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Legislator > Leslie Heinemann
State Representative
Leslie Heinemann
(R) - South Dakota
South Dakota House District 25
In Office - Started: 01/14/2025
contact info
Capitol Office
Capitol Building
500 E. Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
500 E. Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605-773-3851
Business Phone Number
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Phone: 605-864-1274
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1139 | Allow individualized investigative treatments for patients with life-threatening or debilitating diseases or conditions. | AN ACT ENTITLED An Act to allow individualized investigative treatments for patients with life-threatening or debilitating diseases or conditions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1169 | Modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment. | AN ACT ENTITLED An Act to modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment. | Vetoed |
| HJR5003 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring that a constitutional amendment receive an affirmative vote of sixty percent of the votes cast before the measure is enacted. | A JOINT RESOLUTION, Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring that a constitutional amendment receive an affirmative vote of sixty percent of the votes cast before the measure is enacted. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1235 | Reduce a limit on the annual increases of property tax revenues payable to certain taxing districts, and to subject school districts to a limit on property taxes collected in a year. | An Act to reduce a limit on the annual increases of property tax revenues payable to certain taxing districts, and to subject school districts to a limit on property taxes collected in a year. | Dead |
| HJR5002 | Applying to the United States Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call for a convention for proposing an amendment to the constitution establishing congressional term limits. | A JOINT RESOLUTION, Applying to the United States Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call for a convention for proposing an amendment to the constitution establishing congressional term limits. Section 1. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1088 | Enhance the penalty for causing death by distributing a Schedule I or II substance. | An Act to enhance the penalty for causing death by distributing a Schedule I or II substance. | Dead |
| SB194 | Classify nicotine products as tobacco products, to increase tax rates on cigarettes and tobacco products, to create the healthcare workforce development fund, and to make an appropriation therefor. | An Act to classify nicotine products as tobacco products, to increase tax rates on cigarettes and tobacco products, to create the healthcare workforce development fund, and to make an appropriation therefor. | Dead |
| HB1101 | Repeal provisions related to medical marijuana. | An Act to repeal provisions related to medical marijuana. | Dead |
| SB102 | Revise provisions related to the practice of physician assistants. | An Act to revise provisions related to the practice of physician assistants. | Dead |
| SJR502 | Applying to the United States Congress for a convention of the states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution regarding the imposition of fiscal restraints on the federal government, further limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limiting the terms of office for members of Congress and other federal officials. | A JOINT RESOLUTION, Applying to the United States Congress for a convention of the states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution regarding the imposition of fiscal restraints on the federal government, further limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limiting the terms of office for members of Congress and other federal officials. Section 1. | Dead |
| HB1020 | Establish education savings accounts. | An Act to establish education savings accounts. | Dead |
| HB1055 | Modify medical cannabis certification requirements. | An Act to modify medical cannabis certification requirements. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB1169 | Modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment. | Veto override | 03/31/2025 | Yea |
| SB55 | Revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas. | Do Pass Amended | 03/13/2025 | Yea |
| HB1046 | Revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025. | Do Pass Amended | 03/13/2025 | Yea |
| HB1132 | Establish provisions for eligibility in the child care assistance program for certain child care employees. | Veto override | 03/13/2025 | Yea |
| SB220 | Appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools. | Do Pass | 03/13/2025 | Yea |
| SB68 | Require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor. | Conference Committee Report adopted | 03/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB91 | Revise the requirements for a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment or to refer a law. | Conference Committee Report adopted | 03/12/2025 | Yea |
| SB113 | Provide protections for parental rights. | Conference Committee report not adopted, no committee appointed | 03/12/2025 | Nay |
| HB1218 | Address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals. | Conference Committee Report adopted | 03/12/2025 | Yea |
| HB1007 | Prohibit use of the South Dakota public utilities commission gross receipts tax fund for reimbursement of costs incurred by the Public Utilities Commission. | Concurred in amendments | 03/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB1062 | Amend provisions pertaining to the maintenance and publication of the statewide voter registration file. | Concurred in amendments | 03/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB1066 | Revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration. | Concurred in amendments | 03/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB1135 | Provide opportunities for treatment courts for South Dakotans, create a workgroup to study rehabilitation programs, and declare an emergency. | Failed to concur, no committee appointed | 03/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB1143 | Require that the director of equalization adjust certain agricultural land values. | Concurred in amendments | 03/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB1169 | Modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment. | Concurred in amendments | 03/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB1208 | Designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter. | Concurred in amendments | 03/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB1218 | Address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals. | Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee | 03/11/2025 | Nay |
