This is a legislative commemoration that honors Joyce Waddell for retiring after 56 years of service to the Bison School District as a teacher, counselor, and librarian. The resolution recognizes her 61-year total commitment to educating South Dakota students across multiple communities and her lasting impact on generations of families. This commemoration does not change any state law—it is a formal expression of appreciation from the South Dakota Legislature.
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This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
The amendment added two House representatives (Emery and Goodwin) and three Senate sponsors (Duhamel, Pischke, and Schoenfish) while removing one House representative (Muckey was moved from the end to earlier in the list), and made minor grammatical edits like changing "taught parents, the children" to "taught parents, and the children." These changes do not alter the bill's core purpose of honoring Joyce Waddell's retirement, only expanding its sponsorship and refining its language.
H.J. 169