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-6Yea
2025 Regular Session4 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 AmendedNay
SB124Establish the Incarceration Task Force.Do Pass AmendedNay
2022 Regular Session12 votes
HB1026prohibit eligibility for a suspended imposition of sentence for the crime of rape.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
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-6Yea
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 adoptedYea
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
SB172revise provisions regarding eligibility for parole for certain persons sentenced to life imprisonment.Deferred to the 41st legislative dayNaytabling motion
SB198establish an interim committee regarding alternative programming for juvenile offenders.Do Pass AmendedYea
SB198establish an interim committee regarding alternative programming for juvenile offenders.Do Pass AmendedYea
2021 Regular Session1 vote
SB141revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.Do Pass AmendedYea
2020 Regular Session4 votes
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.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 AmendedNay
▶No vote recorded (excused / absent)2 bills
HB1089provide for the discharge of certain persons who received a suspended imposition of sentence for a misdemeanor.Excused
HB1160clarify bond or pre-trial release upon sobriety program participation.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).