South Dakota residents now have a legal right to visit and maintain abandoned cemeteries on private land, as long as the land owner agrees and the access is reasonable. The cemetery must have documented burials and haven't been used or maintained for at least five years to qualify as "abandoned." County sheriffs will enforce this new right to visit ancestral burial grounds.
Local Government Deferred to the 41st legislative day Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2.
Local Government Do Pass Failed, YEAS 2, NAYS 4.
Local Government Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 139
Kyle Schoenfish
Prime sponsor · Sen.
R
Cosponsors
Local Government — Do Pass
Local Government — Deferred to the 41st legislative day