Special sessions by District 24 Senator Mary Duvall.
As Veto Day drew to a close, the Governor indicated she would be working with legislative leaders to schedule a Special Session to deal with three issues: fairness in women’s sports, medical marijuana, and the latest round of COVID relief money. The Legislature has already set aside November 8-9 as a time to meet in Special Session to vote on legislative redistricting.
The State Constitution allows the governor to convene a special session by issuing a proclamation. Only business encompassed in the proclamation can be addressed during the special session. Interestingly, the constitution allows the special session to include either the entire Legislature or either house alone.
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2 months ago in Agriculture Photo: WNAX
The South Dakota House has on a 37 to 30 vote defeated HB 1219 known as the Interstate Cooperative Meatpacking Compact. South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Executive Director Jodie Anderson whose group opposed the bill says while on the surface the measure looked good would have created more problems than it would have solved.
She says what’s needed is a federal measure that allows state inspected meat to be shipped across state lines .
Anderson says another problem with HB 1219 is that if it had been approved could have led to the lost of federal support as well as elimination of South Dakota’s state meat inspection program.