials by minors.

Address discriminatory acts against entities participating in a 340B drug pricing program.

Establish educational standards for the expanded practice of optometry.

Modify provisions pertaining to the appointment of vacant positions on a board or commission.

Require a convicted defendant to reimburse the cost of digital forensic examination fees.

Provide that the presiding officer of the Senate is required to sign each enrolled bill.

Repeal the session law authorizing the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a new dairy research and extension farm on the campus of South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.

Make fraudulent solicitation of charitable contributions a deceptive act or practice.

Amend provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Regulate the acceptance of a central bank digital currency.

Require the Department of Social Services to conduct a state-wide study on child care, to provide an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Revise a provision related to threatening law enforcement officers.

Revise the renewal fee for barber's certificate of registration.

Require a zoning authority to determine that a well is an established well that has not been abandoned in making a permitting decision.

Keep interest earned on incarceration construction fund moneys in the same fund.

Designate Medal of Honor Recognition Day.

Modify brand registration and use laws.

Provide for the temporary filling of water development district board positions created as a result of population increases.

Provide for the disbursement of the catastrophic county poor relief fund to the participating counties in the event of the discontinuance of the fund.

Permit the display of campaign signs in municipalities in conjunction with the beginning of absentee voting.

Authorize certain employer actions regarding the use of cannabis by an employee or a prospective employee.

Amend the criteria for designation as a regional nursing facility and applicable reimbursement.

Provide for vapor product certification requirements and to provide a penalty therefor.

Establish provisions for the operation of automated motor vehicles.

Revise provisions related to tax deeds and to declare an emergency.

Revise provisions related to the possession, distribution, and manufacture of child pornography.

Modify provisions pertaining to the designation of a legal newspaper.

Enhance the penalties for eluding law enforcement.

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