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Legislative Update with Jay Kruse by Jay Kruse, Chief Advocacy Officer Good Morning, Tomorrow is legislative day 36 which is also the final day of South Dakota legislative session before legislators head home for a two week recess. They will then return to Pierre on March 29th to override any of Governor Noem’s vetoes and complete any last-minute business. As you can imagine these next few days in the Capitol are going to jammed packed! A major topic of discussion will surely be House Bill 1100, which institutes the state’s medical marijuana program as a result of the passage of Initiated Measure 26. The Senate passed the legislation on Monday with an added amendment from Sioux Falls Republican Blake Curd that would allow for the recreational use of cannabis for adults 21 years and older. With the added amendment expanding the scope of the legislation from only medical use to both medical and recreational use, the bill now heads back to the House for consideration in its amended form. The House originally approved the bill on February 25th 40-28. Senate Bill 193 also recently passed both the House and Senate and is awaiting Governor Noem’s signature. This legislation would allow notarial officers in this state, while located in this state, to perform a notarial act with a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer but observed by the notarial officer through means of video communication technology. While more modernizations of our remote notary laws will be needed next year to provide some more clarity, we believe this legislation is a step in the right direction. We plan to collaborate with the electronic recording commission and the governor’s office to continue to make the needed updates to these statutes in 2022. You can see the full list of bills we are tracking, including links and details, on our website at: https://www.dakcu.org/bill-tracking.html. Be sure to select South Dakota in the “Key Legislation” drop down box to display the state-specific bills we are tracking. Virtual Hike the Hill Meetings Our first virtual congressional Zoom meeting with North Dakota Senator Hoeven is tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. CT. In addition to the registration on our website, which you can find here, Jeff also sent calendar invites to all credit union CEOs which included the links to attend your state’s meetings. If you have accepted the calendar invite, don’t worry about going through the registration process on our website. Due to the busy schedule in Washington, we have had to shuffle our meetings around a little bit to accommodate a couple of the congressional offices. Below is an updated schedule of both our North and South Dakota meetings: North Dakota March 11, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. CT – Virtual Meeting with Senator Hoeven March 11, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. CST – Virtual Meeting with Congressman Armstrong South Dakota March 17, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. CST – Virtual Meeting with Senator John Thune March 17, 2021 at 3:30 p.m. CST – Virtual Meeting with Congressman Johnson March 19, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. CST – Conference Call with Senator Mike Rounds We appreciate the ongoing support of our advocacy efforts and hope you consider joining us for a conversation with your Dakotas’ congressional delegation! As always, feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.
Legislative Update with Jay Kruse
by Jay Kruse, Chief Advocacy Officer
Good Morning,
Tomorrow is legislative day 36 which is also the final day of South Dakota legislative session before legislators head home for a two week recess. They will then return to Pierre on March 29th to override any of Governor Noem’s vetoes and complete any last-minute business. As you can imagine these next few days in the Capitol are going to jammed packed!
A major topic of discussion will surely be House Bill 1100, which institutes the state’s medical marijuana program as a result of the passage of Initiated Measure 26. The Senate passed the legislation on Monday with an added amendment from Sioux Falls Republican Blake Curd that would allow for the recreational use of cannabis for adults 21 years and older. With the added amendment expanding the scope of the legislation from only medical use to both medical and recreational use, the bill now heads back to the House for consideration in its amended form. The House originally approved the bill on February 25th 40-28.
Senate Bill 193 also recently passed both the House and Senate and is awaiting Governor Noem’s signature. This legislation would allow notarial officers in this state, while located in this state, to perform a notarial act with a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer but observed by the notarial officer through means of video communication technology. While more modernizations of our remote notary laws will be needed next year to provide some more clarity, we believe this legislation is a step in the right direction. We plan to collaborate with the electronic recording commission and the governor’s office to continue to make the needed updates to these statutes in 2022.
You can see the full list of bills we are tracking, including links and details, on our website at: https://www.dakcu.org/bill-tracking.html. Be sure to select South Dakota in the “Key Legislation” drop down box to display the state-specific bills we are tracking.
Virtual Hike the Hill Meetings
Our first virtual congressional Zoom meeting with North Dakota Senator Hoeven is tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. CT. In addition to the registration on our website, which you can find here, Jeff also sent calendar invites to all credit union CEOs which included the links to attend your state’s meetings. If you have accepted the calendar invite, don’t worry about going through the registration process on our website.
Due to the busy schedule in Washington, we have had to shuffle our meetings around a little bit to accommodate a couple of the congressional offices. Below is an updated schedule of both our North and South Dakota meetings:
North Dakota
March 11, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. CT – Virtual Meeting with Senator Hoeven
March 11, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. CST – Virtual Meeting with Congressman Armstrong
South Dakota
March 17, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. CST – Virtual Meeting with Senator John Thune
March 17, 2021 at 3:30 p.m. CST – Virtual Meeting with Congressman Johnson
March 19, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. CST – Conference Call with Senator Mike Rounds
We appreciate the ongoing support of our advocacy efforts and hope you consider joining us for a conversation with your Dakotas’ congressional delegation!
As always, feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.