The amendment added four additional legislators as sponsors (Senators Crabtree, Duhamel, and Perry and Representatives Emery, Fitzgerald, Moore, and Muckey) and removed the bill's internal formatting markup, but made no substantive changes to the commemoration's content or purpose.
26.1050.9 101st Legislative Session SC820 2026 South Dakota Legislature Senate Commemoration 820 Introduced by: Senator Deibert Underscores indicate new language. Overstrikes indicate deleted language. Senators Deibert, Crabtree, Duhamel, and Perry and Representatives Emery, Fitzgerald, Moore, and Muckey A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION honoring Dr. Margaret Becker as the recipient of 1 the 2025 Copic Humanitarian Award. 2 WHEREAS, Dr. Margaret Becker, a board-certified family medicine physician, has provided 3 comprehensive care to patients of all ages at the Monument Health Spearfish Clinic and has, 4 for the past eight years, also served as the medical director of the Good Shepherd Free Clinic 5 in Spearfish; and 6 WHEREAS, through her work with the Good Shepherd Free Clinic, Dr. Becker has 7 addressed the health needs of countless individuals, who would otherwise have had to forego 8 medical attention; and 9 WHEREAS, for her unwavering dedication and selfless service, the South Dakota State 10 Medical Association presented Dr. Becker with the 2025 South Dakota Copic Humanitarian 11 Award; and 12 WHEREAS, Dr. Becker designated the Good Shepherd Free Clinic as the recipient of the 13 $10,000 Copic donation; 14 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundred First Legislature of the 15 State of South Dakota, that Dr. Margaret Becker, the recipient of the 2025 Copic Humanitarian 16 Award, has expended innumerable hours providing volunteer medical services and helping to 17 improve the day-to-day lives of countless patients in western South Dakota. 18