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To ensure the existence of a healthy, sustainable equine population.

This resolution expresses the South Dakota House's support for allowing horse slaughter and processing within the state, including on tribal lands, as a method to manage horse populations. It also declares opposition to federal legislation that would ban horse slaughter. The resolution does not change existing state law but rather states the legislature's policy position on this issue.

Supporting trade negotiations to remove barriers to country of origin labelling.

This resolution asks the federal government to negotiate with trading partners to reinstate country of origin labeling (COOL) requirements for beef and pork, which Congress eliminated in 2015 after the World Trade Organization ruled the requirement violated trade agreements. South Dakota legislators argue that consumers strongly support COOL and that livestock producers need market advantages like origin labeling as their share of consumer spending has declined. The resolution does not change state law itself but instead urges federal action to restore labeling requirements that benefit South Dakota's cattle industry.

increase the maximum allowable height of certain vehicles carrying baled feed and to declare an emergency.

HB 1084 increases the maximum allowable height for vehicles carrying baled feed, allowing farmers and feed transporters to haul taller loads on South Dakota roads. The bill declares an emergency, meaning it takes effect immediately rather than waiting for the standard effective date. This change makes it easier for agricultural operations to transport feed more efficiently without exceeding legal height limits.

authorize the hiring of law enforcement officers by the South Dakota State Brand Board and to declare an emergency.

The South Dakota State Brand Board, which oversees livestock branding and ownership, is now authorized to hire law enforcement officers to enforce branding laws and regulations. This change allows the Brand Board to employ its own dedicated law enforcement staff rather than relying solely on other agencies for enforcement.

make an appropriation to the gaming commission fund, to provide for the transfer of funds to the special racing revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund, and to declare an emergency.

HB1233 appropriates money to the Gaming Commission Fund and transfers portions of that funding to the Special Racing Revolving Fund and the South Dakota-Bred Racing Fund to support horse racing in the state. The bill also modifies existing laws governing gaming commission operations and eliminates two outdated statutory provisions related to racing fund management. This spending bill is declared an emergency measure.

provide limited deer and antelope licenses to landowners.

This bill allows South Dakota resident farmers and ranchers who own or lease a minimum amount of private agricultural land to obtain limited deer and antelope hunting licenses for themselves and their immediate family members, even if they didn't win the regular hunting license lottery. The licenses permit hunting only on land the landowner or leaseholder controls and are restricted to specific seasons set by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission.

To encourage the Department of Game, Fish and Parks in 2020, as part of the biennial review of endangered and threatened species, to delist the river otter and manage this species as a harvested furbearer if scientifically-sound biological and ecological data support such a decision.

This resolution asks the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to consider removing river otters from South Dakota's endangered and threatened species list during their 2020 review, and if scientific evidence supports it, to instead manage river otters as a harvested furbearer (an animal that can be trapped or hunted for its fur). The resolution is not a binding law but rather an encouragement to the department to evaluate whether river otter populations have recovered enough to allow controlled harvest.