South Dakota Legislative Research Council

South Dakota Legislative Research Council

Type
Type	Non-partisan
Meeting place

South Dakota State Capitol, Pierre
Website
http://legis.sd.gov/

The South Dakota Legislative Research Council (colloquially known as the LRC) is the governmental agency under the legislative branch of the government of South Dakota.^[1]

South Dakota State Legislature

The Legislative Research Council operates in the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre. It legislative duties are year round, but its bill writing season begins the second Tuesday of January each year. The legislative session lasts 40 working days in odd-numbered years, and 35 days working days in even numbered years. Generally, the Legislative Research Council will work through every business day until the session ends, excepting on last day which is delayed to allow for consideration of gubernatorial vetoes. The LRC was founded by political science professor William O. Farber.

References

↑ Ballotpedia. http://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_Legislative_Research_Council http://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_Legislative_Research_Council. Retrieved 5 December 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help)

Schoenfeld, Fred (Legislative Research Council), (2012). "South Dakota Legislator Reference Book"

Members of the South Dakota State Senate

South Dakota Legislature (2015–2016)

President of the Senate: Matt Michels (R)
President pro Tempore: Corey Brown (R)
Majority Leader: Tim Rave (R)
Minority Leader: Jason Frerichs (D)

Jason Frerichs (D)
Brock Greenfield (R)
David Novstrup (R)
Jim Peterson (D)
Ried Holien (R)
Ernie Otten (R)
Larry Tidemann (R)
Scott Parsley (D)
Deb Peters (R)
Jenna Haggar (R)
Todd Schlekeway (R)
Blake Curd (R)
Phyllis Heineman (R)
Deb Soholt (R)
Angie Buhl (D)
William Shorma (R)
Arthur Rusch (R)
Bernie Hunhoff (D)
Bill Van Gerpen (R)
Mike Vehle (R)
Billie Sutton (D)
Jim White (R)
Corey Brown (R)
Jeff Monroe (R)
Tim Rave (R)
Troy Heinert (D)
Jim Bradford (D)
Betty Olson (R)
Gary Cammack (R)
Bruce Rampelberg (R)
Bob Ewing (R)
Alan Solano (R)
Phil Jensen (R)
Craig Tieszen (R)
Terri Haverly (R)

Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives

South Dakota Legislature (2015–2016)

Speaker of the House: Dean Wink (R)
Speaker pro Tempore: Mark Mickelson (R)
Majority Leader: Brian Gosch (R)
Minority Leader: Spencer Hawley (D)

Dennis Feickert (D)
Steven McCleerey (D)
Burt Tulson (R)
Lana Greenfield (R)
Dan Kaiser (R)
Al Novstrup (R)
Fred Deutsch (R)
John Wiik (R)
Roger Solum (R)
Lee Schoenback (R)
Herman Otten (R)
Isaac Latterell (R)
Scott Munsterman (R)
Spencer Hawley (D)
Leslie Heinemann (R)
Matthew Wollmann (R)
Paula Hawks (D)
Vacant
Don Haggar (R)
Steven Haugaard (R)
Christine Erickson (R)
Jim Stalzer (R)
Arch Beal (R)
Alex Jensen (R)
Mark Mickelson (R)
Steven Westra (R)
Larry Zikmund (R)
Thomas Holmes (R)
Patrick Kirschman (D)
Karen Soli (D)
Jim Bolin (R)
David Anderson (R)
Nancy Rasmussen (R)
Ray Ring (D)
Mike Stevens (R)
Jean Hunhoff (R)
Kyle Schoenfish (R)
Kent Peterson (R)
Tona Rozum (R)
Joshua Klumb (R)
Julie Bartling (D)
Lee Qualm (R)
Peggy Gibson (D)
Dick Werner (R)
Justin Cronin (R)
Michele Harrison (R)
Tim Rounds (R)
Mary Duvall (R)
Kris Langer (R)
Roger Hunt (R)
A. Shawn Bordeaux (D)
B. James Schaefer (R)
Kevin Killer (D)
Elizabeth May (R)
A. Dean Schrempp (D)
B. J. Sam Marty (R)
Dean Wink (R)
Gary Cammack (R)
Lance Russell (R)
Mike Verchio (R)
Fred Romkema (R)
Timothy Johns (R)
Kristin Conzet (R)
Brian Gosch (R)
Jacqueline Sly (R)
Scott Craig (R)
Vacant
Jeffrey Partridge (R)
Blaine Campbell (R)
Lynne DiSanto (R)

