HB1024require that an application for a medical marijuana registry identification card include a notice of federal law regarding firearms and the unlawful use of a controlled substance.Do PassYea
HB1024require that an application for a medical marijuana registry identification card include a notice of federal law regarding firearms and the unlawful use of a controlled substance.Concurred in amendmentsYea
HB1027modify substances listed on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1091enact the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact.Concurred in amendmentsYea
HB1142improve education and to provide for the workforce of South Dakota.Do PassYea
HB1164require a school board to hold a bond election at a primary or school general election.Do Pass AmendedNay
HB1184require the Department of Social Services and the Department of Education to apply for and administer the summer electronic benefit transfer for children program and to make an appropriation therefor.Referred toYea
HB1201make an appropriation for the teacher apprenticeship pathway program.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1236recognize students as Rushmore State Athletes upon demonstrating prescribed levels of physical fitness.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1250provide for the creation and use of South Dakota educational empowerment accounts.Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6Nay
SB151revise and repeal provisions related to the licensure of athletic trainers.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB171make and change an appropriation related to the construction of the new state public health laboratory and to declare an emergency.Do PassYea
2023 Regular Session8 votes
HB1032make an appropriation for the demolition and reconstruction of agricultural-use structures at South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1142improve education outcomes and college affordability.Do PassYea
HB1142improve education outcomes and college affordability.Do PassYea
HB1177revise the retirement benefits of certain rehired teachers at qualifying public school districts.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
SB59make an appropriation to the Department of Education for grants to support career and technical education programs, and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB59make an appropriation to the Department of Education for grants to support career and technical education programs, and to declare an emergency.Conference Committee Report adoptedYea
SB149create the Medicaid expansion fund and to transfer monies received as a result of expanding Medicaid eligibility.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB155create the jail improvement and construction fund for the improvement and construction of jails, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedNay
2022 Regular Session22 votes
HB1040reduce the maximum property tax levies for the general fund of school districts.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1047make an appropriation to the Department of Education to improve and renovate the Cultural Heritage Center and to declare an emergency.Referred toYea
HB1047make an appropriation to the Department of Education to improve and renovate the Cultural Heritage Center and to declare an emergency.Do PassYea
HB1064direct the Department of Education to use certain fall enrollments when calculating state aid for school districts that declined in enrollment between 2020 and 2021.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1080prolong requirements for increasing teacher compensation.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1080prolong requirements for increasing teacher compensation.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1119revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.Do PassNay
HB1119revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.Removed from TableYea
HB1119revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.Do PassYea
HB1119revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1119revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.Concurred in amendmentsYea
HB1189make an appropriation to the Department of Tribal Relations to fund the Native American achievement schools grant program.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
HB1190establish the paraprofessional tuition assistance program, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.Referred toNay
HB1191make an appropriation to the Department of Tribal Relations to support certain children first learning centers that promote the teaching of the Lakota language and to declare an emergency.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
HB1302modify tuition responsibilities for children in residential treatment centers.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1302modify tuition responsibilities for children in residential treatment centers.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1303address elementary and secondary education.Deferred to another dayNaytabling motion
HB1303address elementary and secondary education.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1308provide for the payment of signing bonuses to school district staff members.Do PassYea
HB1340appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.Do PassYea
SB71revise certain provisions related to the partners in education tax credit program.Do PassNay
SB71revise certain provisions related to the partners in education tax credit program.Do Pass AmendedNay
2021 Regular Session15 votes
HB1056authorize the designation of Purple Star schools.Do PassYea
HB1056authorize the designation of Purple Star schools.Do PassYea
HB1066authorize the transfer of wind energy tax revenue from a school district general fund.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1066authorize the transfer of wind energy tax revenue from a school district general fund.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1082revise certain state aid to education definitions for the 2021-2022 school year.Do PassYea
HB1118suspend the required reduction in state aid resulting from school district general fund cash balances.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1279make an appropriation for the development of a K-12 civics and history curriculum and to declare an emergency.Do PassYea
HB1280make an appropriation for updating the educator certification system within the Department of Education and to declare an emergency.Do PassYea
