The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Jane; 2 Children: Jess, Tara
Birth date: 10/25/1941
Birthplace: Watertown, SD
Home City: Willow Lake SD
Religion: Lutheran.

Education

Attended, South Dakota State University, 1960-1961

Profession

Farmer, 1964-present

Committees

Agriculture and Natural Resources
Taxation
Transportation

SB 157 Prohibits Cities From Limiting Outdoor Digital Billboards
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Projects
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1248 Authorizes the Concealed Carry of a Handgun Without a Permit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1253 Prohibits State Enforcement of Religious Codes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Projects
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

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SB 157 Prohibits Cities From Limiting Outdoor Digital Billboards
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Projects
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1248 Authorizes the Concealed Carry of a Handgun Without a Permit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1253 Prohibits State Enforcement of Religious Codes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Projects
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1248 Authorizes the Concealed Carry of a Handgun Without a Permit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1253 Prohibits State Enforcement of Religious Codes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1206 Repeals the South Dakota Sales Tax on Food Refund Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1234 Eliminates Teacher Tenure
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1206 Repeals the South Dakota Sales Tax on Food Refund Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HCR 1004 Urging Academic Study of the Bible in Public Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1001 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1217 Requiring Counseling and a Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 156 Prohibits Employment of Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 196 2010-2011 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 169 Insurance Law Amendments
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 121 Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Education Promotion Programs
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 169 Insurance Law Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1231 Prescription Drug Registry
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1240 Need-Based Education Grant Fund
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Cooper Nomination John L. Cooper, Game, Fish and Parks Commission
Stage: Confirmation Vote
Vote: Nay

HCR 1009 Urges Changes to the Public School Environmental Curriculum
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 89 Exempts Certain Firearms From Federal Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Jerstad Amdt Per Student Funding Increase
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 18 Restrictions on Retirement for Rehired Public Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1300 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1197 Tax Changes Relating to Single Family Dwellings Under Construction
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 1240 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 195 Stem Cell Research Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1171 Exemptions from School District Minimum Size Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 106 School Funding Formula Revision
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 156 Expansion of Hate Crime Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SJR 1 Authorization of Legal Gaming due to Gaming in Bordering States
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SJR 3 Extending Senate Terms and Legislative Term-Limits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SJR 1 Authorization of Legal Gaming due to Gaming in Bordering States
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 83 Statewide Indoor Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 79 Primary Seat Belt Enforcement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 83 Statewide Indoor Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 79 Primary Seat Belt Enforcement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 210 2006-2007 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1 Mandatory Bodily Substance Samples in Drunk Driving Arrests
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1235 Compulsory High School Education Age to 18
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1215 Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1215fa Exception to Abortion Ban in Cases Where the Health of the Woman is Seriously Threatened
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1215rb Exceptions to Abortion Ban in Cases of Rape or Incest Amendment
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1215 Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1194 Contraceptive Distribution at Public Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1234 Mandatory Kindergarten
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1194 Contraceptive Distribution at Public Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1234 Mandatory Kindergarten
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1215 Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1194 Contraceptive Distribution at Public Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1215 Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1217 Abstinence-Only Sex Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1194rf Penalties for School Employees for Dispensing Contraceptives Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1217 Abstinence-Only Sex Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1194rf Penalties for School Employees for Dispensing Contraceptives Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1217 Abstinence-Only Sex Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1194rf Penalties for School Employees for Dispensing Contraceptives Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1184 Medical Treatments that Violate Medical Workers Principles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 27 State Fair Appropriation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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