| HB1245 | Exempt from the state sales and use tax gross receipts for certain services to a partnership. | Concurred in amendments | 03/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB1230 | Revise a provision related to unauthorized distribution of fentanyl and provide a penalty therefor. | Concurred in amendments | 03/11/2025 | Yea |
| HB1239 | Revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library. | Concurred in amendments | 03/11/2025 | Nay |
| HB1259 | Prohibit unauthorized access to certain multi-occupancy rooms. | Concurred in amendments | 03/11/2025 | Yea |
| SB70 | Modify the maximum sparsity benefit a sparse school district is eligible to receive. | Do Pass Amended | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB95 | Make an appropriation to the Department of Revenue for distribution to county rural access infrastructure funds and to declare an emergency. | Do Pass Amended | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB120 | Update the membership of the Animal Industry Board to include a poultry producer. | Do Pass Amended | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB127 | Authorize the expenditure of moneys and make an appropriation for grants supporting airport terminal improvements and expansion. | Do Pass Amended | 03/10/2025 | Nay |
| SB144 | Require legislative approval for significant capital expenditures by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. | Do Pass Amended | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB169 | Require a public hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy. | Do Pass Amended | 03/10/2025 | Nay |
| SB169 | Require a public hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy. | Motion to amend | 03/10/2025 | Nay |
| SB164 | Prohibit the use of a deepfake to influence an election and to provide a penalty therefor. | Do Pass Amended | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB172 | Provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child. | Reconsidered | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB172 | Provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child. | Do Pass | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB172 | Provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child. | Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB191 | Limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwellings and provide an exception for mill rate limitations on taxing districts. | Do Pass Amended | 03/10/2025 | Nay |
| SB216 | Reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze. | Do Pass Amended | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB216 | Reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze. | Reconsidered | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB216 | Reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze. | Do Pass Amended | 03/10/2025 | Yea |
| SB6 | Authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB3 | Increase driver license fees. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB32 | Revise amounts for licensing fees for the practice of accountancy. | Do Pass | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB14 | Revise and repeal provisions related to agricultural production facilities and to provide a penalty therefor. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB26 | Reduce employer contribution rates and increase the administrative fee rate for reemployment assistance. | Do Pass | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| HB1016 | Revise provisions related to pharmacy and to increase fees. | Concurred in amendments | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB28 | Revise provisions relating to licensing fees and license renewal dates for the practice of barbering and to declare an emergency. | Do Pass | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB64 | Revise provisions related to the establishment of an initial parole date. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB68 | Require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB73 | Require that an individual registering as a voter when applying for a driver license be a resident of this state for the purposes of voting. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SJR503 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, clarifying that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB88 | Increase the amount of exempt proceeds when a homestead is sold or divided by court order. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB90 | Clarify provisions regarding tax deeds. | Do Pass | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB100 | Limit the imposition of restrictions on the carrying of a concealed pistol and other items of self-defense while on the campus of a public institution of higher education. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB113 | Provide protections for parental rights. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB113 | Provide protections for parental rights. | Motion to amend | 03/06/2025 | Nay |
| SB115 | Revise a provision related to sexual contact with a child under eighteen. | Do Pass | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB131 | Establish an electronic system for vehicle titles. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SJR505 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, establishing the trust for unclaimed property fund. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB143 | Modify the composition and staffing requirements of the South Dakota-Ireland Trade Commission. | Do Pass | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB173 | Revise the process by which a recount may be requested. | Do Pass | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| HB1232 | Modify requirements relating to the operation of salons and booths and to declare an emergency. | Concurred in amendments | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SB215 | Remove the prohibition against a landowner having an easement on the landowner's property. | Do Pass Amended | 03/06/2025 | Yea |
