SB 144 amends South Dakota's cemetery law to give descendants of people buried in abandoned cemeteries the right to access those burial grounds. The bill modifies existing provisions governing cemetery access and management to ensure family members can visit and maintain ancestral graves even when cemeteries are no longer actively maintained.
Senate Do Pass Failed, YEAS 13, NAYS 21. S.J. 250
Local Government Do Pass Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1. S.J. 9
Local Government Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 124
Kyle Schoenfish
Prime sponsor · Sen.
R
Scott Odenbach
Prime sponsor · Rep.
R
Do Pass
Local Government — Do Pass