SB7

South Dakota law currently requires judges to impose probation for certain felony convictions, but this bill adds a new eligibility requirement—judges must now find that a person "meets the conditions" of a separate statute before probation becomes mandatory. The bill also clarifies that probation eligibility applies only to those not already ineligible under other existing laws, creating a more restrictive system that gives judges more discretion to impose prison sentences when they identify aggravating circumstances.