Jon Hansen

Hansen was born in Yankton, South Dakota.{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/|title=Jon Hansen's Biography - Votesmart.org|website=Vote Smart|access-date=July 11, 2019}} When Hansen was six years old, his father died.{{Cite web|url=https://jonhansenforhouse.com/about-jon/|title=Jon Hansen for House! – About Jon|website=Jon Hansen for House!|access-date=July 11, 2019}}  Six years later, Hansen's mom remarried and his family moved to Dell Rapids, South Dakota where he grew up along with his two sisters.{{Cite web|url=http://redstonelawfirm.com/team/jon-hansen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104035635/http://redstonelawfirm.com/team/jon-hansen|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2016|title=Jon Hansen {{!}} Redstone Law Firm LLP|date=November 4, 2016|access-date=July 11, 2019}} Hansen attended Southeast Technical Institute, where he earned his associate degree in business administration. Hansen attended the University of Sioux Falls, where he earned his bachelor's degree in business management. Hansen graduated with Sterling Honors from the University of South Dakota School of Law.

Hansen is a lawyer at Dell Rapids Law Firm in Dell Rapids, South Dakota.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-hansen-400459113/|title=Jon Hansen Linkedin}} Hansen represents families as their adoption attorney.{{Cite web|url=http://bigsiouxmedia.com/so-happy-adoption-official/|title='So Happy' Adoption Official|date=2017-03-01|website=Big Sioux Media|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/hansenforhouse/posts/3385105321530360|title=Jon Hansen for House|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}}

In 2010, Hansen defeated incumbent Democrat Oran Sorenson, winning a seat in the South Dakota House of Representatives. Hansen was reelected in 2012. In 2013, Hansen left public office to attend the University of South Dakota School of Law.{{Cite web|url=http://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=14439|title=South Dakota State News Home|website=news.sd.gov|access-date=July 15, 2019}} Upon Hansen's departure, Governor Dennis Daugaard said, "in his second term, Jon has already stood out as a leader, and I hope to see him return to public service in the future."

In 2018, Hansen returned to the South Dakota House of Representatives by defeating incumbent Democrat Dan Ahlers. Hansen was also victorious in a Republican primary election earlier that same year.

Hansen Represents South Dakota's 25th Legislative District, which "includes the towns and rural areas surrounding Baltic, Colton, Dell Rapids, Garretson, Lyons, Rowena, Sherman, Split Rock Township, Valley Springs, and eastern Sioux Falls."{{Cite web|url=https://jonhansenforhouse.com/contact/|title=Jon Hansen for House! – Contact|website=Jon Hansen for House!|access-date=July 15, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Session=2019&Member=1635&Cleaned=True|title=SDLRC – Representative Jon Hansen – 2019|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 15, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/LegislativeDist2011.pdf|title=South Dakota Legislative Districts}}

Hansen currently serves as Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives.

Hansen currently serves as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Hansen also served as Vice Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in 2013.

• House Judiciary Committee – Chairman{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Session=2019&Member=1635&Cleaned=True|title=SDLRC – Representative Jon Hansen – 2019|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 15, 2019}}
• House State Affairs Committee
• House Legislative Procedure Committee

• House Judiciary Committee – Vice chairman{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Session=2013&Member=381&Cleaned=True|title=SDLRC – Representative Jon Hansen – 2013|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 15, 2019}}
• House State Affairs Committee
• House Legislative Procedure Committee

• House Judiciary{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Session=2011&Member=104&Cleaned=True|title=SDLRC – Representative Jon Hansen – 2011|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 15, 2019}}
• House Transportation

In 2019, Hansen received the Americans for Prosperity Torchbearer Award "for his tremendous record of voting to break down barriers for South Dakotans and for his sponsorship of legislation to expand education opportunities for our students."{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AFPSouthDakota/photos/a.1400343703548806/2235906913325810/?type=3|title=Americans for Prosperity – South Dakota|website=facebook.com|access-date=July 15, 2019}}{{Primary source inline|date=October 2019}}

In 2019, Hansen received the American Conservative Union's Award for Conservative Achievement.{{Cite web|url=http://acuratings.conservative.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/CLA_SouthDakota_2019_web.pdf|title=American Conservative Union South Dakota Ratings|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}

Hansen opposes abortion.{{Cite web|url=https://jonhansenforhouse.com/issues/protecting-life/|title=Jon Hansen for House! – Protecting Life|website=Jon Hansen for House!|access-date=July 11, 2019}} He is a current board member and executive committee member of South Dakota Right to Life. Hansen received an "A" rating from South Dakota Right to Life for his anti-abortion legislative voting record.{{Cite web|url=https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/0/01/South_Dakota_Right_to_Life_Score_Card_2011-2012.pdf|title=South_Dakota_Right_to_Life_Score_Card_2011-2012}}

