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Fellow South Dakotans,Welcome to the 2019 Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota Legislative Scorecard.The goal of this scorecard is simple: make government transparent to the peoplethey represent.History has proven that free people are capable of extraordinary things—but manycurrent laws hold South Dakotans back from truly thriving. That’s why our growingnetwork of activists across the state are fighting every day to make the MountRushmore State a better place to live, work, and raise a family.Policymakers are working to remove barriers that make it more difficult for SouthDakotans to achieve their full potential. To advance principles related to this cause,we are using cutting edge tools and technology to educate, recruit, and mobilizecitizens in support of improving the lives of all South Dakotans.With our 2019 Legislative Scorecard, we aim to enhance transparency and helpinvolve your voice in the legislative process.For Freedom,Don HaggarSouth Dakota State DirectorAmericans for Prosperity2

EXPLANATION OF BILLS2019 REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSIONJan 8, 2019—Mar 13, 2019Legislative VotesHB 1079 ALLOW PLUMBING WORK ON OWN PROPERTY WITHOUT LICENSEPRIME SPONSOR: Rep. Herman Otten — SENATE PRIME: Sen. Ernie Otten — AFP’S POSITION: SUPPORT —OUTCOME: SIGNED INTO LAWThe South Dakota Plumbing Commission recently decided that property owners were not eligible toperform plumbing work on their properties without first acquiring a plumbing license. This bill fixed thatinterpretation and removed unnecessary red tape that required property owners to have an occupationallicense to perform plumbing work on their own properties.HB 1087 PROMOTE FREE SPEECH AND INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY ONCOLLEGE CAMPUSESPRIME SPONSOR: Rep. Sue Peterson — SENATE PRIME: Sen. Jim Stalzer — AFP’S POSITION: SUPPORT —OUTCOME: SIGNED INTO LAWHigher education provides a unique forum for students to freely and productively engage with a range ofideas—education that enables a thoughtful and diverse society. This bill protects these unique environmentson our college campuses and protects the free speech rights of students in South Dakota.SB 96 EXPAND TAX CREDIT FOR EDUCATIONAL CHOICE SCHOLARSHIPSPRIME SPONSOR: Sen. Lee Schoenbeck — HOUSE PRIME: Rep. Jon Hansen — AFP’S POSITION: SUPPORT —OUTCOME: SIGNED INTO LAWEducational freedom allows students to get the education that best meets their needs. This bill expands theSouth Dakota Partners in Education (PIE) tax credit scholarship program to allow the credit to apply to 100%of the contribution and allow for quarterly reporting. This helps ensure students, regardless of income or ZIPcode, have access to an education that helps them learn and thrive.HB 1265 CLARIFIES CURRENT SALES TAX REDUCTION LANGUAGEPRIME SPONSOR: Rep. Chris Karr — AFP’S POSITION: SUPPORT — OUTCOME: DEFEATEDIn a previous legislative session, South Dakota lawmakers raised the state’s sales tax from 4% to 4.5%, witha deal in place to reduce the rate by 0.1% for every 20 million received in online sales tax revenue. This billwould have clarified the requirement by including an automatic trigger if government revenue grew by aspecified amount, ensuring that there will be automatic sales tax relief for South Dakotans.3

SB 19 REPEAL PRESUMPTIVE PROBATIONPRIME SPONSOR: Attorney General’s bill — AFP’S POSITION: OPPOSED — OUTCOME: DEFEATEDPresumptive probation allows low-level offenders to rehabilitate their lives without adding to ourovercrowded prison populations. This bill would have repealed that reform and erected barriers to reentryfor those individuals who have already paid their debt to society.SB 65 ALLOW COUNTIES TO IMPOSE A TAX TO FUND LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITIESPRIME SPONSOR: Sen. Al Novstrup — AFP’S POSITION: OPPOSED — OUTCOME: DEFEATEDSouth Dakotans have a big enough tax burden as it is. This bill would have given counties free reign totax their residents to build new facilities.SB 86 REPEALS AND REPLACES THE SALES TAX REDUCTION WITHWEAKER LANGUAGEPRIME SPONSOR: Sen. Jeff Partridge — AFP’S POSITION: OPPOSED — OUTCOME: DEFEATEDPrevious legislation regarding the increased sales tax included a deal that would automatically include areduction of 0.1% in the sales tax for every 20 million in online sales tax revenue. This legislation would havediscarded that language, removing the mechanism that guaranteed automatic tax relief for South Dakotans.KEYSYMBOLMEANING%Voted WITH Americans for Prosperity - South Dakota Voted AGAINST Americans for Prosperity - South Dakota))Legislative Champions were identified by lawmakers’ impeccable record on AFP-SD’s priority bills.Policy Leaders paved the way on important legislative reforms during this year’s session.4

