tremendous record of voting to break down barriers for South Dakotans and for his sponsorship of legislation to expand education opportunities for our students." In 2019, Hansen received the American Conservative Union's Award for Conservative Achievement. Political positions Abortion Hansen opposes abortion. 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. House Resolution 1003 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. House Bill 1193 In 2019, Hansen sponsored House Bill 1193, which "provide[s] a criminal penalty for causing an abortion against a pregnant mother's will." Anyone found guilty under the bill faces mandatory life in prison. 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. Senate Bill 110 In 2018, Hansen appeared before the Senate State Affairs Committee to testify in favor of Senate Bill 110. 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. Senate Bill 110 also required pregnancy help centers in South Dakota to provide the disclosures that it claimed Planned Parenthood was failing to provide. House Concurrent Resolution 1002 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. 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. House Bill 1237 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. 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