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March 13, 2009
Governor Signs Bill For Rapid City Prison
Gov. Mike Rounds has signed into law a bill authorizing a $6 million, minimum-security prison to be built in Rapid City.
March 12, 2009
Governor Sets Up Recidivism Committee
Governor Mike Rounds has signed an executive order creating a council to deal with recidivism, or the return to prison or jail of people former inmates who commit more crimes.
March 10, 2009
Senate Passes Bill For Minimum-Security Prison
The South Dakota Senate is endorsing a plan to build a $6 million, minimum-security prison in the Rapid City area.
March 9, 2009
Senate Cancels Bill On Parole Bonds
The South Dakota Senate has killed a measure that would have allowed the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to require that inmates post bond before being released from prison on parole.
March 6, 2009
Panel Endorses Funding For Rapid City Prison
A Senate committee says South Dakota needs a permanent minimum-security prison in Rapid City.
March 5, 2009
Lawmakers Tour Possible Prison Sites
After years of delays, the Department of Corrections is taking drastic steps to speed up the process of finding a location for a west river minimum security prison.
March 2, 2009
Panel Kills Tougher Seatbelt Law
A House committee says South Dakota is doing just fine without a tougher seat belt law.
February 25, 2009
House Approves DNA Testing For Some Inmates
The South Dakota House says some prison inmates should get a chance for DNA testing to prove their innocence.
February 20, 2009
House Delays Vote On $6 Million Prison Plan
Opponents of a proposed $6 million prison for Rapid City have delayed until next week a planned vote on the bill.
January 15, 2009
Highway Patrol Head Explains Budget Cut
Highway Patrol Col. Dan Mosteller says his agency managed a $2 million budget cut last year without jeopardizing public safety.
January 14, 2009
Attorney General Says Sobriety Program Working
Attorney General Larry Long says a South Dakota program that gives some people a chance to avoid prison through regular drug or alcohol tests works because the people are held accountable.
December 3, 2008
Highway Patrol Could See Budget Increase
While Governor Mike Rounds is calling his budget proposal conservative with numerous cuts, he has asked for an increase in funding to the Highway Patrol.
June 27, 2008
Lawmakers To Revise Indecent Exposure Law
South Dakota lawmakers appear willing to revise the state's indecent exposure laws after a Sioux Falls man was found not guilty of exposing himself to a child.
Deputy Minnehaha County State's Attorney Hope Matchan says the law's poor wording led to the acquittal of a convicted sex offender accused of exposing himself to a two-year-old girl.
March 17, 2008
New Law To Upgrade 911 System
A new law in South Dakota will upgrade and coordinate 911 services across the state.
Governor Rounds signed the legislation on Friday. One goal is to make sure all dispatch centers across the state have equipment that automatically displays a caller's phone number and location, no matter whether the caller is using a hard-wired phone or a cell phone, which now outnumber landlines in South Dakota.
March 14, 2008
Death Penalty Bill Pending
Changes in death-penalty procedures would be required by a bill awaiting Governor Rounds' signature.
March 13, 2008
Governor Signs HIV Bill
A new South Dakota law that goes on the books July first will require people to register as sex offenders if found guilty of intentionally infecting sex partners with the AIDS virus.
Two people in the state have been convicted in recent years of intentionally infecting others with HIV.
February 28, 2008
Legislators Give Up On Law Agency Funds
Tense talks between members of the South Dakota Senate and House ended today with abandonment of a bill that sought to restore $2 million in Highway Patrol funding that Governor Rounds intends to cut.
February 28, 2008
Marijuana Penalty Bill Advances
It's a felony in South Dakota to supply any amount of marijuana to a minor, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
A bill winning final legislative approval in the state House would begin with a lesser penalty for small amounts of pot given or sold to minors and ratchet up penalties for larger quantities of marijuana.
February 27, 2008
Text Message Bill Advances
South Dakota lawmakers have passed a bill making it illegal to harass or threaten anyone through text messages.
February 27, 2008
Protection Order Bill Approved
A bill to extend the length of protection orders in domestic abuse cases has won final legislative approval.
The measure lets judges issue protection orders for up to five years when people are found to be abusers; existing law sets a three-year limit.
HB1149 also changes state law so that judges cannot order victims in domestic abuse cases to obtain counseling.
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