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Posted on: October 23, 2023

Week 6 Legislative Report

The legislative bills relative to Game Fish and Parks that we have been following  have all been sent to the 41st day. Likelihood of new bills or hoghouse bills being introduced in the last 3 weeks of the legislative session are very slim. We will be watching the...

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Week 5 Legislative Report

We passed the halfway point this week so it’s all downhill from here! Very light year for outdoor, wildlife, recreational issues with this year’s legislature with 450 bills introduced. I attribute that to having 29 new members in the House, they’re figuring it out and...

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Week 3 Legislative Report

House Bill 1100, An Act to authorize landowner-on-own-land elk licenses, was deferred at the request of the prime sponsor till Thursday February 2nd in order to work on the language and possible amendments. The proponents have reached out to us to have some dialogue...

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Action Alert – HB1100

HB 1100 will be heard on Thursday at 7:45 AM, text of the bill is below.  This bill allows for a landowner only elk license. This is supposedly for a prairie elk license but the bill does not specify that and would leave it up to the GFP to create the units for this...

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Week 1 2023 Legislative Session

Mitch Richter will be lobbying this legislative session assisted by Dave Nauman and volunteer lobbyist George Vandel. Mitch Richter is a former legislator serving 8 years from Sioux Falls in the House and for the past 20 years has been lobbying in Pierre as a contract...

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2020 Voting Record

Recently the South Dakota Wildlife Fed. Camo-Coalition (SDWFCC) released its 2020 Legislative voting record on select topics that are important to SDWF members. It is important to note that legislators should not necessarily be judged based entirely on one vote, but...

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Day 32 of 37

SB 150 passed the house on Thursday. Only a few days left, most of all of our bills have passed or died, we will monitor until the end! Thank you! All for the help in fighting the constant onslaught of attempts to change our hunting and fishing heritage here in SD. HB...

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Day 31 of 37

Legislative Daily Update: Day 31 of 37 HB 1184 passed the Senate today 24 yeas 11 nays it needed 2/3 of the vote to pass, and that is exactly what it had. SB 150 will be on the House floor on (Wed.) House is at ease right now so not sure when will be heard today or...

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