Mark Lapka

Sponsored bills

• SB135: protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
• HB1264: eliminate the Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Advisory Task Force, and to provide that the Department of Revenue receive the submission of recommendations and provide a report on agricultural value. (primary sponsor)
• SB88: clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission. (primary sponsor)
• SB124: temporarily prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor.
• SJR508: proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota
• HJR5001: proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakot (primary sponsor)
• SB225: apportion interest earnings from the unclaimed property trust fund to school districts. (primary sponsor)
• SB199: establish a new fund to provide property tax relief. (primary sponsor)
• HB1076: revise restrictions on residence within a community safety zone and to declare an emergency. (primary sponsor)
• HB1064: provide for the sale of producer-raised meat and meat food products directly to consumers pending legalization under federal law. (primary sponsor)
• HB1052: Prohibit the exercise of eminent domain for a pipeline that carries carbon oxide. (primary sponsor)
• 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.
• HB1165: Provide a means by which an agricultural producer may request an automatic refund of an assessment on crops. (primary sponsor)
• HB1183: Amend the other revenue base amount available to certain school districts.
• HB1070: Prohibit cost-sharing in certain health insurance policies for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging examinations.