South Dakota legislation · 101st Legislature (2026)
South Dakota HC8015: honoring Alice Simonson of Day County, who is believed to be the oldest citizen of this state.
Status: Introduced, March 2, 2026
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 9, 2026:
2026 House Commemoration 8015 - SD Legislature honoring Alice Simonson of Day County, who is believed to be the oldest citizen of this state. South Dakota Legislature House Commemoration 8015 Introduced by: Representative Czmowski A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION honoring Alice Simonson of Day County, who is believed to be the oldest citizen of this state. WHEREAS, Alice Simonson was born Alice Bakken in McGregor, North Dakota, on January 4, 1918, and moved with her family to Day County, South Dakota, two years later; and WHEREAS, she married Oscar Simonson on June 11, 1938, and had been married seventy-five years when he passed away; and WHEREAS, she has a son and a daughter, as well as two grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and WHEREAS, she kept detailed farm records tracking income and expenses for the entire time she and her husband farmed, and those records are now housed in a library collection at South Dakota State University and have been digitized for access; and WHEREAS, she has been celebrated for the quality of her sewing, her hand-stitched quilts, her gardening, her canning, and her vivid memories of the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s and the coming of rural electrification; WHEREAS, she has been a lifetime member of Bergen Lutheran Church in northern Day County and later became a member of St. John's …
Sponsors
- Tim Czmowski (R, HD-006) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Commemorations
Common questions
- What is HC8015?
- HC8015 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (101st Legislature (2026)): honoring Alice Simonson of Day County, who is believed to be the oldest citizen of this state.
- What is the status of HC8015?
- Introduced as of March 2, 2026. Latest action: Commemorations (March 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored HC8015?
- Tim Czmowski (R, HD-006).
- Where is the official record for HC8015?
- On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27324
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