In 2019, Hansen sponsored House Resolution 1003, denouncing the recent passage of New York's abortion law and requesting that the Governor declare a day of prayer and fasting to atone for the unspeakable crime of abortion.{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=HR1003&Session=2019|title=SDLRC – 2019 House Resolution 1003|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 12, 2019}}

In 2019, Hansen sponsored House Bill 1193, which "provide[s] a criminal penalty for causing an abortion against a pregnant mother's will."{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1193&Session=2019|title=SDLRC – 2019 House Bill 1193|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 12, 2019}} Anyone found guilty under the bill faces mandatory life in prison.{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/docs/legsession/2019/Bills/HB1193ENR.pdf|title=House Bill 1193}}{{Cite web|url=https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=22-6-1|title=SDLRC – Codified Law 22-6-1|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 12, 2019}}

House Bill 1193 passed on the floor of the House of Representatives with 68 yea votes and 0 nay votes. The bill passed on the floor of the Senate with 32 yay votes and 0 nay votes. Governor Kristi Noem signed House Bill 1193 on March 20, 2019.

In 2018, Hansen appeared before the Senate State Affairs Committee to testify in favor of Senate Bill 110.{{Cite web |last=Mercer |first=Bob |title=Senate committee endorses bill attacking Planned Parenthood |url=https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/senate-committee-endorses-bill-attacking-planned-parenthood/article_ba408da7-1ac0-5059-8554-1cfd2a160a55.html |access-date=July 17, 2019 |website=Rapid City Journal Media Group}} Senate Bill 110 specifically criticized the Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for allegedly failing to adequately provide the required pre-abortion counseling to pregnant mothers under South Dakota law.{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/docs/legsession/2018/Bills/SB110ENR.pdf|title=Senate Bill 110 – 2018}} Senate Bill 110 also required pregnancy help centers in South Dakota to provide the disclosures that it claimed Planned Parenthood was failing to provide.

In 2013, Hansen co-sponsored House Concurrent Resolution 1002, urging the United States Supreme Court to revisit the Roe v. Wade case and to overturn its decision.{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=HCR1002&Session=2013|title=SDLRC – 2013 House Concurrent Resolution 1002|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 11, 2019}} The Resolution passed the South Dakota House of Representative on a vote of 60 to 10 and passed the South Dakota Senate on a vote of 23 to 10.

In 2013, Hansen sponsored House Bill 1237, which excludes weekends and holidays from the calculation of the 72-hour waiting period required between a pregnant mother's initial consultation with an abortion care provider and an abortion procedure.{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1237&Session=2013|title=SDLRC – 2013 House Bill 1237|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 12, 2019}} The 72-hour waiting period requirement was passed into South Dakota law in 2011 via House Bill 1217, which Hansen also co-sponsored. During the 72-hour waiting period, House Bill 1217 also required that the pregnant mother have a consultation at a pregnancy help center during which the pregnancy help center "inform[s] [the pregnant mother] about what education, counseling, and other assistance is available to help the pregnant mother," and also screens for "circumstances that may subject [the pregnant mother's] decision to coercion."

In 2012, Hansen sponsored House Bill 1185 which prohibits all health care plans offered through the Affordable Care Act in South Dakota from including abortion coverage.{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1185&Session=2012|title=SDLRC – 2012 House Bill 1185|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 11, 2019}} House Bill 1185 was signed into law by Governor Dennis Daugaard on March 19, 2012.

In 2011, Hansen co-sponsored House Bill 1217, which, among other provisions, requires a 72-hour waiting period between a pregnant mother's initial consultation with an abortion care provider and an abortion procedure.{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1217&Session=2011|title=SDLRC – 2011 House Bill 1217|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 11, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/docs/legsession/2011/Bills/HB1217ENR.pdf|title=House Bill 1217}} At the time, the 72-hour waiting period was reportedly the longest in the nation.{{Cite web|url=https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/daugaard-signs--day-wait-for-abortion-into-law/article_47dd9ff4-54a1-11e0-90c7-001cc4c03286.html|title=Daugaard signs 3-day wait for abortion into law|last=staff|first=David Montgomery Journal|website=Rapid City Journal Media Group|access-date=July 11, 2019}} Under the bill, during the 72-hour waiting period, the pregnant mother must have a consultation at a pregnancy help center at which the pregnancy help center "inform[s] her about what education, counseling, and other assistance is available to help the pregnant mother keep and care for her child." The pregnancy help center also conducts a private interview with the pregnant mother to help ensure that she is not being coerced into making her decision to abort her unborn child. House Bill 1217 was signed into law by Governor Dennis Daugaard on March 28, 2011.

