John Sjaarda

Sponsored bills

• SB175: require that an individual provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and to declare an emergency.
• SB142: amend the requirements for filing certain campaign finance disclosure statements. (primary sponsor)
• SB136: make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.
• HB1313: require education in prenatal human growth and development.
• HB1274: prohibit the dispensing, distribution, sale, or advertisement of certain articles or things for purposes of an unlawful abortion and provide a criminal and civil penalty therefor.
• HB1257: amend the definition of an abortion.
• HB1254: exempt any soil amendment used exclusively for agricultural purposes from sales tax.
• HB1184: define man and woman throughout the state.
• HB1077: consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food.
• SB88: clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission.
• SB36: authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages.
• SB124: temporarily prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor. (primary sponsor)
• SB164: require that any holder of a commercial driver license in this state must be proficient in the English language, and to provide a penalty therefor.
• SB114: provide for the publication of ballot images and the cast vote record of automatic tabulating equipment.
• HB1056: require that the Department of Social Services submit a federal waiver request to exclude soft drinks from the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
• HJR5001: proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakot
• HB1275: create requirements for age verification and parental consent for application stores and to provide a penalty therefor.
• SCR606: encouraging the review and approval of water rights applications and future use reservations from the Missouri River.
• HB1118: make an appropriation for the design and construction of an addition to the existing swine wean-to-finish barn at South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency.
• SC812: to acknowledge Glenn Muller's distinguished career and congratulate him on his achievements.