Bill To Add Legislators To Capitol Complex Commission Clears Senate State Affairs Committee

Bill To Add Legislators To Capitol Complex Commission Clears Senate State Affairs Committee

PIERRE, (KCCR) — A bill to add members of the South Dakota Legislature to the Capitol Complex Beautification and Restoration Commission has passed the Senate State Affairs Committee. House Bill 1011 has had no opposition until it’s appearance in Senate State Affairs. Pierre Mayor Steve Harding, a member of the Commission says adding lawmakers is unneeded…

The bill’s prime House sponsor, Representative Will Mortenson of Fort Pierre says the measure is not about anything the Capitol Complex Beautification and Restoration Commission has done wrong…

Senate State Affairs Committee member Senator Lee Schoenbeck of Watertown says adding legislators to the eight-member advisory board wouldn’t hurt…

The Senate State Affairs Committee passed H-B 1011 to the Senate Floor on a nine-zero vote. The measure could have been placed on the consent calendar, given the unanimous vote, however Schoenbeck requested to move it to the floor given the bill did have opposition testimony.