Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Jane; 4 Children: Betsey, Ross, Anne M. Nelson, Paula Jo Valentine
Birth date: 10/31/1944
Birthplace: New Ulm, MN
Home City: Sioux Falls SD
Religion: Catholic

Profession

DC-10 Captain, Northwest Airlines, 1972-2004 Lieutenant Colonel Command Post Chief/Pilot, South Dakota Air National Guard, 1975-1994 Co-Pilot, North Central Airline, 1972-1978 First Lieutenant Pilot, Iowa Air National Guard, 1969-1974 Command Post Chief and Stand Evaluation Chief, Iowa National Guard, 1969-1974 Chief Pilot, Sioux Flying, Sioux City, Iowa, 1971-1972

Education

BS, South Dakota State University, 1967

Committees

Retirement Laws
State Affairs
Taxation

HB 1228 Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Projects
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

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

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

HB 1228 Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Projects
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

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

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HB 1228 Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Projects
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

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

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

HB 1228 Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Projects
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

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

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

HB 1228 Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Projects
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 141 Amends the Definition of Domestic Abuse
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Projects
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 141 Amends the Definition of Domestic Abuse
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1206 Repeals the South Dakota Sales Tax on Food Refund Program
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1234 Eliminates Teacher Tenure
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1206 Repeals the South Dakota Sales Tax on Food Refund Program
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 141 Amends the Definition of Domestic Abuse
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 141ya Defining Domestic Abuse as Abuse Witihin an Opposite-Sex Relationship
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 141 Amends the Definition of Domestic Abuse
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 141ya Defining Domestic Abuse as Abuse Witihin an Opposite-Sex Relationship
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 141 Amends the Definition of Domestic Abuse
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 141ya Defining Domestic Abuse as Abuse Witihin an Opposite-Sex Relationship
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

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

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

HB 1234 Eliminates Teacher Tenure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

HB 1234 Eliminates Teacher Tenure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

HB 1001 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

HB 1171 Fetus Protection Bill
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1061 Regulation of Registered Midwives
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1061 Regulation of Registered Midwives
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1152 Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1233 Government Spending Database
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 126 Repealing Liquor License Cap
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 174 Railroad Eminent Domain
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 173 Eliminating Restrictions on Corporate Dairy Farms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 88 Offering Sonograms to Women Considering Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1124 Teacher Compensation and Performance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1151 Adult-Oriented Business Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1124 Teacher Compensation and Performance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1151 Adult-Oriented Business Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1085 Constructing Science Facilities at Universities
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1233 Government Spending Database
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1085 Constructing Science Facilities at Universities
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1233 Government Spending Database
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1085 Constructing Science Facilities at Universities
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1233 Government Spending Database
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1171 Hunting Mountain Lions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1250 Legislative Pay Raise
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1261 Firearm Possession on College Campuses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1193 Offering Sonograms to Women Considering Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1048 Campaign Contribution Reform
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 207 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 199 Mandatory School Attendance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 95 Control of Technical Institutes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1082 School District Consolidation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1293 Abortion Limitations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1048 Campaign Contribution Reform
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1139 Tobacco Tax Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1160 Physician Presence at Executions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1139 Tobacco Tax Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1175 Lethal Injection Reform
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1296 Pre-Abortion Sonograms
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: Nay

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: Nay

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: Nay

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: Nay

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

SB 27 State Fair Appropriation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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