Search Bills

make an appropriation for the construction of a maintenance shop for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division in Hot Springs and to declare an emergency.

South Dakota will spend money to build a new maintenance shop for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division in Hot Springs. The bill declares an emergency, which allows the funding to take effect immediately rather than waiting for the normal legislative process.

Honoring the Bien Ranch as the 2022 Leopold Conservation Award recipient.

HC 8007 is a ceremonial resolution honoring the Bien Ranch as the recipient of the 2022 Leopold Conservation Award, which recognizes outstanding conservation practices on private land. This is not a law that changes state regulations or policies—it is simply an official acknowledgment by the South Dakota House of Representatives.

provide increased funding for the water and environment fund.

SB 152 increases funding for South Dakota's water and environment fund by modifying the law that governs how money flows into that account. The bill provides additional state resources to support water quality and environmental protection efforts across the state.

make an appropriation for design costs related to the new Lincoln Hall at Northern State University, and to declare an emergency.

SB 173 authorizes the state to spend money on design costs for a new Lincoln Hall building at Northern State University. The bill declares the funding an emergency measure, allowing it to take effect immediately rather than waiting for the standard implementation period.

repeal provisions regarding the creation of river basin natural resource districts.

This bill eliminates South Dakota's nine river basin natural resource districts, which were government subdivisions organized to manage water resources in different regions across the state. The law removes the legal framework that created and defined these districts and their boundaries, effectively dissolving this system of natural resource management.

require that certain operations obtain their own general or individual water pollution permits.

This bill updates South Dakota's water pollution rules to require certain animal operations to get their own water permits instead of operating under another facility's permit. Specifically, if an operation independently processes or stores manure and animal waste in amounts that would qualify as a large concentrated animal feeding operation, it must obtain its own general or individual water pollution permit from the state. The bill also updates the federal regulations reference used to define what counts as a concentrated animal feeding operation.

revise the water resources projects list.

This bill updates South Dakota's official list of priority water resources projects that the state supports and will manage. The updated list includes nine specific projects focusing on irrigation upgrades, flood control, rural water systems, and water management studies across different regions of the state.

Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election a new section to Article VI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the right of a person to reject certain medical procedures.

This joint resolution proposes a new constitutional amendment for South Dakota voters to decide on at the next general election, which would add protections allowing people to reject certain medical procedures. The amendment would be added to Article VI of the state constitution, establishing a constitutional right to refuse these medical treatments. This measure requires voter approval before it becomes part of South Dakota's constitution.

revise membership of the Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee.

SB 134 changes who serves on South Dakota's Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee by revising the membership requirements in state law. The specific details of which positions or member types are being added, removed, or modified are not included in the excerpt provided, but the bill makes structural changes to how the committee is composed.

make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.

SB17 appropriates $7.7 million from the state's water and environment fund to support various water projects across South Dakota, including irrigation upgrades, flood control studies, and rural water systems. The bill also adds two new projects—the Water Investment in Northern South Dakota project and the Western Dakota Regional Water System study—to the state's list of priority water resource management objectives.

authorize the awarding of deobligated grants in accordance with policies of the Board of Water and Natural Resources.

This bill allows the Board of Water and Natural Resources to reassign water or natural resource grants that were originally awarded but then deobligated (unused or returned) on or after October 1, 2022, to other eligible systems or municipalities. Previously, these deobligated grant funds were subject to stricter conditions; now the board has flexibility to award them according to its own policies rather than following the original grant restrictions. This gives the state more ability to redirect unused grant money to communities that need it.