State of South Dakota

Pierre (capital)

Topics	Cities Delegations Famous South Dakotans Geography Government History Timeline Towns & Villages Townships Transportation State Parks Symbols Universities Visitor attractions

Society	Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Politics

Regions	Badlands Black Hills Coteau des Prairies Coteau du Missouri Dissected Till Plains Drift Prairie East River Pine Ridge Siouxland West River

Larger cities pop. over 5,000	Aberdeen Belle Fourche Box Elder Brandon Brookings Harrisburg Huron Madison Mitchell Pierre Rapid City Sioux Falls Spearfish Sturgis Vermillion Watertown Yankton

Smaller cities pop. 1,000 - 5,000	Baltic Beresford Britton Canton Chamberlain Clark Clear Lake Crooks Custer De Smet Deadwood Dell Rapids Eagle Butte Elk Point Flandreau Fort Pierre Freeman Garretson Gettysburg Gregory Groton Hartford Hot Springs Lead Lemmon Lennox Martin Milbank Miller Mission Mobridge North Sioux City Parkston Platte Redfield Salem Sisseton Springfield Summerset Tea Tyndall Volga Wagner Webster Winner

Largest CDPs pop. over 1,000	Blackhawk Colonial Pine Hills Dakota Dunes Fort Thompson North Eagle Butte North Spearfish Oglala Pine Ridge Porcupine Rapid Valley Rosebud

Largest towns pop. over 500	Aurora Humboldt St. Francis Wall

Counties	Aurora Beadle Bennett Bon Homme Brookings Brown Brule Buffalo Butte Campbell Charles Mix Clark Clay Codington Corson Custer Davison Day Deuel Dewey Douglas Edmunds Fall River Faulk Grant Gregory Haakon Hamlin Hand Hanson Harding Hughes Hutchinson Hyde Jackson Jerauld Jones Kingsbury Lake Lawrence Lincoln Lyman Marshall McCook McPherson Meade Mellette Miner Minnehaha Moody Oglala Lakota Pennington Perkins Potter Roberts Sanborn Spink Stanley Sully Todd Tripp Turner Union Walworth Yankton Ziebach

Current elected statewide political officials of South Dakota

U.S. Senators	Mike Rounds (R) John Thune (R)

U.S. Representatives	Kristi Noem (R), Representative At-Large

State government	Dennis Daugaard (R), Governor Matt Michels (R), Lieutenant Governor Jason Gant (R), Secretary of State Marty Jackley (R), Attorney General Rich Sattgast (R), State Auditor Vernon Larson (R), State Treasurer

Senate	Bob Gray (R), President pro tempore Russell Olson (R), Majority Leader Jason Frerichs (D), Minority Leader

House	Val Rausch (R), Speaker Brian Gosch (R), Speaker pro tempore David Lust (R), Majority Leader Bernie Hunhoff (D), Minority Leader

Supreme Court (appointed)	David Gilbertson, Chief Justice Steven L. Zinter Glen A. Severson Lori S. Wilbur Janine M. Kern

Legislatures of the United States

United States Congress	United States House of Representatives United States Senate

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Other legislatures	District of Columbia American Samoa (H, S) Guam Northern Mariana Islands (H, S) Puerto Rico (H, S) U.S. Virgin Islands

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