It is my honor to serve the constituents of District 25 as one of your house representatives. I was pleased to be voted into a leadership position and serve as a majority whip. I serve on the House State Affairs committee, am vice-chair of the House Health and Human Services committee and also on the committee of Retirement law. This is the 100th legislative session and there will be festivities later in April to celebrate this for current and former legislators, staff, interns and pages.
This is an historic year in that our former Governor Kristi Noem gave the State of the state address and then headed to Washington for confirmation hearings. She symbolically gave Larry Rhoden a bat to pass on her “baton” and then on this last Saturday resigned as Governor. Our new Governor Larry Rhoden addressed a joint session on Tuesday and set forth his plans. He will have a public inauguration followed by a capitol ball on Saturday February 8.
Some bills that have started going thru are the “baby box” bill which passed in committee and on the house floor. HB 1044 allows for the construction of baby boxes on sites that posses staff capable of providing emergency medical care.
There were a few local people out for the hearing of HB 1052 on eminent domain. There was spirited debate and it passed onto the Senate side.
I was pleased to see several community members here for the rural water events.
Please let me know if you will be in Pierre so I can greet you and attend your function.
You can reach me with any comments or questions at
Or call 605-773-3851 or my cell 605-864-1274.
