Across
- 3. an informal organization of members of each political party of the House or the Senate, or both, that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members
- 4. a person who advocates a proposal, project, or practice
- 5. the geographic division of the state represented by a legislator
- 9. the upper house in the bicameral legislature
- 11. money set aside by formal action for a specific use
- 14. a form of legislation expressing the opinion of the Legislature. It does not have the force of law
- 16. a person who disagrees with or resists a proposal, project or practice.
- 17. a title given to the presiding officer of the Senate held by virtue of the office of Lieutenant Governor
- 20. a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward
- 21. an amount of money that is spent on something
- 22. a procedure used in the Legislature whereby a committee or a member from the floor will move to strike everything after the enacting clause of a bill and insert in lieu thereof the substance of an entirely new bill
- 23. a list of items to be discussed at a committee meeting
- 25. a proposed law introduced during a session for consideration by the Legislature
- 26. a bill passed by the Legislature
- 27. a statement of the financial position of an administration for a definite period of time based on estimates of expenditures during the period and proposals for financing them
- 28. a procedure by which a specified number of voters may propose a statute, constitutional amendment, or ordinance, and compel a popular vote on its adoption
- 30. a group of legislators of the same political party who have the greatest number of elected members and who control the leadership positions
- 31. may mean a group of related chapters in the code or the title of a bill or other proposal
Down
- 1. a group of legislators of the same political party who have the fewest number of elected members
- 2. the legislative body of the state
- 3. a citizen who resides within the district of a legislator
- 6. the fundamental organic law of the state
- 7. a legislator elected by members of the political party to assist party leadership
- 8. a person chosen or elected to speak and act on behalf of others in the House of Representatives
- 9. presiding officer of the House of Representatives, elected by the members of the House, at the beginning of each session
- 10. period during which the Legislature meets
- 11. termination of a meeting; occurs at the close of each legislative day upon completion of business
- 12. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision
- 13. a group of legislators that hold hearings to determine if the proposed bill should go forward to the house for passage
- 15. a person chosen or elected to speak and act on behalf of others in the Senate
- 18. a person elected by the citizens to make laws
- 19. includes all amounts of money (i.e. taxes and/or fees) received from sources outside the state government
- 24. an official record of the proceedings of a meeting.
- 26. any alteration made or proposed to a bill, motion, or clause thereof by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting
- 29. the elected executive to head the State of South Dakota