HB1283make an appropriation to update the South Dakota virtual school website, registration, and reporting system and to declare an emergency.Deferred to another dayYeatabling motion
HB1283make an appropriation to update the South Dakota virtual school website, registration, and reporting system and to declare an emergency.Referred as Amended toYea
HCR6015To encourage the Executive Board of the Legislature to create an interim legislative study on mental health education in this state.Adopt ResolutionYea
SB46allow for the consideration of certain instruction to count towards the minimum number of hours required in a school term during a declared state of emergency.Do PassYea
SB46allow for the consideration of certain instruction to count towards the minimum number of hours required in a school term during a declared state of emergency.Do PassYea
SB49revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.Do PassYea
SB175remove certain eligibility requirements for the partners in education tax credit program.Do Pass AmendedYea
2020 Regular Session24 votes
HB1042revise the special education property tax levy for school districts and to revise the state aid to special education formula.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1043revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and to revise the state aid to education formula.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1152provide financial assistance for school sentinel training.Do PassNay
HB1159revise provisions regarding the referral of opt outs made by school districts.Do Pass AmendedNay
HB1174establish the date of kindergarten enrollment eligibility.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1175define dyslexia for the purposes of special education and related services.Do PassYea
HB1186revise certain education programs and promote efficiency in state government and to make an appropriation therefor.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1198provide an excess levy for the capital outlay fund.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1213provide a transfer of funds for critical teaching needs scholarships and to declare an emergency.Do PassYea
HB1213provide a transfer of funds for critical teaching needs scholarships and to declare an emergency.Conference Committee Report adoptedYea
HB1230provide for an increased distribution from the education enhancement trust fund in fiscal year 2021.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1255remove the requirement for a mandatory appraisal in exchanges of land between school districts.Do PassYea
HB1272revise the conditions for dual credit and to provide an appropriation.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1290make an appropriation for rapid enrollment increases.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1291appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1294appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.Do PassYea
SB39establish the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program and the special donation fund.Do PassYea
SB144create the road improvement priority fund, provide for the distribution of the fund, make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB144create the road improvement priority fund, provide for the distribution of the fund, make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB144create the road improvement priority fund, provide for the distribution of the fund, make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.Placed on calendarYea
SB144create the road improvement priority fund, provide for the distribution of the fund, make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.Conference Committee Report adoptedYea
SB170revise certain provisions regarding school district capital outlay funds.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB174revise the purposes for which a school district's capital outlay fund may be used.Do PassYea
SB188account for educational opportunities provided to students during a state of emergency and to declare an emergency.Do PassYea
2019 Regular Session17 votes
HB1001revise the timing of the recalculation of the allocations for the disability levels in the state aid to special education formula.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1031authorize certain wind and solar easements and leases by the commissioner of School and Public Lands.Do PassYea
HB1031authorize certain wind and solar easements and leases by the commissioner of School and Public Lands.Concurred in amendmentsYea
HB1109exclude certain funds from the calculation of local effort in the state aid to education formula.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
HB1127revise the calculation of fall enrollment for the purposes of education funding.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
HB1139repeal provisions regarding maximum taxes levied by a school district for capital outlay.Do Pass AmendedNay
HB1139repeal provisions regarding maximum taxes levied by a school district for capital outlay.ReconsideredNay
HB1144revise certain provisions regarding the transportation of students participating in open enrollment.Do Pass AmendedNay
HB1232lower the compulsory age for school attendance.Do PassNay
HB1234provide funding to schools from the contractor's excise tax on concentrated animal feeding operations.TabledYeatabling motion
SB2adjust for inflation the amount of the special education appropriation that may be set aside for extraordinary expenses.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB179revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and to revise the state aid to education formula.Do PassYea
SB179revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and to revise the state aid to education formula.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB182revise the special education property tax levy for school districts and to revise the state aid to special education formula.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB182revise the special education property tax levy for school districts and to revise the state aid to special education formula.Do PassYea
SB191appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.Do PassYea
SCR1Urging Congress to increase federal funding for special education.Concurred in ResolutionYea
▶No vote recorded (excused / absent)3 bills
HB1157provide for kindergarten enrollment options.Excused
SB139provide for the creation and funding of Oceti Sakowin community-based schools.Excused
HB1142improve education and to provide for the workforce of South Dakota.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).