Representative • Republican

James Wangsness

South Dakota • District HD-023

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 38

Other: 63

Yea: 736

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James Wangsness

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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.

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

Define the requirements for granting a carbon pipeline easement.

Require the consideration of the definition of antisemitism when investigating unfair or discriminatory practices.

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 maximum fees for legal publications and to remove related rule-making authority from the Bureau of Administration.

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.

Place restrictions on the ownership of agricultural land.

Clarify references to the court in a condemnation proceeding.

Revise certain provisions pertaining to time of school district elections.

Expand definitions pertaining to the purchasing of grain.

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.

Include shelterbelts as a factor affecting productivity in determining assessed value of agricultural land.

Revise a provision related to threatening law enforcement officers.

Make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to improve and repair infrastructure around Lake Hiddenwood.

Revise the process for nominating candidates for the offices of lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state.

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.

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

Provide for an E15 fuel tax refund.

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

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

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

Require a school board to hold a bond election at a primary or school general election.

Make an appropriation for a grant to the city of Mobridge for purchasing modular holding cells.

Revise the process for nominating candidates for the offices of lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state.

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

Revise provisions regarding repair and maintenance of mail routes.

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.

Revise provisions regarding township contracts for snow removal.

Provide that required siting permits be filed with condemnation petitions.

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.

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

Require property owner permission or a siting permit prior to entry for an examination and survey.

Update the United States census survey used to ascertain and adjust the salary of members of the Legislature.

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

Create term limits for public utilities commissioners.

Amend requirements for cosmetology apprenticeships.

Allow licensed hunting preserve facilities to sell alcoholic beverages on designated days outside of the shooting preserve season.

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

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