10Arch Beal12Shawn Bordeaux026AScyller Borglum32Thomas Brunner29Kirk Chaffee29Roger Chase22Ryan Cwach18Drew Dennert3Fred Deutsch4Michael Diedrich34Linda Duba15Mary Duvall24Caleb Finck21Julie Frye-Mueller30Bob Glanzer22Tim Goodwin30Spencer Gosch23Lana Greenfield2Randy Gross8Dayle Hammock31Jon Hansen25Steven Haugaard10))))))))))))*RECONSIDERED %%% %%% %%% %%%% %%%%%%% %%% %%%%%%%%%%%% NVNV %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%SB 96 HB 1265%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%HB 1265SIGNEDINTO LAWDoug BarthelDEFEATED5DEFEATEDHugh BartelsHB 108716SIGNEDINTO LAWDavid AndersonHB 1079OUTCOMESIGNEDINTO se Votes %%%5

18Kevin Jensen16Timothy Johns31Chris Johnson32David Johnson33Chris Karr11Lance Koth20John Lake23Isaac Latterell6Oren Lesmeister028ASteve Livermont27Sam Marty028BSteven McCleerey1John Mills4Rhonda Milstead9Paul Miskimins20Tina Mulally35Jess Olson34Herman Otten6Carl Perry3Kent Peterson19Sue Peterson13Tom Pischke25))))))))))))))*RECONSIDERED %%%% %%%% %%%% %%%%%% % NV%%%% NV%%%%%%%% NV%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%% %NV NV%%%%%%%% SB 96 HB 1265%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%HB 1265SIGNEDINTO LAWJean Hunhoff)DEFEATED33DEFEATEDTaffy HowardHB 108714SIGNEDINTO LAWErin HealyHB 1079OUTCOMESIGNEDINTO se Votes cont, 6

Tim Reed7Rebecca Reimer026B%% %%%NVNVNV%%%%%%%% %%% SB 9617SIGNEDINTO LAWNancy Rasmussen*RECONSIDERED35%HB 1265Tony Randolph)))DEFEATED21%%%%%%%HB 1265Lee QualmDEFEATED27HB 1087Peri PourierSIGNEDINTO LAW)HB 10797OUTCOMESIGNEDINTO LAWDoug use Votes cont.Ray Ring17 Tim Rounds24% %NVMichael Saba9 Kyle Schoenfish19% %Jamie Smith15 Manny Steele121%%%%%%NVTamara St. John%%%%%%%%%%%%NV %%%%%%%%% %% Kelly Sullivan13Kaleb Weis2Marli Wiese8Mark Willadsen11Nancy York5Larry Zikmund14))))7

Blake Curd12Lynne DiSanto35Bob Ewing31Red Dawn Foster27Brock Greenfield2Troy Heinert26Phil Jensen33Craig Kennedy18Joshua Klumb20Jack Kolbeck13Kris Langer25Ryan Maher28Jeff Monroe24Stace Nelson19Reynold Nesiba15Al Novstrup3Ernie Otten6))) Jeffrey Partridge34NVArthur Rusch17Lance Russell30%%%Lee Schoenbeck5)*RECONSIDERED % % SB 65%%%%%%%SB 65 SB 86%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%SB 19DEFEATED23DEFEATEDJustin CroninDEFEATED29DEFEATEDGary CammackSB 9616SIGNEDINTO LAWJim BolinHB 108721SIGNEDINTO LAWRocky BlareHB 1079OUTCOMESIGNEDINTO ate Votes%%% NV NV%%%%%%%%%% %%NV % %%%% % %%%%%%%%%%%% %% %%%%%% %%%%% NV%%% %% % % %%% % NV%% NV % NV NV%%%%% %%%%%%NV%%%8

Jim Stalzer11Wayne Steinhauer9Margaret Sutton10James White22John Wiik4Susan WismerJordan Youngberg)*RECONSIDEREDSB 65DEFEATED%32SB 65%Alan SolanoDEFEATED814SB 86 Deb SoholtDEFEATED 7SB 19SB 961V.J. SmithDEFEATEDHB 1087SIGNEDINTO LAW%%%%%%%%RESULTSIGNEDINTO LAWHB 1079SIGNEDINTO AMPIONSenate Votes Cont.%%%%%%%%%% NV %%%%%%% %%% %%%% NV % % 9

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Apr 19, 2019 · 6 House Votes cont, HOUSE DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE CHAMPION POLICY LEADER HB 1079 HB 1087 HB 1265 *RECONSIDERED SB 96 OUTCOME SIGNED INTO LAW SIGNED INTO LAW DEFEATED SIGNED INTO LAW Erin Healy 14 % Taffy Howard 33) % % % % % Jean