On February 19, 2019, on the floor of the House of Representatives, Hansen spoke in favor of House Bill 1087, an act to "promote free speech and intellectual diversity at certain institutions of higher education."{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1087&Session=2019|title=SDLRC – 2019 House Bill 1087|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 17, 2019}} House Bill 1087 was signed into law by Governor Kristi Noem on March 29, 2019.

On June 26, 2019, the South Dakota Board of Regents convened to discuss House Bill 1087.{{Cite web|url=https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/education/as-sd-universities-grapple-with-new-intellectual-diversity-law-legislators/article_54af7544-7277-591d-a007-7cd7602bd94e.html|title=As SD universities grapple with new intellectual diversity law, legislators suggest tracking faculty political beliefs|last=Service|first=Sarah Mearhoff Forum News|website=Rapid City Journal Media Group|access-date=July 17, 2019}}

Hansen "has been endorsed three times by the NRA and has received an 'A' rating from the Association because of his 'demonstrated record of support on Second Amendment issues.'"{{Cite web|url=https://jonhansenforhouse.com/issues/upholding-the-2nd-amendment/|title=Jon Hansen for House! – Upholding the 2nd Amendment|website=Jon Hansen for House!|access-date=July 15, 2019}}

In 2019, Hansen supported Senate Bill 47, which allows individuals in South Dakota to carry a concealed weapon without a permit.{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=47&Session=2019|title=SDLRC – 2019 Senate Bill 47|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 15, 2019}} Governor Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 47 into law on February 5, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/427930-south-dakota-governor-signs-law-allowing-concealed-handguns-without-a|title=South Dakota governor signs law to allow concealed handguns without a permit|last=Gstalter|first=Morgan|date=January 31, 2019|website=The Hill|access-date=July 15, 2019}}

Hansen has signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge, "pledg[ing] to the taxpayers of the State of South Dakota, that [he] will oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes."{{Cite web|url=https://www.atr.org/pledge-database?sort=&order=&office=11&state=SD&district_number=&name=&incumbent=0|title=Pledge Database {{!}} Americans for Tax Reform|website=www.atr.org|access-date=July 15, 2019}}

In 2012, Hansen voted in favor of House Joint Resolution 1007, which "[p]ropos[ed] and submitt[ed] to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to a balanced budget."{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=HJR1007&Session=2012|title=SDLRC – 2012 House Joint Resolution 1007|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 18, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/RollCall.aspx?Vote=11152&Session=2012|title=SDLRC|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 18, 2019}} The passage of House Joint Resolution 1007 resulted in "The South Dakota Budget Balance Amendment, also known as Constitutional Amendment P," being placed on the November 2012 general election ballot.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_Budget_Balance_Amendment,_Constitutional_Amendment_P_(2012)|title=South Dakota Budget Balance Amendment, Constitutional Amendment P (2012)|website=Ballotpedia|access-date=July 18, 2019}} The South Dakota Budget Balance Amendment was approved by the voters of South Dakota by a 64.6% to 35.4% vote.

In 2010, the State of South Dakota faced a $127 million budget deficit.{{Cite web|url=https://classic.nga.org/cms/dennis-daugaard|title=National Governors Association – Dennis Daugaard|website=classic.nga.org|access-date=July 18, 2019}} In his 2010 campaign, Hansen pledged to vote to balance the state budget without raising taxes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jonhansensd.com/issues/state-budget-and-taxation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129002254/http://www.jonhansensd.com/issues/state-budget-and-taxation|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2012|title=State Budget and Taxation {{!}} Representative Jon Hansen|date=January 29, 2012|access-date=July 18, 2019}}{{Citation|last=SDPB|title=Jon Hansen 2012 Meet the Candidates|date=August 27, 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IYWWJ7_XTE|access-date=July 18, 2019}} During the 2011 legislative session, Hansen voted in favor of the general budget bill,{{Cite web|url=http://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/RollCall.aspx?Vote=10052&Session=2011|title=SDLRC|website=sdlegislature.gov|access-date=July 18, 2019}} which eliminated the state's $127 million budget deficit and balanced the state budget without raising taxes.

Hansen resides in Dell Rapids, South Dakota with his wife, Sheila, and their four children. Hansen is Catholic and a member of St. Mary Parish in Dell Rapids.{{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=c3RtYXJ5ZGVsbHJhcGlkcy5vcmd8c3QtbWFyeS1wYXJpc2h8Z3g6Nzg5M2I2MGMzYTI2MTk2Nw|title=St. Mary Parish Bulletin 7-7-19}}

Hansen has served as President of the Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce.{{Cite web|url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/dell-rapids/2017/03/21/looking-back/99267370/|title=Looking back|website=Argus Leader|access-date=July 18, 2019}}

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