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amend documentation requirements for emotional support animals in a rental dwelling unit.

This bill clarifies that landlords can require tenants to provide documentation from a licensed healthcare provider to verify they have a disability and need an emotional support animal as an accommodation in rental housing. The bill expands the definition of "service animal" to explicitly include emotional support animals and therapy animals, ensuring they receive the same rental protections as traditional service animals. Landlords cannot demand this documentation if the tenant's disability or need for the animal is already obvious or known to them.

require notice and compensation prior to entry upon private land for the purpose of causing an examination and survey.

Before someone with authority to take private property for public use (like a utility company) can enter your land to survey it, they must first file a siting permit application and give you 30 days' written notice that includes the expected entry date and contact information for who will enter. The bill also requires them to pay you an initial $500 compensation for entering your property and provide security to guarantee additional payments if needed.

require verification of landowner permission prior to certain pipeline permitting actions.

Before a pipeline company can ask the Public Utilities Commission for a permit to build a pipeline, it must now get written permission from at least 90 percent of landowners whose property would be affected by the pipeline easement. The commission cannot hold a hearing on the pipeline permit application until the company proves it has this landowner consent, and the company still cannot use eminent domain to take land until it receives final approval from the commission.

revise provisions related to abandoned mobile or manufactured homes.

HB 1108 clarifies the process for property owners to sell or dispose of abandoned mobile or manufactured homes left on their land, requiring them to send certified written notice to the home owner and any lienholder after a court issues a writ of possession and the home isn't removed within 30 days. The bill also caps the unpaid lot rent that can be claimed against the sale proceeds at two months of rent, preventing property owners from inflating claims for back rent.

expand initial training given to law enforcement officers to include Indian law, racial bias, and implicit bias.

SB165 expands the training requirements for new law enforcement officers in South Dakota to include instruction on Indian law, racial bias, and implicit bias. This change modifies the existing law on police officer training to ensure officers receive education on these important topics as part of their initial certification.