HB1262

South Dakota will stop paying bounties for killing nest predators like badgers, opossums, raccoons, skunks, and red foxes, and will transfer $500,000 from the Game, Fish and Parks fund to the state's general fund. The bill prohibits the Department of Game, Fish and Parks from using any money to offer bounties on these animals, though the department can still control them through other means like direct personnel and programs. The bill declares this change an emergency.