2 months ago in Local Jerry Oster Photo: WNAX
Week 3 of the South Dakota State Legislature in Pierre is now in the books. Transgender issues, abortion, open fields, and marijuana all made the news this week. Here’s a look at a few of the lesser quotable lines found in our reporter notebook this week:
Good question. HB1076 aka the ‘transgender birth certificate’ bill got week 3 off with a bang early Monday morning. The bill appeared to be sailing through committee until State Medical Association lobbyist and former lawmaker Dean Krogman stood to testify. Krogman then unleashed on the committee and the bills prime sponsor, Florence Republican Fred Deutsch, for not having brought any health professionals into the discussion. Krogman said he, like most people in the state, was as, ‘pro-life as anyone’ but asked the committee, “How much more pro-life do we need to be?” HB1076 fa