Changes to Existing Law

HB1136 — repeal provisions regarding legislative districts.

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§ 2-2-41

Repealed

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Section 2-2-41 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

The Legislature, in making the 2021 redistricting, determines, as a matter of policy, that the following principles are of primary significance: (1) Adherence to standards of population deviance as established by judicial precedent and to standards of population deviance as prescribed by S.D. Const., Art. III, § 5; (2) Protection of communities of interest by means of compact and contiguous districts; (3) Respect for geographical and political boundaries; and (4) Protection of minority voting rights consistent with the United States Constitution, the South Dakota Constitution, and federal statutes, as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court and other courts with jurisdiction. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 1, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021, ch 16, § 1.

§ 2-2-42

Repealed

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Section 2-2-42 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

The state shall be divided into thirty-five senatorial districts, as specified in § 2-2-43.1 , and the Senate shall consist of thirty-five members. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 2, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1, § 4, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

§ 2-2-43

Repealed

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Section 2-2-43 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

~~Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2015, ch 56 (HJR 1005), eff. May 1, 2015; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1, § 11, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.~~

§ 2-2-44

Repealed

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Section 2-2-44 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

The state shall be divided into thirty-five representative districts, which shall be the same as the senatorial districts provided in § 2-2-43.1 , and the House of Representatives shall consist of seventy members. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 4, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1, § 5, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

§ 2-2-45

Repealed

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Section 2-2-45 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

~~Each senatorial district as provided for in § 2-2-43.1 is entitled to one senator. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 5, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1, § 6, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.~~

§ 2-2-46

Repealed

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Section 2-2-46 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

Each representative district as provided for in § 2-2-44 is entitled to two representatives. However, in order to protect minority voting rights, District No. 26 and District No. 28 shall each consist of two single-member house districts as provided in §§ 2-2-47.1 and 2-2-48.1 . Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 6, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1, § 7, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

§ 2-2-47

Repealed

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Section 2-2-47 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

~~Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 7, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1, § 12, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.~~

§ 2-2-48

Repealed

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Section 2-2-48 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

~~Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 8, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1, § 13, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.~~

§ 2-2-49

Repealed

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Section 2-2-49 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

The Legislature finds that, for the purposes of §§ 2-2-41 to 2-2-51 , inclusive, the ideal population of a senatorial district, based on the official 2020 federal census, is 25,333 people. For a house district, the ideal population, based on the official 2020 federal census, is 12,667 people. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 9, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1, § 8, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

§ 2-2-50

Repealed

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Section 2-2-50 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

For the purposes of §§ 2-2-41 to 2-2-51 , inclusive, voting district (VTD) boundaries are those boundaries in existence on April 1, 2020, and utilized by the 2020 federal census. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 10, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1, § 9, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

§ 2-2-51

Repealed

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Section 2-2-51 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.

If any area of this state is omitted from the provisions of § 2-2-43.1 , the county auditor of the county containing the area shall attach the area to the district that surrounds it or, if the area is contiguous to two or more districts, the county auditor shall attach it to the contiguous district that has the least population according to the official 2020 federal census. Any attachment made pursuant to this section shall be certified in writing and filed with the secretary of state. No changes may be made in any such attachment until the next decennial redistricting. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 11, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1, § 10, eff. Feb. 9, 2022. CHAPTER 2-4 SESSIONS OF LEGISLATURE 2-4-1 Time and place of regular sessions. 2-4-2 Salary and expense allowances of legislators. 2-4-3 Superseded by § 3-8-2.1 . 2-4-4 Time of payment of salaries and allowances. 2-4-5 Repealed by SL 1973, ch 19, § 1. 2-4-6 Preventing Legislature or members from meeting as felony. 2-4-7 Preventing legislator from attending or voting as misdemeanor. 2-4-8 Compelling adjournment of Legislature as felony. 2-4-9 Disturbance or disorderly conduct in Legislature as misdemeanor. 2-4-10 Compelling action or inaction by Legislature as felony. 2-4-11 Repealed by SL 1976, ch 158, § 12A-11. 2-4-13 Forfeiture of office by legislator convicted of violation--Disqualification from public office. 2-4-14 Contempt of Legislature--Punishment. 2-4-15 Contempt of Legislature as misdemeanor.

Section 2-2-51 — REPEALED

This text is the section as codified in 2025 — it was amended in 2021, after this 2019 bill. The text the bill proposed to repeal read differently.