State Affairs

allow the Government Operations and Audit Committee to issue subpoenas without Executive Board approval.

revise certain provisions pertaining to poll watchers.

provide property tax relief for owner-occupied single-family dwellings.

improve education outcomes and college affordability.

bolster the workforce of South Dakota.

require the secretary of state to determine if a legislatively proposed constitutional amendment complies with the single subject requirement and is not a constitutional revision.

require a percentage of signatures on a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment to be obtained from each legislative district.

provide for the election of State Brand Board members.

revise the qualifications to be a member of a county recount board.

revise certain provisions pertaining to the destruction of ballots and pollbooks after an election.

update references to the Governor, lieutenant governor, and other persons.

modify provisions for a statewide runoff election.

modify provisions pertaining to the testing of automatic tabulating equipment.

modify certain provisions pertaining to absentee voting.

establish and modify provisions related to economic development.

reduce certain gross receipts tax rates and a use tax rate, and to repeal a conditional reduction of certain gross receipts tax rates.

establish and modify provisions related to initiated petitions.

establish and modify provisions related to public safety.

require certain reviews and updating of voter registration records and data sharing.

update maintenance and verification requirements for voter registration files.

remove the option to register to vote by a signed statement.

prohibit purchasing agencies from contracting with companies owned or controlled by certain foreign entities or governments.

prohibit the spouse of a member of the Legislature from being employed as a private lobbyist.

revise the process for nominating candidates for lieutenant governor and to make related technical changes.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article III of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, to limit terms of service for legislators to eight years.

revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration.

establish post-election audits.

provide for an annual presentation regarding Indian Law.

establish the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation.

create term limits for future public utilities commissioners.

provide a penalty for the expenditure of public funds to influence the outcome of an election.

Encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislature to authorize and form a legislative task force to study the issues on, and to consider, develop, and report recommendations and propose legislation on, sustainable improvements to the affordability and availability of childcare in South Dakota.

Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota revising and establishing certain constitutional provisions regarding the lieutenant governor and the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives.

revise certain provisions relating to voter registration.

change provisions regarding the appointment of legislators to represent South Dakota in the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

permit the use of tribal identification cards when registering to vote.

make an appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State for voter roll maintenance, ballot machines, and election security.

create the Commission on Indian Affairs.

require the continued maintenance of the official list of candidates prior to an election.

facilitate the process of establishing election precincts and polling places by counties.

authorize legislative intervention into certain cases pertaining to election law.

revise the appointment of legislators to the Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Advisory Task Force.

prohibit ranked-choice voting.

repeal provisions requiring prison or jail cost estimates and to declare an emergency.

clarify the convening of recount boards for primary elections.

establish the stronger families scholarship program for children in foster care, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

modify the approval process for certain out-of-state travel and related costs by a legislative member.

modify the composition of the State-Tribal Relations Committee.

make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.