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SPONSORED LEGISLATION
SB143 - Create the Commission on Indian Affairs.
Shawn L. Bordeaux
Last updated 15 days ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Tentative
SB139 - Exempt enrolled members of Indian tribes from admission fees, camping permit fees, and park service fees at state parks or recreation areas.
Shawn L. Bordeaux
Last updated 15 days ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Tentative
SB1 - Expand eligibility for the reduced tuition benefit for certain school district and Head Start employees at Board of Regents institutions to school counselors.
Taylor Rae Rehfeldt, Michael H. Rohl, Jim Bolin
Last updated 6 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB158 - Transfer the Office of Indian Education to the Department of Education.
Shawn L. Bordeaux
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Introduced
SB162 - Make an appropriation for the erection of the South Dakota Sioux Code Talker Memorial and to declare an emergency.
Shawn L. Bordeaux, Carl E. Perry, Linda Duba
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
SB202 - Require active efforts in abuse and neglect proceedings that involve Indian children.
Shawn L. Bordeaux
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Introduced
SB159 - Prohibit school districts from using certain mascots and team names that are derogatory toward Native American peoples or culture.
Shawn L. Bordeaux
Last updated 15 days ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Tentative
SB155 - Permit the playing of an Honor Song at graduation ceremonies.
Shawn L. Bordeaux
Last updated 15 days ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Tentative
SB157 - Establish the nonbeneficiary student scholarship program and make an appropriation therefor.
Shawn L. Bordeaux
Last updated 15 days ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Tentative
SB156 - Authorize enrolled tribal members to attend certain institutions of higher education without payment of tuition and mandatory fees.
Shawn L. Bordeaux
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from South Dakota district SD-026
COMMITTEES
South Dakota Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Shawn L. Bordeaux is from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. He was elected to the Tribal Council in 1998 and has served as its Vice Chairman since 2006. Bordeaux has focused on expanding educational opportunities, protecting tribal sovereignty, delivering quality healthcare, and economic development that benefits people over corporations. He believes in transparency and thinks leaders should be accountable to the people they serve.read less
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South Dakota Senate from South Dakota
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