| SJR501 | Providing legislative approval for a future use water permit application by the Western Dakota Regional Water System. | Do Pass | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB45 | Impose a motor vehicle technology fee. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB56 | Authorize the payment of lease rental obligations to the South Dakota Building Authority by the Bureau of Finance and Management, to make an appropriation therefore, and to declare an emergency. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB54 | Revise the distribution of revenue from the cigarette tax. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SJR503 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, clarifying that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote. | Do Pass | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB89 | Repeal the requirement that judicial officers be listed on a separate nonpolitical ballot. | Do Pass | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB91 | Revise the requirements for a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment or to refer a law. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB100 | Limit the imposition of restrictions on the carrying of a concealed pistol and other items of self-defense while on the campus of a public institution of higher education. | Do Pass | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB106 | Require an individual be registered as a voter of this state before being eligible to be a petition sponsor for a ballot measure. | Do Pass | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| HB1114 | Make an appropriation for the purchasing of equipment to support the South Dakota Board of Technical Education. | Concurred in amendments | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB113 | Provide protections for parental rights. | Do Pass | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| HB1131 | Make an appropriation for the restoration, maintenance, and repair of the state capitol. | Concurred in amendments | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB128 | Amend requirements for an official newspaper. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SJR505 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, establishing the trust for unclaimed property fund. | Do Pass | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB146 | Revise provisions on interim transfers and appropriations. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB163 | Require certain firefighting equipment purchased by a fire department contain particular labeling. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Nay |
| SB155 | Reduce the amount of net receipts of unclaimed property deposited into the general fund. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB152 | Promote the future success and development of South Dakota. | Tabled | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB145 | Require legislative approval of real property leases that are necessary for the operation of state government and exceed specified durations or rental payments. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB169 | Require a public hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy. | Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB185 | Amend provisions pertaining to the process by which the qualifications of a registered voter are verified. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB138 | Make an appropriation for developing the economic viability of South Dakota. | Tabled | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB143 | Modify the composition and staffing requirements of the South Dakota-Ireland Trade Commission. | Do Pass | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB173 | Revise the process by which a recount may be requested. | Do Pass | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB137 | Make an appropriation for the economic development of South Dakota. | Tabled | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB136 | Make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota. | Tabled | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB154 | Prohibit pharmaceutical manufacturers from interfering in contracts between 340B entities and pharmacies and to provide a penalty therefor. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| HB1188 | Allow nonresident military members to purchase three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses. | Concurred in amendments | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB175 | Create provisions governing litigation financing. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB193 | Allow an applicant to have an interpreter present during the driving portion of a driver license exam. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Nay |
| SB191 | Limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwellings and provide an exception for mill rate limitations on taxing districts. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Nay |
| SB201 | Prohibit contributions and loans from an authorized committee of a candidate for federal office. | Do Pass Amended | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB198 | Establish conditions a prospective condemnor must satisfy before commencing condemnation proceedings. | Tabled | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB216 | Reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze. | Do Pass | 03/05/2025 | Yea |
| SB31 | Revise amounts for inspection fees for electrical installations. | Do Pass | 03/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB24 | Revise provisions relating to the promulgation of rules to set licensing and inspection fees for plumbers and related professions. | Do Pass | 03/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB27 | Revise provisions relating to licensing fees for cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology. | Do Pass | 03/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB59 | Revise provisions relating to the delivery, possession with intent to deliver, and possession of unauthorized articles in a state correctional facility, and to provide a penalty therefor. | Do Pass Amended | 03/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB58 | Revise provisions related to human trafficking, to prohibit the obstruction of human trafficking enforcement, and to provide a penalty therefor. | Do Pass | 03/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB75 | Require an indication of United States citizenship status on a motor vehicle operator's license or permit, and on a nondriver identification card. | Do Pass Amended | 03/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB1071 | Modify practice criteria for physician assistants. | Concurred in amendments | 03/04/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | South Dakota House Health and Human Services Committee | Vice Chair | 2 |
| Detail | South Dakota House Retirement Laws Committee | Vice Chair | 2 |
| Detail | South Dakota House State Affairs Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | South Dakota Joint Community Support Providers, State and Federal Efficiencies Interim Committee | Co-Chair | 1 |
| Detail | South Dakota Joint Comprehensive Property Tax Task Force | 3 | |
| Detail | South Dakota Joint Retirement Laws Committee | 3 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | South Dakota House District 25 | House | Republican | In Office | 01/14/2025 | |
| SD | District 8 | House | Republican | Not In Office | 01/07/2019 |