HB 1060: repeal certain domestication provisions in the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act.

Sponsor: Representative Stevens (prime) and Senator Wheeler

State Bar Position: SUPPORT

Status: Signed by the Governor on 3/8

Summary: The primary purpose of the bill is to eliminate duplicative statutes related to LLC domestication.  

SB 79: clarify cross-references regarding powers of attorney.

Sponsor: Senator Johns (prime) and Representative Odenbach

State Bar Position: SUPPORT

Status: Signed by the Governor on 3/28

Summary: This is a clean-up bill to correct cross references found in SDCL § 59-12-8.

SB 107: provide for the remote witnessing of certain legal instruments.

Sponsor: Senator Wheeler (prime) and Representative Stevens (prime)

State Bar Position: SUPPORT

Status: Signed by the Governor on 3/28

Summary: This bill would allow for certain legal instruments to be completed/executed utilizing remote witnesses.

HB 1073: provide for diploma privilege for admittance to the practice of law.

Sponsor: Representative Fitzgerald (prime) and Senator Sutton (prime)

State Bar Position: OPPOSE

Status: State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4.

Summary: If passed, this bill would allow any USD law school graduate, past or present, to be admitted to the bar without taking the bar exam upon furnishing qualifications as to age and moral character so long as that applicant was an SD resident prior to admittance.

HB 1199: remove irreconcilable differences as a cause for divorce.

Sponsor: Representative Randolph (prime)

State Bar Position: OPPOSE

Status: House Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 6.

Summary: This bill would amend SDCL 25-4-2 by removing irreconcilable differences a cause for divorce and repeal SDCL 25-4-17.1 through 25-4-17.3. This bill would also replace “conviction of felony” with “conviction of a crime resulting in incarceration.