Release: Attorney General Jackley’s Data Breach Bill Passes Full House

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Attorney General Jackley’s Data Breach Bill Passes Full House


PIERRE, S.D. – Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms the SB 62, a bill that requires the reporting of data breaches of personal information to consumers and to the Attorney General has unanimously passed the full House on a vote of 64-0.

“Thank you to our legislators for passing this very important piece of legislation protecting South Dakota consumers and businesses. The internet and social media play a vital role in our daily connectivity to one another, but with this comes an increased risk of theft and fraud. We will continue to see an increase in cybercrime and we need the tools to combat these breaches and thefts of our personal information,” said Jackley.

Under the proposed legislation, upon discovery of a breach of a system security, the information holder must disclose the breach to any resident of South Dakota whose personal or protected information was acquired by an unauthorized person within 60 days of that discovery. Furthermore, if that breach of the security system exceeds 250 South Dakota residents, the Attorney General must also be informed within 60 days.

The notice by the information holder may be by written notice, electronic notice, or substitute notice. A failure to comply with the notice requirement would be a Deceptive Act under existing South Dakota law (§37-24-6) for purposes of criminal and civil enforcement. The Attorney General may also bring an action to recover civil damages of not more than $10,000 per day per violation.

Release: Attorney General Jackley Joins Lawsuit Challenging the Affordable Care Act

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From the Attorney General’s office:

Attorney General Jackley Joins Lawsuit Challenging the Affordable Care Act

PIERRE, S.D. – Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that South Dakota has joined 20 other State Attorneys General in a lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act.

“South Dakotan’s deserve more affordable health insurance than mandated Obamacare has provided. I am joining with other State Attorneys General to challenge the federal takeover of healthcare to provide our state and South Dakotans more

affordable options for healthcare,” said Jackley. “The original 5 to 4 Supreme Court decision was based not on healthcare but on Congress’ decision to tax us, and it is time to once and for all end this federal mandate to allow medical doctors more freedom to care for patients and private industry to compete for lower insurance premiums.”

As stated in the Attorneys General’s complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, “Following the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the country is left only with Congress’s naked intent to impose an individual mandate on most Americans to buy health insurance, without the fig leaf of a tax penalty to salvage its unconstitutionality.”

The recently enacted tax bill eliminates the tax penalty for failure to obtain health care insurance under the ACA. But in the new tax bill, Congress did not eliminate the mandate to obtain health insurance. The suit alleges that the mandate to obtain health insurance is therefore rendered unconstitutional.

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And from his campaign:

DiSanto wants to note for the record that she is not a “snowflake,” and has engaged in “hundreds” of “heated battles with men and women”

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From the Argus Leader comes a statement from Lynne DiSanto, one of the participants in the verbal altercation on the House Floor last week. She wants to make sure everyone knows that she is not “a snowflake.”

Rep. Lynne DiSanto on Facebook said characterizations of the exchange between herself and Rep. David Johnson, R-Rapid City, were inaccurate and rejected allegations that she was weak or a “snowflake.”

House Majority Leader Lee Qualm, R-Pierre, on Friday said he witnessed the argument and said Johnson and DiSanto had engaged in a heated argument stemming from the failure of an insurance bill earlier in the day. They then began moving back and forth toward one another as they fought, he said.

Read that here.

Um.. ok?

Update.. here’s more on this from KSFY, as DiSanto takes to Facebook to tell everyone her side of the story:

Some have accused me of being ‘weak’ or a ‘snowflake.’ I’ve had messages from people saying they are happy I had this happen to me, and deserved it.

The truth is Pierre is a male dominated environment, but I’m comfortable there holding my own. I’m not weak or a snowflake. I’ve engaged in hundreds of debates and heated battles with men and women. That is part of the job, and I’m equipped to battle anyone that way. However, what happened on [Wednesday] following session wasn’t a heated debate. I feared for my safety as did the majority of onlookers. This is why a couple of people intervened to restrain the other party.

Read that here.

Again, Um.. ok?

I’m not sure she’s doing her side of the story much good by going out and trying to win her case on social media and proclaiming she’s engaged in hundreds of “heated battles with men and women” and she’s “equipped to battle anyone” while the Committee is trying to figure out what happened, and if it rises to a level of conduct they’d take action on.

Sturgis’s Dean Kinney Endorses Jackley in New Ad

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Sturgis’s Dean Kinney Endorses Jackley in New Ad

STURGIS, SD: In a new ad released Monday, Sturgis media agency CEO and radio station owner Dean Kinney endorsed Attorney General Marty Jackley’s bid to become South Dakota’s new governor.

“I’ve known Marty nearly my entire life, and his integrity sets a standard for us all,” Kinney said. “If South Dakotans are looking for an honest, conservative leader to move our state forward, then Marty is the right choice for governor.”

Kinney is president and CEO at The HomeSlice Group, a media and entertainment company whose operations include KBHB in Sturgis, where he has been in the radio business for 30 years.

“Our friendship began before kindergarten,” Jackley said. “Dean has become a wonderful father, as well as a strong businessman and leader in our hometown community of Sturgis. His hard work took him from radio personality to station owner, and that kind of transformation really exemplifies the American dream.”

Kinney is a former president of the Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce and currently serves on the Black Hills Community Economic Development Board. He emphasized Jackley’s collaborative approach to leadership, and said his decision to hold economic round tables with local civic and business leaders to discuss the future of the state’s economy has been welcomed by business owners in Sturgis.

“The results of the Chamber Business Day poll gave a very strong indication of the support Marty has with small business owners across the state, and I think we need someone who understands business to be our new governor,” Kinney said. “We look forward to hosting him in Sturgis so we can discuss the Hometown Initiative and the other policies Marty and his team have included in their platform so far.”

The endorsement ad can be watched here:

“Progressive Conservative” Republican Roxanne Weber enters District 24 House Race. I’m not so sure about the conservative or the Republican parts.

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As noted earlier here at SDWC, Roxanne Weber is jumping into the District 24 House race against Tim Rounds and Mary Duvall, labeling herself as a “progressive conservative”.

Um.. Isn’t a “progressive – conservative” a bit of a contradiction in terms?

There is a challenger for the incumbents of District 24 in the House of Representatives. Republican Roxanne Weber says the decision to run for a seat in the House is about a year in the making.

and..

Weber, who describes herself as a progressive conservative, says the state will be facing major challenges.

Read, and listen to it all here.

Update – I had to go see for myself exactly what a progressive conservative believes, so I hit Roxanne Weber’s Twitter Feed. Here’s what I found:

Hates Trump…


Wants Gun Control..

Stands with Planned Parenthood…

Attacks US Senator Mike Rounds who used to represent, and still lives in District 24.

Attacks State Senator Jeff Monroe, who she would be serving with in District 24..

And somehow, I’m not taking her to be a big supporter of the local Republican party, either..

Okay… I see the ‘progressive.’ I’m not so sure about the conservative or the Republican parts.

Bonus Update – More anti-2nd amendment language from facebook:

And let’s add something new – she’s also a pro-pot candidate: