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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota House committee has endorsed a bill that would penalize people who knowingly allow underage drinking on property they control.
• State law already makes it illegal to provide alcohol to anyone younger than 21. But Sen. Larry Lucas of Mission says a loophole in the law provides no penalty for those who allow underage drinking on their property but do not provide the alcohol.
• The bill would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to knowingly permit underage drinking on premises they own or rent. The maximum penalty would be one year in jail and a $2,000 fine for allowing drinking by those younger than 18. The maximum penalty would be 30 days in jail and a $500 fine for allowing drinking by those aged 18 to 20.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Senate has passed a measure aimed at ending years of argument over nonresident waterfowl hunting.
• Senators voted 33-2 to approve a bill that would return more control over those licenses to the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission, which regulates hunting and fishing.
• The bill would keep the current authorization for 4,000 10-day licenses and 2,000 three-day licenses for out-of-state hunters, but would eliminate provisions that allocate some licenses to specific counties. The Game, Fish and Parks Commission could increase the number of those nonresident licenses by up to 5 percent a year and decide where those licenses could be used to hunt ducks and geese.
• The House earlier passed a different version, and will now decide whether to accept changes made by the Senate.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota House has unanimously passed a bill Monday to protect the privacy of student data.
• It received unanimous support through the Senate and committee process.
• The state Education Secretary said last Friday that the measure will put into law what the department already does.

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