HB1008direct the amendment of the Administrative Rules of South Dakota regarding the awarding of high school credit for participation in extracurricular athletics.Do Pass AmendedNay
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
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
HB1281reduce the sales and use tax rates on food, to increase the rates for certain taxes, use taxes, and excise taxes, and to provide a new fund for school district capital outlay projects.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayYeatabling motion
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 PassYea
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 Pass AmendedYea
2025 Regular Session13 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
HB1039Amend the programs reimbursing a teacher or school counselor for earning national board certification.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1040Reduce the state's contribution to a subsidized high school dual credit program.Do PassYea
HB1054Allow public schools to authorize an individual to volunteer or be employed as a school chaplain.Do Pass AmendedNay
HB1092Make an appropriation for a student teacher stipend grant program.Do Pass AmendedYea
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.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB51Require the display and curricular inclusion of the Ten Commandments and other documents.Do Pass AmendedNay
SB55Revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB208Amend provisions pertaining to a school district's proposed opt out, capital outlay certificate, or other agreement.Do Pass AmendedYea
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 Session11 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 PassYea
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
HB1116make fraudulent solicitation of charitable contributions a deceptive act or practice.Do PassYea
HB1142improve education and to provide for the workforce of South Dakota.Do PassNay
HB1164require a school board to hold a bond election at a primary or school general election.Do Pass AmendedNay
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 AmendedNay
HB1250provide for the creation and use of South Dakota educational empowerment accounts.Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6Yea
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 Session7 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
HB1043make an exemption from certain property taxation for owner-occupied single-family dwellings.Referred toYea
HB1142improve education outcomes and college affordability.Do PassNay
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 AmendedYea
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 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
HB1302modify tuition responsibilities for children in residential treatment centers.Do Pass AmendedYea
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 Pass AmendedNay
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 PassYea
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
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 Session14 votes
HB1152provide financial assistance for school sentinel training.Do PassNay
HB1157provide for kindergarten enrollment options.Do Pass AmendedNay
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
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 PassNay
HB1213provide a transfer of funds for critical teaching needs scholarships and to declare an emergency.Conference Committee Report adoptedYea
HB1255remove the requirement for a mandatory appraisal in exchanges of land between school districts.Do PassYea
HB1256fund shooting sports programs in public schools and to enhance outdoor recreational activities in the state.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayNaytabling motion
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 Session7 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.Concurred in amendmentsYea
HB1139repeal provisions regarding maximum taxes levied by a school district for capital outlay.Do Pass AmendedYea
HB1139repeal provisions regarding maximum taxes levied by a school district for capital outlay.ReconsideredYea
HB1232lower the compulsory age for school attendance.Do PassNay
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 PassYea
▶No vote recorded (excused / absent)17 bills
SB70Modify the maximum sparsity benefit a sparse school district is eligible to receive.Excused
SB208Amend provisions pertaining to a school district's proposed opt out, capital outlay certificate, or other agreement.Excused
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.Excused
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.Excused
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.Excused
HB1082establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students.Excused
HB1308reduce certain property taxes for owner-occupied property, and to increase the rates for certain gross receipts taxes and use taxes.Excused
HB1308reduce certain property taxes for owner-occupied property, and to increase the rates for certain gross receipts taxes and use taxes.Excused
SCR1Urging Congress to increase federal funding for special education.Excused
HB1031authorize certain wind and solar easements and leases by the commissioner of School and Public Lands.Excused
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.Excused
SB39establish the Jobs for South Dakota's Graduates program and the special donation fund.Excused
SB144create the road improvement priority fund, provide for the distribution of the fund, make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.Excused
SB144create the road improvement priority fund, provide for the distribution of the fund, make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.Excused
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.Excused
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.Excused
HB1096provide that a temporary restraining order may extend beyond thirty days in certain circumstances involving stalking.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).