Last week Attorney General Marty Jackley issued his draft ballot explanation for Aberdeen Democrat Brian Bengs’s proposed initiated amendment to prohibit Legislative repeal and amendment…
Tag: 2021 SB 123
Attorney General Marty Jackley has already received three comments on his proposed title and explanation of the marijuana lobby’s proposed amendment to repeal the single-subject…
Attorney General Mark Vargo has written his first statewide ballot question title and explanation. Today A.G. Vargo released his draft (more on that in a…
When killer Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg isn’t flagrantly violating the law, he’s grossly misunderstanding it. Bob Mercer reports that Ravnsborg’s office claims it did not…
I haven’t had much to say about the Legislature’s Democratic caucus this Session, since there aren’t enough of them to make much difference on the…
House Local Government pushed forward the Republican war on ballot measures Thursday. The committee’s Republicans happily passed Senate Bill 77, Senator Al Novstrup’s petition-crushing requirement…
Never underestimate the Legislature’s ability to take a mediocre bill and make it worse. Senate Bill 123 seeks to incorporate public comment into the process…
Senator Michael Diedrich (R-34/Rapid City) proposes the first initiative-related bill of the 2021 Session I’ve seen that doesn’t attack the initiative process. Senate Bill 123 proposes to add…