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Key Votes

Date	No.	Title	Status
1/30/13	HB 1113	Requires Certain State Electronic Exchanges to Be Made Public	Bill Failed - House (34 - 35)
1/28/13	HB 1108	Exempts Certain Advisory Bodies From Providing Telephone or Internet Access	Bill Passed - House (63 - 5)
10/24/11	HB 1001	State Legislative Redistricting	Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 4)
10/24/11	HB 1001	State Legislative Redistricting	Bill Passed - House (50 - 18)
2/09/09	SJR 3	Extending Senate Terms and Legislative Term-Limits	Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (21 - 14)

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Public Statements

Date	Title	Speaker	Location
5/23/13	Chairwoman Mikulski Announces Agreement Among DoD, VA, IRS, SSA to ...	Sen. Timothy Peter 'Tim' Johnson	Washington, DC
5/23/13	Letter to President Obama - Don't Link Keystone to More ...	Sen. John R. Thune	Washington, DC
5/22/13	Letter to South Dakota State Legislature - Special Legislative Session	Gov. Dennis M. Daugaard	Pierre, SD
5/22/13	Thune Statement on Secretary of Transportation Confirmation Hearing	Sen. John R. Thune	Washington, DC
5/21/13	Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Continued	Sen. John R. Thune	Washington, DC

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Ratings

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Ballot Measures

Date	State	Title	Outcome
11/06/12	SD	An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Changing the Method ...	Passed
11/06/12	SD	An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Adding Balanced Budget ...	Passed
11/06/12	SD	An Act to Establish the Large Project Development Fund	Failed
11/04/08	SD	Eliminate term limits for legislators	Failed
11/04/08	SD	Provide for a maximum of forty legislative days each year.	Passed

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