SB128improve public safety in South Dakota.Do PassYea
SB173provide a landowner-on-own-land license for antlerless elk.Do Pass AmendedNay
2023 Regular Session8 votes
HB1174provide for appropriate civil commitment of certain persons.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB4modify a court's authority to commit a habitual juvenile offender to the Department of Corrections.Concurred in amendmentsNay
SB47revise exceptions to the imposition of a Class 2 misdemeanor when no other penalty is provided by statute.Do PassYea
SB89increase the daily maximum award for the alternative care program administered by the Unified Judicial System.Do PassYea
SB146limit parole for violent offenders.Do PassYea
SB146limit parole for violent offenders.Concurred in amendmentsYea
SB176modify certain requirements for removal from the sex offender registry.Do PassYea
SB201provide treatment for the ingestion of controlled substances.Do Pass AmendedNay
2022 Regular Session12 votes
HB1160clarify bond or pre-trial release upon sobriety program participation.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB32authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property, construct a community work center for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, transfer funds from the budget reserve fund, and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB103make an appropriation to support the teen court grant program and to declare an emergency.Do PassYea
SB103make an appropriation to support the teen court grant program and to declare an emergency.Conference Committee Report adoptedYea
SB151revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB151revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Veto overrideNay
SB159exempt any person suffering from a severe mental illness from capital punishment.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB172revise provisions regarding eligibility for parole for certain persons sentenced to life imprisonment.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB172revise provisions regarding eligibility for parole for certain persons sentenced to life imprisonment.ReconsideredNay
SB198establish an interim committee regarding alternative programming for juvenile offenders.Do PassYea
SB198establish an interim committee regarding alternative programming for juvenile offenders.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB198establish an interim committee regarding alternative programming for juvenile offenders.Conference Committee report not adopted, no committee appointedYea
2021 Regular Session12 votes
SB15revise the voting requirements necessary for the board to grant or deny parole or recommend clemency.Do PassYea
SB15revise the voting requirements necessary for the board to grant or deny parole or recommend clemency.Do PassYea
SB16revise the requirements of setting discretionary parole dates by the board.Do PassYea
SB16revise the requirements of setting discretionary parole dates by the board.Do PassYea
SB98limit the application of the death penalty.Do PassYea
SB98limit the application of the death penalty.Do PassYea
SB141revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB143revise the penalty for the ingestion of certain controlled substances.Do PassNay
SB143revise the penalty for the ingestion of certain controlled substances.Do PassNay
SB146revise certain provisions regarding eligibility for parole for certain persons sentenced to life imprisonment.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB163revise the eligibility requirements for compassionate parole under certain circumstances.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
SB169revise the time requirement for the automatic removal of speeding violations from a background check record.TabledYeatabling motion
2020 Regular Session13 votes
HB1089provide for the discharge of certain persons who received a suspended imposition of sentence for a misdemeanor.Do PassYea
HB1195provide for the dismissal of charges against pregnant women for certain controlled substance offenses under certain circumstances.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1206revise certain provisions regarding the commitment of a delinquent child to the Department of Corrections.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1206revise certain provisions regarding the commitment of a delinquent child to the Department of Corrections.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB6revise certain conditions under which presumptive probation may be applied.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB6revise certain conditions under which presumptive probation may be applied.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB7revise the eligibility for presumptive probation.TabledYeatabling motion
SB69revise the penalty for the misuse of emblem specialty plates on motor vehicles.Do PassYea
SB95modify certain provisions regarding the repayment of restitution.Do PassNay
SB95modify certain provisions regarding the repayment of restitution.Do PassNay
SB114require an incentive program to provide diversion opportunities for certain substance abuse offenses.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
SB115revise the penalty for the ingestion of certain controlled substances.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
SB138amend parole provisions regarding life sentences.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
2019 Regular Session14 votes
HB1003revise eligibility for a deferred imposition of sentence.Do PassYea
HB1004revise parole date calculation provisions.Do PassYea
HB1005authorize a hearing panel of the Board of Pardons and Paroles to make clemency recommendations.Do PassYea
HB1005authorize a hearing panel of the Board of Pardons and Paroles to make clemency recommendations.Do PassYea
HB1006revise the time requirements for parole reports and plans.Do PassYea
HB1047revise certain provisions regarding recommendations for treatment as a condition for probation.Do PassYea
HB1130revise provisions regarding certain Class 2 misdemeanors.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
SB65provide for the construction, renovation, improvement, remodeling, alteration, addition to and repairing of courthouses, jails, incarceration reduction facilities, and other necessary buildings.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB65provide for the construction, renovation, improvement, remodeling, alteration, addition to and repairing of courthouses, jails, incarceration reduction facilities, and other necessary buildings.ReconsideredYea
SB67revise provisions regarding commitment of a child adjudicated as delinquent.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB67revise provisions regarding commitment of a child adjudicated as delinquent.ReconsideredYea
SB67revise provisions regarding commitment of a child adjudicated as delinquent.Do Pass AmendedYea
SCR7Directing the Executive Board to create a fifteen-member task force to study and make legislative proposals regarding alternatives to imprisonment for those convicted of the crime of ingestion of controlled substances.TabledYeatabling motion
SCR7Directing the Executive Board to create a fifteen-member task force to study and make legislative proposals regarding alternatives to imprisonment for those convicted of the crime of ingestion of controlled substances.Excused
SB146revise certain provisions regarding eligibility for parole for certain persons sentenced to life imprisonment.Excused
SB141revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Excused
Votes are shown as cast; we don’t score or label positions. Amendment-adoption motions are omitted, and tabling motions are flagged (a Yea there was a vote to kill the bill).