Posted on 03/09/2021 5:43:36 AM PST by rellimpank
The Senate smoked out House Bill 1212, the “stand your ground” bill and proceeded to pass it by a vote of 21-14 on Monday.
HB 1212 was introduced by Sen. John Wiik, R-Big Stone City, who said the bill gets rid of many other use of force statutes for clarity’s sake and introduces the possibility for “reasonable force.” The bill says a person is justified in using force or deadly force so long as that person has reason to believe that it is necessary to prevent imminent harm.
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This is wonderful. But the fact that it is something needing to be codified is ridiculous. And the fact that it was opposed is infuriating.
“HB 1212 was introduced by Sen. John Wiik,”
He used a pencil, right?
“Smoke out” is a term used in the South Dakota Legislature for an arcane procedure to bring a Bill that has failed to make it out of Committee to the floor for a vote. A vote of one third of the members can move a bill directly to the floor for a vote on the next Legislative Day. I was a lobbyist to the South Dakota Legislature for several sessions and saw the procedure used. Most Legislators are loath use the “smoke out” as it bypasses the normal committee procedure. Sessions of the SouthDakota Legislature are short.... limited to only 35 days in odd numbered years and 40 days in even years. These short sessions sometimes cause this arcane maneuvers to be used to get bills moved before the end of the session.
Thanks for that interesting item. They could use something like that in Nevada.
—and they used to use a term “hoghousin’”to speak of the last minute rush to push through what was termed “necessary”, after they had covered the clock at midnight to run past the allotted legislative session-
“hoghousin’”
Thanks for that explanation.I was thinking it had something to do with “smoke filled rooms.”
Who the hel* gets to determine what is excessive force?
GREAT point
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