Across
- 6. a bill passed by the Legislature
- 8. period during which the Legislature meets
- 9. 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
- 10. a person chosen or elected to speak and act on behalf of others in the Senate
- 17. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision
- 18. presiding officer of the House of Representatives, elected by the members of the House, at the beginning of each session
- 19. any alteration made or proposed to a bill, motion, or clause thereof by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting
- 22. the elected executive to head the State of South Dakota
- 23. 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
- 27. 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 fewest number of elected members
- 31. a proposed law introduced during a session for consideration by the Legislature
- 32. a person chosen or elected to speak and act on behalf of others in the House of Representatives
- 33. the geographic division of the state represented by a legislator
- 34. the fundamental organic law of the state
- 35. a form of legislation expressing the opinion of the Legislature. It does not have the force of law
Down
- 1. 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
- 2. may mean a group of related chapters in the code or the title of a bill or other proposal
- 3. the upper house in the bicameral legislature
- 4. a person who advocates a proposal, project, or practice
- 5. a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward
- 7. a title given to the presiding officer of the Senate held by virtue of the office of Lieutenant Governor
- 11. a person who disagrees with or resists a proposal, project or practice.
- 12. a list of items to be discussed at a committee meeting
- 13. a group of legislators that hold hearings to determine if the proposed bill should go forward to the house for passage
- 14. the legislative body of the state
- 15. termination of a meeting; occurs at the close of each legislative day upon completion of business
- 16. a group of legislators of the same political party who have the greatest number of elected members and who control the leadership positions
- 20. a citizen who resides within the district of a legislator
- 21. an amount of money that is spent on something
- 24. money set aside by formal action for a specific use
- 25. includes all amounts of money (i.e. taxes and/or fees) received from sources outside the state government
- 26. a person elected by the citizens to make laws
- 28. an official record of the proceedings of a meeting.
- 29. a legislator elected by members of the political party to assist party leadership