Mellissa Heermann

Sponsored bills

• SB89: create a task force to study the provision of emergency medical services as an essential service and the funding thereof.
• SB106: modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs.
• HB1300: except victims of human trafficking or domestic abuse from certain clemency notice requirements.
• HB1292: limit the ability of a health carrier to recoup, recover, or retroactively deny previously paid claims. (primary sponsor)
• HB1200: make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations.
• HB1138: require the licensure of non-medical home care agencies, and to provide a penalty therefor. (primary sponsor)
• HB1108: require the sealing of court files upon dismissal or denial of a petition for a protection order.
• HB1082: establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students.
• SB98: prevent virtual currency kiosk fraud.
• SB36: authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages.
• HB1238: protect financial institutions taking action to prevent the financial exploitation of consenting, senior, or vulnerable adults. (primary sponsor)
• HB1099: reschedule the pharmaceutical composition of crystalline polymorph psilocybin in a drug product approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a Schedule IV controlled substance.
• SB87: clarify and establish requirements related to forensic medical examinations. (primary sponsor)
• HB1143: authorize the possession and self-administration of diabetes medications by a student on school property and at school-related events and activities.
• HB1101: prohibit an insurer from declining or limiting life, disability, or long-term care insurance policies based solely on an individual's status as a living organ donor.
• SC813: celebrating Solventum's expansion of its Brookings, South Dakota, manufacturing facility. (primary sponsor)
• SB93: prohibit certain state officers or employees from being employed by an organization that was the recipient of a contract awarded
• SB116: make an appropriation for the design and construction of an indoor athletics facility at Dakota State University and to declare an emergency.
• HB1073: provide for the creation of a cardiac emergency plan in every school and to make an appropriation therefor. (primary sponsor)
• SB117: make an appropriation for the design and construction of a new soccer venue at South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency. (primary sponsor)