Legislative Action

LEGISLATIVE ALERT President’s message – George Vandel, Pierre January 17, 2020 I met today with the attorneys representing Flatland Flyway, Chris Hesla and Zach Hunke with the SD Wildlife Federation, Kelly Hepler and two of Kelly’s staff.  I also invited local SDWA...

LEGISLATIVE ALERT President’s message – George Vandel, Pierre January 2020 I failed to mention in my recent note that I again registered as a lobbyist for the SD Waterfowl Association for the 2020 SD Legislative Session.  I plan to monitor bills in the session as they...

LEGISLATIVE ALERT – hopefully final George Vandel, Pierre Tuesday, February 12, 2019 HB 1152 – the “outfitter” bill is dead for this year.  It was amended to include the language I provided earlier then tabled by the Committee this morning.  GFP may try to work on...

President’s message – George Vandel, Pierre Monday, February 11, 2019 It appears now that HB 1152 – the “outfitter” bill is struggling.  Rumors are that the sponsors are attempting to change the bill to make it more inclusive and to require regulation of all hunting...

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LEGISLATIVE ALERT President’s message – George Vandel, Pierre February 2019 As mentioned in my October 2018 message, I registered as a lobbyist for the SD Waterfowl Association for the 2019 SD Legislative Session.  I have attend several days of the session and have...

1947 to 1969 – Nonresidents were prohibited from hunting waterfowl in South Dakota 1970 to 1997 – Lots of Legislative and Commission actions were undertaken during this time period.     The outright ban on nonresident waterfowl hunters was eventually repealed and...