Nicole Uhre-Balk

Clarify the meaning of teleconference for purposes of open meeting requirements.

Make an appropriation for the purchasing of equipment to support the South Dakota Board of Technical Education.

Allow additional forms to verify military service for a veteran designation on a commercial driver license or commercial learner's permit.

Update and repeal provisions related to the reporting of hospital charge information.

Require the disclosure of an outstanding loan balance on a campaign finance disclosure report.

Establish an electronic system for vehicle titles.

Prohibit the use of a deepfake to influence an election and to provide a penalty therefor.

Allow a student to wear certain military decorations at a school graduation ceremony and to declare an emergency.

Make an appropriation for a student teacher stipend grant program.

Modify the permissible dates for a school district bond election.

Modify laws regarding school bus safety and to provide a penalty therefor.

Establish and modify provisions for the temporary training of nonresident physicians.

Provide an exception for employers to acquire and distribute opioid antagonists that are available over the counter.

Update Uniform Unclaimed Property Act to include provisions related to virtual currency and notice requirements.

Revise the penalty and provide treatment for the ingestion of certain controlled substances.

Make an appropriation for purchasing, storing, and distributing sexual assault kits.

Revise a provision related to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by a county in detaining a parolee.

Authorize the South Dakota State Brand Board to enter a memorandum of understanding with any Indian tribe for the investigation of cattle theft.

Allow an applicant to have an interpreter present during the driving portion of a driver license exam.

Providing legislative approval for a future use water permit application by the Western Dakota Regional Water System.

Honoring the 2024-2025 Canton C-Hawk girls wrestling team for its outstanding accomplishments.

Authorize the use of a newborn safety device for the voluntary surrender of a newborn and to make clarifying changes.

Modify the community paramedic endorsement.

Adopt the dietitian licensure compact.

To provide for an interim study regarding property tax reduction and preservation of the American dream to own a home.

Urging the Trump-Vance administration and Office of Management and Budget to uphold the Reagan administration policy of government-to-government relations with tribal nations.

Honoring Frank Kloucek as the oldest surviving, and longest-tenured Democrat to serve in the South Dakota Legislature.

Permit a school district to implement a new or revised section 504 plan, individualized family service plan, or individualized education program for a student who is the child of an active-duty member of the United States armed forces.

Honoring the life of former United States senator, United States representative, and state legislator Tim Johnson.

Honoring the life of former legislator and educator Jan Nicolay for her service to this state.

Honoring the Hamlin Chargers for their 2024 state championship in Class 9AA football.

Extend the area in which a director for an irrigation district may reside.

Encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to establish an interim legislative committee on preserving and protecting the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Create the water infrastructure development fund.

Supporting the effort to bring Amtrak passenger rail service to the state.

Set aside certain contractor's excise tax collections relating to the Ellsworth Air Force Base, to create a fund for the collections, and to provide an appropriation therefor.

Rename the Department of Corrections.

Make an appropriation for grants to support public transit.

Honoring Thomas Shortbull, a trailblazer and leader dedicated to empowering Native communities through education, advocacy, and leadership.

Honoring Terry Ree, for his service to the state of South Dakota as an entertainer through the comedy-musical duo Williams and Ree.

Make an appropriation for the reconstruction of Custer West Dam.

Modernize provisions relating to water development districts.

Modify the individuals eligible to sign an affidavit of homelessness for purposes of obtaining a free copy of a birth certificate.

Modify the persons eligible to sign an affidavit for proof of homelessness for purposes of waiving the fee for a nondriver identification card.

Create a share the road bicyclist safety emblem for use on an emblem specialty plate.

Honoring the 2025 South Dakota Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Youth of the Year finalists.

Supporting the repeal of the Sioux-Dakota Removal Act.

Establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students.

Honoring the outstanding achievements of Pete Bolzer, Chief of the Brookings Fire Department, and congratulating him on his retirement.

Require counties and municipalities to provide emergency medical services within their jurisdictions, increase liquidated court costs, and create the emergency medical services fund and make an appropriation therefor.

Establish the manner of determining payments for the child care assistance program.

To provide for an interim study to examine the South Dakota criminal justice system with a focus on substance abuse, mental health issues, and corrections.

Honoring Bryan Brewer, Sr., for his visionary leadership, transformative impact, and unwavering dedication to advancing athletics, academics, and community empowerment.

Honoring Hannah Heiman of Clark, South Dakota Girls State Governor, and David Yusten Jr. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Boys State Governor, and the South Dakota American Legion and Auxiliary for their sponsorship and coordination of the Girls State and Boys State programs.

Repeal the board of barber examiners and cosmetology commission, and to create the cosmetology and barbering board, to provide a penalty, and to make an appropriation therefor.

Classify nicotine products as tobacco products, to increase tax rates on cigarettes and tobacco products, to create the healthcare workforce development fund, and to make an appropriation therefor.

Exempt any food grown, raised, or otherwise produced in this state from state sales tax.

Require cost model reports for certain programs and institutions.

Require the reporting of the number of veterans who die by suicide in this state.

Repeal capital punishment.

Incorporate the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings in public school curriculum.

Prohibit the reporting of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency and to provide a penalty therefor.

Require that manufacturers of agricultural equipment allow an independent repair provider or an owner to make certain repairs to agricultural equipment.

Require counties and municipalities to provide emergency medical services within their jurisdictions.

Subject lithium mining operations to certain provisions regarding permitting, annual reporting, disturbed land limitations, and mined land reclamation.

Require the publication and review of an explanation of the open meeting laws of this state.

Supporting the establishment of a standardized system to recognize and award academic credit or certification for military service.

Permit a sheriff to charge a fee for service of process, whether service is completed or not.

Shorten the time before records of a Governor or a lieutenant governor are opened to the public.

Honoring Joelle Simpson of Rapid City as Miss South Dakota.

Revise certain provisions related to sexual contact with a child under sixteen.

Revise provisions related to the identification of minors in certain public records.

Revise eligibility requirements for the crime victims' compensation program.

Authorize municipalities to impose a new tax to fund capital improvement projects.

Establish the crime of aggravated careless driving and provide a penalty therefor.

Update references in certain statutes to the 2024 standard building codes.

Recognizing and expressing gratitude to Mike Pedersen for his decades-long commitment to celebrating the joy of Christmas through music.

Prohibit cost-sharing in certain health insurance policies for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging examinations.

Recognizing the Howard Tigers as the 2024 Class B boys basketball state champions.

Recognizing the Howard Tigers as the 2024 Class 9A football state champions.

Honoring the 2023-2024 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Todd Foster, Brookings Middle School Principal; Dr. Julie Hatling, Belle Fourche Elementary School Principal; Camille Kaul, Aberdeen Curriculum Leader; Jason Kolousek, Wessington Springs Secondary School Principal; Kristi Lewis, Chester School Business Official; Mark Naugle, Custer School Superintendent; Amanda Olinger, Harrisburg Assistant Middle School Principal; and Laura Welch, Lennox Director of Special Education.

Honoring the life and service of former Representative Dr. Donald Dean Van Etten.

Require the Department of Revenue provide an annual report to tribal governments regarding certain tax collections.

Create a share the road specialty license plate.