PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — Workflow is moving efficiently through the legislative process, and Republican legislators are having a good relationship with Gov. Kristi Noem this session.

That’s according to Republican House Majority Leader Will Mortenson from Fort Pierre.

Mortenson said the Republican leadership consults with Noem and her team “quite often.” He says it’s been a good relationship this year.

With a week of significant bill deadlines, particularly Wednesday’s “Crossover Day,” where bills need to pass the house of origin, Mortenson said he didn’t want a repeat of his first term in the House.

Wednesday, he says they should leave the House by 3 or 4 p.m.

One of the other significant deadlines is Friday’s appropriations committees’ deadlines to get funding bills out of the house of origin.

He said that includes funding education, paying state employees, and reimbursing Medicaid providers.

Mortenson appeared Monday on KELO Radio’s “It’s Your Business with Bill Zortman.”