Senator • Republican
VJ Smith
South Dakota • District SD-007
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
41
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
100% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 31
Not Voting: 1
Other: 36
Yea: 423
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Sponsored Bills
SD HB1322•Passed
Provide for the direct sale of certain home-produced or home-processed foods and food products.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1302•Passed
Modify tuition responsibilities for children in residential treatment centers.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB201•Passed
Revise provisions regarding industrial hemp and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB197•Passed
Require the POW/MIA flag be displayed in the Senate and House of Representative chambers.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB196•Passed
Make an appropriation to provide grants for certain residential alternative care programs and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1306•Passed
Make an appropriation to rural access infrastructure funds and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1284•Passed
Increase household income thresholds for a paraplegic tax reduction.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1281•Vetoed
Clarify the contents of the general appropriations act for fiscal year 2023, pertaining to certain federal moneys and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1277•Passed
Make an appropriation to the State Conservation Commission, transfer moneys thereto, and to declare an emergency.
Co-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 SB169•Passed
Establish a means for certain Department of Corrections inmates to earn credit against fines or costs ordered by the sentencing court.
Co-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 HB1272•Passed
Revise provisions related to counseling for domestic abuse defendants.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB151•Vetoed
Revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB165•Passed
Exempt gross receipts of certain coaches from certain gross receipts taxes.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB147•Passed
Authorize the construction and operation of a nursing facility in Lyman County and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB156•Passed
Revise certain provisions regarding census estimates for the purposes of off-sale and on-sale liquor licenses.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB161•Passed
Make an appropriation for matching funds to enhance research in manufacturing processes having lunar application and planetary use in tribal housing development and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB136•Passed
Revise and clarify certain processes for emergency detainment related to drug and alcohol abuse.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1162•Passed
Define a loaded firearm.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB120•Passed
Include intentionally manipulated images or recordings in the crime of invasion of privacy by recording.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1152•Passed
Establish rights regarding the disposition of a person's remains.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1129•Passed
Prohibit forms of discrimination in access to organ transplantation.
Primary Sponsor
SD SB108•Passed
Repeal certain reporting requirements to the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB103•Passed
Make an appropriation to support the teen court grant program and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB97•Passed
Authorize the Board of Regents to acquire the incubator building located on the campus of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, to contract for the design and renovation thereof, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Primary Sponsor
SD HB1099•Passed
Revise provisions related to courtroom modifications for child witnesses.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1100•Passed
Revise provisions related to the video recording of certain victim testimony at a preliminary hearing or deposition.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1096•Passed
Revise provisions regarding livestock identification.
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 SB84•Passed
Make an appropriation for the design, renovation, and construction of a multi-purpose facility at the Cottonwood Field Station 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 SB19•Passed
Permit certain facilities to establish reasonable restrictions related to the medical use of cannabis.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB22•Passed
Revise a reference to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB26•Passed
Revise the definition of practitioner for purposes of the medical cannabis program.
Co-Sponsor
SD SB24•Passed
Establish a maximum number of cannabis plants that may be cultivated by a medical cannabis cardholder.
Primary Sponsor
SD SB21•Passed
Revise provisions related to the revocation of a medical cannabis registry identification card.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1292•Passed
Regulate delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for those under the age of twenty-one.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1285•Passed
Create a critical care endorsement for emergency medical technician-paramedics.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1137•Passed
Make an appropriation for high performance computing and data storage systems at South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency.
Co-Sponsor
SD HB1121•Passed
Revise certain provisions related to advanced life support personnel.
Co-Sponsor
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