HB1012revise and repeal provisions allowing probation for contempt of a custody or visitation decree.Do PassYea
HB1013clarify the purposes permitted for certain offenders to operate a motor vehicle.Do PassYea
HB1140permit a court to impose as a condition of probation, or parole in certain circumstances, treatment at a nonprofit entity awarded an alternative care program grant.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1176clarify bond or pre-trial release upon sobriety program participation.Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6Nay
2025 Regular Session6 votes
HB1135Provide opportunities for treatment courts for South Dakotans, create a workgroup to study rehabilitation programs, and declare an emergency.Do PassYea
HB1135Provide opportunities for treatment courts for South Dakotans, create a workgroup to study rehabilitation programs, and declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB64Revise provisions related to the establishment of an initial parole date.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB124Establish the Incarceration Task Force.Do PassYea
SB124Establish the Incarceration Task Force.Do Pass AmendedYea
2024 Regular Session5 votes
HB1145modify brand registration and use laws.Do PassYea
SB47revise the incentive program for juvenile diversion opportunities.Do PassYea
SB47revise the incentive program for juvenile diversion opportunities.Do PassYea
SB128improve public safety in South Dakota.TabledYeatabling motion
SB173provide a landowner-on-own-land license for antlerless elk.Do Pass AmendedYea
2023 Regular Session9 votes
HB1061repeal provisions regarding criminal jury trials effective upon the adoption of Supreme Court rules.Do PassNay
HB1160limit probation for offenders with four or more felony convictions.Do PassYea
HB1174provide for appropriate civil commitment of certain persons.Do PassYea
HB1174provide for appropriate civil commitment of certain persons.Concurred in amendmentsYea
SB4modify a court's authority to commit a habitual juvenile offender to the Department of Corrections.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB51revise certain provisions regarding the reimbursement of county expenses in detaining parole violators.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 Pass AmendedYea
SB176modify certain requirements for removal from the sex offender registry.Do PassYea
2022 Regular Session14 votes
HB1026prohibit eligibility for a suspended imposition of sentence for the crime of rape.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1160clarify bond or pre-trial release upon sobriety program participation.Do Pass AmendedNay
HB1232establish mandatory sentences for certain driving while under the influence violations.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1233establish a parole hearing requirement for certain inmates.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1272revise provisions related to counseling for domestic abuse defendants.Do Pass AmendedYea
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.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
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.Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6Nay
SB103make an appropriation to support the teen court grant program and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB103make an appropriation to support the teen court grant program and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB103make an appropriation to support the teen court grant program and to declare an emergency.Conference Committee Report adoptedNay
SB151revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB159exempt any person suffering from a severe mental illness from capital punishment.Do Pass AmendedNay
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 adoptedYea
2021 Regular Session1 vote
SB141revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Do Pass AmendedNay
2020 Regular Session4 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
HB1195provide for the dismissal of charges against pregnant women for certain controlled substance offenses under certain circumstances.Concurred in amendmentsYea
HB1206revise certain provisions regarding the commitment of a delinquent child to the Department of Corrections.Concurred in amendmentsYea
2019 Regular Session5 votes
HB1004revise parole date calculation provisions.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 Pass AmendedYea
HB1130revise provisions regarding certain Class 2 misdemeanors.Do Pass AmendedYea
▶No vote recorded (excused / absent)2 bills
SB51revise certain provisions regarding the reimbursement of county expenses in detaining parole violators.Excused
SB89increase the daily maximum award for the alternative care program administered by the Unified Judicial System.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).