Representative • Republican

Jess Olson

South Dakota • District HD-034

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 109

Other: 61

Yea: 677

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

Revise certain provisions related to the sealing of adoption records.

Update references to the Governor, lieutenant governor, and other persons.

Provide for appropriate civil commitment of certain persons.

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

Modify acceptable conduct for practitioners related to medical cannabis.

Add dental practices as eligible facilities to participate in the rural health care recruitment assistance program.

Provide an educational exception to consumption prohibitions for persons over eighteen years of age who are required to taste an alcoholic beverage as part of a course.

Expand eligibility for certain teachers who receive reduced tuition at Board of Regents institutions.

Make an appropriation to support volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.

Authorize school boards to modify the length of terms for members to allow for holding joint elections.

Increase the daily maximum award for the alternative care program administered by the Unified Judicial System.

Revise provisions related to abandoned mobile or manufactured homes.

Revise provisions related to emergency and involuntary commitment for alcohol and drug abuse.

Make an appropriation to the Department of Human Services for the development and expansion of adult day services programs and to declare an emergency.

Increase the maximum amount of dollars payable by the state to erect the headstone of a deceased veteran.

Increase the dollar amount of South Dakota opportunity scholarships.

Make an appropriation to expand laboratory space at the Sanford Underground Research Facility and to declare an emergency.

Expand critical incident stress management to health care facility personnel providing emergency services.

Establish a uniform method for calculating high school credit received from completing postsecondary courses.

Make an appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act monies for eligible water projects and to declare an emergency.

Modify the limit of consecutive terms for members of the Board of Technical Education.

Modify the use of conservation district special revenue fund monies and to provide an appropriation therefor.

Raise the revenue threshold for a required audit of a water development district.

Require the continued maintenance of the official list of candidates prior to an election.

Modify provisions for a statewide runoff election.

Provide increased funding for the water and environment fund.

Revise provisions related to juror compensation.

Provide for licensure by endorsement for certain licensed professionals and occupations.

Provide a stipend for the erection of a private headstone for a deceased veteran.

Provide for the election of State Brand Board members.

Make an appropriation to provide support for an airline terminal infrastructure expansion project at the Rapid City Regional Airport.

Ensure the proper labeling of American Indian arts and crafts.

Exclude township-owned self-propelled machinery, equipment, and vehicles from fuel excise tax.

Repeal and make technical changes to provisions regarding the Board of Military Affairs.

Make an appropriation for the reimbursement of certain costs incurred in providing medical services to an adopted child and to declare an emergency.

Make an appropriation to support firefighter training efforts in the state.

Reduce the penalty for unlawful possession of a cannabis product and provide exceptions.

Provide treatment for the ingestion of controlled substances.

Authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a year-round rodeo practice facility on the campus of South Dakota State University, together with equipment and furnishings, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Continue enhanced and transitional rates for community services and support providers.

Clarify informed consent requirements for the provision of prenatal and postnatal care to minors.

Establish provisions relating to occupational licensing and criminal convictions.

Exempt funeral and burial services from the state gross receipts tax.

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