Opinion

We have wrapped up Week 7 of the legislative session with only 2 more weeks to go before we are finished with our work for the year. Here is a quick update on the bills that I still have alive in the process.

Crossover Day was Thursday, which means the bills had to be passed by the House of origin. Which means the bill passed by the House come over to the Senate committees for work and will be voted on by the full Senate if they are passed out of committee.

The Senate recently voted on two commonsense bills that would have gone a long way to help defend the rights of the defenseless. Unfortunately, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act were both defeated, largely on party lines.

With week 7 of the session completed we have come to the final 2 weeks of the 2020 Legislative Session. Every bill was moved out of its body of origin by the end of Thursday, February 27th. So far Governor Noem has signed 28 House and 10 Senate bills into law.

PROVERBS 27:19 “As in water face answereth face, to the heart of man to man.”(KJV) This Proverb is telling us that the water reflects the face as a mirror reflects the face. You cannot deny what the mirror or the water reflects, they can only reflect the image that is there.

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) encourages agricultural producers to enroll now in the Agriculture Risk Loss (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. March 15, 2020 is the enrollment deadline for the 2019 crop year.

Deer Stories — They can be as Difficult to Get as a Good Buck The business generated by whitetail deer is bigger than I had imagined.

If you’ve turned on the news in the last month or so you’ve probably heard this word over and over: Coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19. This week, the president addressed the nation regarding the U.S. responseto the outbreak.

As we finished week 6, we are now 2/3 done with the 2020 legislative session. This week Thursday, February 27th is Cross Over Day in which every bill has to be moved out of the legislative body it originated in and then go to the other chamber for action.

NEWS From The Legislature By Rocky Blare SD District 21 Senator Every week the pace picks up in the legislature. We ended up with 293 House Bills and 186 Senate Bills introduced as of February 13. Tuesday morning, the Judiciary committee sent SB96 to the Senate.