HB1012revise and repeal provisions allowing probation for contempt of a custody or visitation decree.Do PassNay
HB1012revise and repeal provisions allowing probation for contempt of a custody or visitation decree.Do PassNay
HB1013clarify the purposes permitted for certain offenders to operate a motor vehicle.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 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.Referred toYea
HB1176clarify bond or pre-trial release upon sobriety program participation.Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6Yea
2025 Regular Session8 votes
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
SB64Revise provisions related to the establishment of an initial parole date.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB119Repeal capital punishment.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
SB124Establish the Incarceration Task Force.Do PassYea
SB124Establish the Incarceration Task Force.Do Pass AmendedYea
2024 Regular Session1 vote
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 PassNay
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 AmendedYea
2022 Regular Session21 votes
HB1026prohibit eligibility for a suspended imposition of sentence for the crime of rape.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1108revise provisions related to driving under the influence.Do PassYea
HB1157revise the penalty for the ingestion of certain controlled substances.Do PassYea
HB1160clarify bond or pre-trial release upon sobriety program participation.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1160clarify bond or pre-trial release upon sobriety program participation.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1232establish mandatory sentences for certain driving while under the influence violations.Do Pass AmendedYea
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
HB1233establish a parole hearing requirement for certain inmates.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1272revise provisions related to counseling for domestic abuse defendants.Do PassYea
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.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.Conference Committee Report adoptedNay
SB151revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Do PassYea
SB151revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB159exempt any person suffering from a severe mental illness from capital punishment.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB159exempt any person suffering from a severe mental illness from capital punishment.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB169establish a means for certain Department of Corrections inmates to earn credit against fines or costs ordered by the sentencing court.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 adoptedYea
2021 Regular Session8 votes
HB1184revise provisions on aiding, abetting, or advising.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayNaytabling motion
HB1185reduce the penalty for manslaughter.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayNaytabling motion
HB1186revise certain provisions regarding sentencing.TabledYeatabling motion
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
SB141revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Do PassYea
SB141revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB146revise certain provisions regarding eligibility for parole for certain persons sentenced to life imprisonment.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
2020 Regular Session7 votes
HB1089provide for the discharge of certain persons who received a suspended imposition of sentence for a misdemeanor.Do PassYea
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.Do PassYea
HB1206revise certain provisions regarding the commitment of a delinquent child to the Department of Corrections.Concurred in amendmentsYea
SB6revise certain conditions under which presumptive probation may be applied.Do PassNay
2019 Regular Session10 votes
HB1003revise eligibility for a deferred imposition of sentence.Do PassYea
HB1004revise parole date calculation provisions.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
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
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)4 bills
HB1135Provide opportunities for treatment courts for South Dakotans, create a workgroup to study rehabilitation programs, and declare an emergency.Excused
HB1126revise a provision related to driving under the influence.Excused
HB1228provide for certain inmates to petition for concurrent sentences.Excused
HB1130revise provisions regarding certain Class 2 misdemeanors.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).