Representative • Democrat

Oren Lesmeister

South Dakota • District HD-028A

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 166

Not Voting: 2

Other: 114

Yea: 1029

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Oren Lesmeister

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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.

Provide authority for a court to order offenders convicted of vehicular homicide to pay restitution to a victim's children until age eighteen.

Waive certain fees for nondriver identification cards for individuals who are homeless.

Provide free birth certificates to persons experiencing homelessness.

Make an appropriation for the revised construction costs of maintenance shops for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division and to declare an emergency.

Expand eligibility for the reduced tuition benefit for certain school district and Head Start employees at Board of Regents institutions to school counselors.

Define the requirements for granting a carbon pipeline easement.

Revise provisions regarding industrial hemp.

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.

Establish educational standards for the expanded practice of optometry.

Expand permission on installing electric wiring in a residence.

Revise provisions pertaining to voter registration requirements and the state board of elections.

Clarify references to the court in a condemnation proceeding.

Permit the use of tribal identification cards when registering to vote.

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.

Create the indigent legal services fund, to provide ongoing revenue therefor, and to make an appropriation therefor.

Designate Medal of Honor Recognition Day.

Expand authorization for the conditional taking of coyotes from snowmobiles.

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

Establish a task force to address the welfare of Indian children in South Dakota.

Create requirements for the disclosure of certain information relating to health care sharing arrangements.

Provide a special motor vehicle license plate for recipients of the Legion of Merit award.

Require that an application for a medical marijuana registry identification card include a notice of federal law regarding firearms and the unlawful use of a controlled substance.

Modify the amount of time allowed to an employee to vote at any election in this state.

Establish a civil action for nonconsensual condom removal.

Define and require active efforts for purposes of preserving and reuniting families following instances of abuse or neglect.

Require the consideration of certain definitions when investigating unfair or discriminatory practices.

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

Require free voice communication services for correctional inmates and to make an appropriation therefor.

Modify the amount of time to report an injury for workers' compensation.

Extend the period of renewal for an enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol.

Revise the membership of the South Dakota Capitol Complex Restoration and Beautification Commission.

Amend the school funding formula to provide for the use of an averaged fall enrollment when determining local need.

Increase the state minimum wage.

Modify the definition of public infrastructure to allow a federally recognized Indian tribe to be eligible for housing infrastructure grants and loans and to declare an emergency.

Revise the water resources projects list.

Extend the length of time allowed for a tax agreement with an Indian tribe.

Establish the crime of possession of a weapon or tools with intent to commit theft and to provide a penalty therefor.

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