By Dan Bechtold, Editor
There was a lot of discussion on Initiated Measure 22 which was repealed by the legislature at Saturday’s cracker barrel session in Winner.
The Winner Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event which drew several people who had questions for their lawmakers.
Answering questions were Sen. Billie Sutton, Burke; Rep. Julie Bartling, Gregory and Rep. Lee Qualm, Platte.
The legislature approved HB 1069 which repealed IM 22 and sent the bill to the governor. Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed the bill on Feb. 2. Voters approved IM 22 in November and since then it has been under intense scrutiny with a large group of Republicans questioning its constitutionality.
The Democratic state senator said he could not stress enough that IM22 was not ruled unconstitutional. “An injunction is not a ruling of unconstitutionality,” he said.
However, Qualm, the majority leader in the House says he feels IM was unconstitutional. “The attorney general was spending money to defend something that was unconstitutional,” he said.
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