Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives on the floor adopted reports from the standing committee on House Legislative Procedure and the standing committee on Joint Legislative Procedure and advanced a slate of bills to committee consideration and first reading.

Representative Lems moved adoption of the House Legislative Procedure committee report; the motion was seconded and the clerk reported the vote as "aye 66, excused 3." The speaker declared the motion carried. The House then adopted the joint legislative procedure committee report by the same margin.

The committee reports included several committee-level actions. The House Education Committee reported that House Bills 1002 and 1003 passed in committee; House Bill 1001 also passed in committee and, having been certified as uncontested, was placed on the consent calendar. The House State Affairs Committee reported that House Bill 1053 and House Joint Resolution 5001 passed in committee; House Joint Resolution 5003 was amended and reported "do pass, as amended."

During floor explanation of the joint legislative procedure report, Representative Lems outlined the content of several adopted amendments drafted by the Legislative Research Council and by legislators. Those changes, as described on the floor, include: style and form clarifications to joint rules 7-7 and 7-8 (Amendment A); clarification of conference-committee procedures, including a requirement that presiding officers designate co-chairs, rotation of the chair beginning with the house of origin, a quorum standard defined as a majority of members from each house, an electronic approval step for conference committee reports, and a requirement that a conference committee report be germane to the underlying bill (Amendment B); style and form changes to the legislative calendar (Amendment C); authority for the Code Counsel to correct clerical errors in resolutions (Amendment D); removal of the presiding officer approval requirement to withdraw bills or resolutions (Amendment H); and a clarification that an appropriations subcommittee requires a majority vote of appointed members for passage (Amendment I).

The speaker also announced committee referrals. The speaker signed referrals sending House Bill 1063 to the House Appropriations Committee and referred other bills to House Health and Human Services, House Judiciary, House Local Government, House Military and Veterans Affairs, House State Affairs, and House Transportation as noted on the floor.

Lawmakers completed the first reading of several bills; the House read titles for the following measures on the floor: House Bill 1064 (permit year-round sale of fireworks); House Bill 1065 (repeal requirement that an adult occupant of a motor vehicle in forward motion wear a safety belt); House Bill 1066 (revise residency requirements for voter registration); House Bill 1067 (define the term "must"); House Bill 1068 (allow certain military decorations to be worn at school graduation ceremonies); House Bill 1069 (regulate vapor products and provide penalties); and House Bill 1070 (prohibit cost sharing in certain health insurance policies for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging examinations). Several of those bills were also sent to specific committees for further consideration, as announced by the speaker.

Announcements on the floor set committee schedules for the coming days, including House Transportation, Agriculture and Natural Resources, House Health, and the Joint Committee on Appropriations. The House adjourned following those announcements.

Votes at a glance

- Adoption of report of standing committee on House Legislative Procedure: motion moved by Representative Lems; second not specified; recorded vote: aye 66, excused 3; outcome: adopted.
- Adoption of report of standing committee on Joint Legislative Procedure: motion moved by Representative Lems; second not specified; recorded vote: aye 66, excused 3; outcome: adopted.
- Committee actions (reported on floor): House Education Committee — HB1001 (pass; certified uncontested and placed on consent calendar), HB1002 (pass in committee), HB1003 (pass in committee). House State Affairs Committee — HB1053 (pass in committee), HJR5001 (pass in committee), HJR5003 (amended; do pass as amended).
- First readings (titles read): HB1064, HB1065, HB1066, HB1067, HB1068, HB1069, HB1070 (descriptions as read on the floor).