HB1018amend the reversion date for moneys appropriated to the Department of Education to improve and renovate the Cultural Heritage Center.Do PassYea
HB1051revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1082establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students.Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6Yea
HB1082establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1130amend permissible uses of a school district's capital outlay fund.Do PassYea
HB1244repeal the special donations fund and make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of a grant to support the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Dakota program.Do PassYea
HB1262make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1326appropriate 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 common schools.Do PassNay
SB85require an election for an excess tax levy of a school district.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB106modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs.Do PassNay
SB106modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs.Concurred in amendmentsNay
SB229require an election to approve the issuance of certain capital outlay certificates, lease-purchase contracts, or installment purchase contracts.Do Pass AmendedYea
2025 Regular Session19 votes
HB1002Require that all certified educators take a course in South Dakota Indian Studies.Do PassYea
HB1003Amend definitions pertaining to the school funding formula.Do PassYea
HB1004Provide tuition for a student who is placed in a residential treatment center that provides educational programming.Do PassYea
HB1040Reduce the state's contribution to a subsidized high school dual credit program.Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6Yea
HB1040Reduce the state's contribution to a subsidized high school dual credit program.Do PassYea
HB1092Make an appropriation for a student teacher stipend grant program.Do Pass AmendedNay
HB1235Reduce a limit on the annual increases of property tax revenues payable to certain taxing districts, and to subject school districts to a limit on property taxes collected in a year.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB6Authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building.Referred toYea
SB6Authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB6Authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building.Concurred in amendmentsYea
SB51Require the display and curricular inclusion of the Ten Commandments and other documents.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB55Revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB70Modify the maximum sparsity benefit a sparse school district is eligible to receive.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB161Establish a maximum school administrator salary.Do PassYea
SB208Amend provisions pertaining to a school district's proposed opt out, capital outlay certificate, or other agreement.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB216Reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB216Reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB216Reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.Concurred in amendmentsNay
SB220Appropriate 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 common schools.Do PassYea
2024 Regular Session9 votes
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 Pass AmendedNay
HB1027modify substances listed on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1091enact the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1142improve education and to provide for the workforce of South Dakota.TabledYeatabling motion
HB1201make an appropriation for the teacher apprenticeship pathway program.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB105provide for the employment of veterans' service officers by the Department of Veterans Affairs.Referred toNay
SB151revise and repeal provisions related to the licensure of athletic trainers.Concurred in amendmentsYea
SB171make and change an appropriation related to the construction of the new state public health laboratory and to declare an emergency.Do PassNay
SB204make an appropriation for a grant to the Douglas school district for the construction costs of a new school.Referred toYea
2023 Regular Session13 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.TabledYeatabling motion
SB24revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.Referred toYea
SB24revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.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.Referred as Amended toYea
SB59make an appropriation to the Department of Education for grants to support career and technical education programs, and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedNay
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 adoptedNay
SB100establish the stronger families scholarship program for children in foster care, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
SB149create the Medicaid expansion fund and to transfer monies received as a result of expanding Medicaid eligibility.Do PassNay
SB149create the Medicaid expansion fund and to transfer monies received as a result of expanding Medicaid eligibility.Conference Committee Report adoptedYea
SB155create the jail improvement and construction fund for the improvement and construction of jails, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.Referred as Amended toYea
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 AmendedYea
SB187require schools to provide instruction on South Dakota's tribal history, culture, and government.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
2022 Regular Session9 votes
HB1047make an appropriation to the Department of Education to improve and renovate the Cultural Heritage Center and to declare an emergency.Do PassYea
HB1080prolong requirements for increasing teacher compensation.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1081add solar energy tax revenue to the calculation of local effort for state aid to school districts.Do PassNay
HB1119revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.Do Pass AmendedNay
HB1119revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.Concurred in amendmentsNay
HB1302modify tuition responsibilities for children in residential treatment centers.Do Pass AmendedNay
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 PassNay
SB71revise certain provisions related to the partners in education tax credit program.Do Pass AmendedYea
2021 Regular Session8 votes
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
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 PassNay
HCR6015To encourage the Executive Board of the Legislature to create an interim legislative study on mental health education in this state.Adopt ResolutionNay
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 PassNay
SB175remove certain eligibility requirements for the partners in education tax credit program.Do Pass AmendedYea
2020 Regular Session16 votes
HB1152provide financial assistance for school sentinel training.Do PassYea
HB1157provide for kindergarten enrollment options.Do Pass AmendedNay
HB1159revise provisions regarding the referral of opt outs made by school districts.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1174establish the date of kindergarten enrollment eligibility.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1175define dyslexia for the purposes of special education and related services.Do PassYea
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 adoptedNay
HB1255remove the requirement for a mandatory appraisal in exchanges of land between school districts.Do PassYea
SB39establish the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program and the special donation fund.Do PassNay
SB144create the road improvement priority fund, provide for the distribution of the fund, make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.Do Pass AmendedYea
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 adoptedNay
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 Session13 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 PassNay
HB1031authorize certain wind and solar easements and leases by the commissioner of School and Public Lands.Concurred in amendmentsNay
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
HB1141adjust certain maximum school district tax rates.Do PassNay
HB1232lower the compulsory age for school attendance.Do PassYea
HB1234provide funding to schools from the contractor's excise tax on concentrated animal feeding operations.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB179revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and to revise the state aid to education formula.Recommend Referral as Amended toYea
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 PassNay
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 ResolutionNay
▶No vote recorded (excused / absent)2 bills
HB1039Amend the programs reimbursing a teacher or school counselor for earning national board certification.Excused
HB1159revise provisions regarding the referral of opt outs made by school districts.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).