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Bill · SB 154Became law7mo agoclarify the eligibility of multiple garages or structures to be classified as owner-occupied. · Sponsors: Amber Hulse (R), Casey Crabtree (R) +1 more
For property tax classification, a person's main home may include garages and other structures tied to residential use when local records show their parcels.
Bill · SB 231Became law7mo agocreate the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural… · Sponsors: Amber Hulse (R), Brandon Wipf (R) +6 more
The state water board may use the fund to help pay for rural water projects, with grants and loans limited to part of construction costs.
Emergency Management · Environment & Energy
Bill · SB 76Became law7mo agoauthorize loans from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund for airport infrastructure.
South Dakota's housing authority may lend money for improvements or upkeep to qualifying airports, after considering each request at a public meeting.
Bill · SB 136Became law7mo agomake an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency. · Sponsors: Brandon Wipf (R), Carl Perry (R) +12 more
South Dakota sets aside $5 million for protective gear grants to fire departments with at least 70% volunteer firefighters, effective upon passage and approval.
Emergency Management · Government & Ethics
Bill · HB 1138Failed7mo agorequire the licensure of non-medical home care agencies, and to provide a penalty therefor. · Sponsors: Brandon Wipf (R), Carl Perry (R) +11 more
South Dakota would require many businesses that arrange routine in-home help for adults to get a state license, with exemptions for several health and family care providers.
Consumer Protection · Environment & Energy
Bill · HB 1017Became law7mo agopermit the board of a school district to require that certain students receive instruction in alternative settings. · Sponsor: Education
School boards may assign students whose aggressive or violent behavior disrupts school or threatens school health or safety to alternative instruction.
Bill · HB 1006Became law7mo agocreate a taskforce to study the creation of Indian medicaid managed care entities in the state. · Sponsors: Eric Emery (D), Heather Baxter (R) +5 more
South Dakota would assemble a task force to study Medicaid managed care entities for Indian communities and report its recommendations to the Governor by December 1, 2028.
Government & Ethics · Healthcare
Bill · SB 79Became law7mo agomake an appropriation to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to construct an advanced manufacturing laboratory space and classrooms on the campus of…
Southeast Technical College could receive a state-funded building project if it secures enough outside money and does not issue bonds.
Education · Government & Ethics
Bill · SB 44Became law7mo agoestablish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations.
In certain child internet crime or human trafficking investigations, the attorney general could ask a judge to approve demands for service providers’ business records.
Civil Rights & Voting · Criminal Justice
Bill · SB 139Became law7mo agorevise a provision related to the transportation of an inmate upon discharge from a correctional facility. · Sponsors: Carl Perry (R), Eric Emery (D) +8 more
When someone leaves a South Dakota correctional facility, an official must provide clothing, money, and transportation if those have not already been provided.
Criminal Justice · Transportation
Bill · HB 1183Became law7mo agorevise qualifications for immunity from prosecution following a drug-related overdose. · Sponsors: Eric Emery (D), Erik Muckey (D) +7 more
People experiencing a drug-related overdose may avoid prosecution for certain drug offenses if they or someone else calls for medical help.
Criminal Justice · Emergency Management
Bill · HB 1300Became law7mo agoexcept victims of human trafficking or domestic abuse from certain clemency notice requirements. · Sponsors: Amber Hulse (R), Bobbi Andera (R) +11 more
A qualifying clemency applicant who is a victim of human trafficking or domestic abuse could avoid certain newspaper notice requirements by showing a safety risk.
Criminal Justice · Mental Health
Bill · HB 1048Became law7mo agomake an appropriation for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
After approval, South Dakota’s economic development office may direct $87 million in federal spending authority to broadband infrastructure grants statewide.
Economy & Jobs · Government & Ethics
Bill · HB 1187Became law7mo agoadd coaches to the list of mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect. · Sponsors: Carl Perry (R), Eric Emery (D) +6 more
Coaches of school activities who have reasonable cause to suspect abuse or neglect of a child under 18 must report it.
Emergency Management · Mental Health
Bill · HB 1095Became law7mo agomodify provisions pertaining to the submission of a nominating petition. · Sponsors: Amber Hulse (R), Rebecca Reimer (R)
Candidates for municipal, school-board, party-delegate, and primary offices must follow specified petition forms, filing locations, signature rules, and deadlines.
Civil Rights & Voting · Education
Bill · HB 1108Became law7mo agorequire the sealing of court files upon dismissal or denial of a petition for a protection order. · Sponsors: David Kull (R), Erik Muckey (D) +10 more
Courts would seal some protection order petition records, including those dismissed without a hearing and certain denied petitions that meet specific findings.
Civil Rights & Voting · Consumer Protection
Bill · HB 1199Became law7mo agoaddress prior authorization and reporting requirements by utilization review organizations and health carriers. · Sponsors: Bobbi Andera (R), Carl Perry (R) +3 more
Health insurers and review organizations would check required prior approvals each year, remove some, and report their decisions and review results to the state.
Bill · SB 69Became law7mo agomake an appropriation for the purchase of a new Division of Highway Patrol airplane and mission equipment and to declare an emergency.
South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety may spend $5 million on a new Highway Patrol airplane, equipment for it, and installation.
Public Safety · Taxes & Budget
Bill · SB 49Became law7mo agosafeguard the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provide a civil penalty therefor.
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies must explain how they handle South Dakotans’ genetic data, get consent for its use, and honor requests to delete it or destroy samples.
AI & Privacy · Consumer Protection
Bill · SB 3Became law7mo agolimit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit. · Sponsors: Aaron Aylward (R), Casey Crabtree (R) +9 more
People who own and live in detached, single-family homes may repair or closely replace listed exterior parts without a local building permit, with an exception for designated historic properties.