Taffy Howard

Sponsored bills

• HB1218: Address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals.
• HB1106: Require a report regarding refugee resettlement services. (primary sponsor)
• HB1061: Prohibit a health care provider from restricting or denying a parent or guardian's access to certain medical records and other health information of a minor.
• SB75: Require an indication of United States citizenship status on a motor vehicle operator's license or permit, and on a nondriver identification card.
• SB68: Require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor.
• SB6: Authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building.
• SB155: Reduce the amount of net receipts of unclaimed property deposited into the general fund. (primary sponsor)
• SB145: Require legislative approval of real property leases that are necessary for the operation of state government and exceed specified durations or rental payments.
• HB1141: Provide an exception for employers to acquire and distribute opioid antagonists that are available over the counter.
• SB79: Permit the operation of a Class I electric bicycle on the Mickelson Trail. (primary sponsor)
• HB1068: Allow a student to wear certain military decorations at a school graduation ceremony and to declare an emergency.
• SJR505: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, establishing the trust for unclaimed property fund. (primary sponsor)
• SJR503: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, clarifying that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote. (primary sponsor)
• HJR5002: Applying to the United States Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call for a convention for proposing an amendment to the constitution establishing congressional term limits.
• SJR501: Providing legislative approval for a future use water permit application by the Western Dakota Regional Water System.
• SB113: Provide protections for parental rights.
• HB1052: Prohibit the exercise of eminent domain for a pipeline that carries carbon oxide.
• HJR5001: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, conditioning the requirement of expanded Medicaid on the level of federal medical assistance.
• HB1063: Revise the provisions for preparing a fiscal note for ballot questions.
• HB1053: Require age verification by websites containing material that is harmful to minors, and to provide a penalty therefor.