Representative • Republican

Kirk Chaffee

South Dakota • District HD-029

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 119

Not Voting: 1

Other: 15

Yea: 1214

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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.

Revise notarial acts.

Revise the requirements pertaining to average teacher compensation and to establish a minimum teacher salary.

Make an appropriation to provide a grant for the construction of a facility to provide certain health facilities and services.

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

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

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

Revise provisions pertaining to the observation of the conduct of an election.

Establish educational standards for the expanded practice of optometry.

Change the eligibility requirements, and the exempt value, of a property tax relief program for disabled veterans and surviving spouses.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Designate Medal of Honor Recognition Day.

Expand authorization for the conditional taking of coyotes from snowmobiles.

Modify brand registration and use laws.

Consider certain goods when given as a prize through a redemption store as purchases for resale.

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

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

Provide for the distribution of tax revenue from certain gross receipts occurring on fairgrounds.

Create a presumption of workers' compensation coverage for occupational cancer for firefighters.

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.

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.

Include lithium in the definition of precious metal for purposes of the minerals severance tax, and to set the tax rate for lithium severed in this state.

Expand eligibility to practice as a dental hygienist under the collaborative supervision of a dentist.

Prohibit a homeowners' association from placing restrictions on firearms or firearm ammunition.

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.

Prohibit discrimination based on military status.

Provide an appropriation to construct a community center in the community of Whitewood.

Require that a dispensary post notice of the federal law regarding possession of a firearm and the use of marijuana and to provide a civil penalty.

Provide for the use of the obligation recovery center by counties.

Repeal the expiration of a reduction in certain gross receipts and use tax rates.

Increase the property tax exemption allowed for certain veterans with a disability.

Provide that a female who undergoes an unlawful abortion may not be held criminally liable.

Make an appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State for voter roll maintenance, ballot machines, and election security.

Modify certain provisions pertaining to absentee voting.

Establish post-election audits.

Revise provisions related to abandoned mobile or manufactured homes.

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