The amendment added four additional legislators as co-sponsors (Representatives Bahmuller and Novstrup and Peterson, and Senators Crabtree and Duhamel) and removed formatting instructions and line numbers, but made no substantive changes to the commemoration itself. The bill's purpose remains unchanged—it still honors James Hanssen for forty years of school board service.
26.1017.11 101st Legislative Session HC8010 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Commemoration 8010 Introduced by: Representatives Greenfield, Bahmuller, Muckey, Novstrup, Peterson (Drew), and Van Diepen and Senators Deibert Crabtree, Deibert, Duhamel, and Perry Underscores indicate new language. Overstrikes indicate deleted language. A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION honoring James Hanssen, a member of the 1 Bridgewater-Emery School District Board of Education, on his forty years of 2 school board service. 3 WHEREAS, the 2025-26 school year marks James Hanssen’s fortieth year of school board 4 service, and the Associated School Boards of South Dakota honored him with the 5 Distinguished Service Award; and 6 WHEREAS, James has displayed an exceptional commitment to school board work 7 throughout his tenure on the school board; and 8 WHEREAS, James’s years of service on the school board provide an exemplary display of 9 dedication to the students, staff members, and the community of the Bridgewater-Emery 10 School District; 11 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundred First Legislature of the 12 State of South Dakota, that James Hanssen, of Emery, South Dakota, deserves honor and 13 respect for his continuing efforts to enhance the educational opportunities for K-12 students 14 in this state. 15