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Prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution of cell-cultured meat in this state, and to provide a penalty therefor.

South Dakota would ban the manufacture, sale, and distribution of lab-grown meat (cell-cultured meat produced from animal cells in a laboratory rather than from raising and slaughtering animals). Violations would be classified as a Class 2 misdemeanor, and the Department of Health could inspect food establishments and issue stop-sale orders or revoke licenses for violations. The bill also amends existing meat transport regulations to specifically include cell-cultured meat in those restrictions.

Authorize the South Dakota State Brand Board to enter a memorandum of understanding with any Indian tribe for the investigation of cattle theft.

The South Dakota State Brand Board can now sign cooperative agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes to jointly investigate livestock theft on and near tribal lands, provided the tribe agrees to the arrangement. This new authority allows the Brand Board to work across jurisdictional boundaries to combat cattle theft in areas where both state and tribal lands are involved.

Increase the maximum amount allowable for the livestock ownership inspection fee and to declare an emergency.

South Dakota currently caps the livestock ownership inspection fee at $1.70 per head of livestock, and HB1213 increases that maximum amount (though the bill text excerpt doesn't specify the new cap). The bill also declares an emergency so the fee increase takes effect immediately upon passage rather than waiting for the normal legislative effective date.

Expand the safety zone within which hunting and trapping are restricted.

HB1236 expands the safety zone around occupied homes, churches, schools, and livestock operations where hunting and trapping are prohibited—increasing it from 660 feet to one-quarter mile (1,320 feet). This means hunters and trappers must stay farther away from these structures and areas before they can legally use firearms or traps on public rights-of-way.

Update the membership of the Animal Industry Board to include a poultry producer.

South Dakota is expanding the Animal Industry Board from seven to eight members by adding a poultry producer seat. Board members must now include representatives from cattle, sheep, livestock feeding, hog production, livestock auctions, dairy, poultry, and veterinary medicine—giving poultry farmers a voice in state livestock policy for the first time.

Provide that equine dental maintenance not constitute the practice of veterinary medicine.

HB1176 clarifies that people performing routine dental maintenance on horses are not practicing veterinary medicine and therefore do not need a veterinary license to do this work. The bill adds equine (horse) dental care to the list of activities that are explicitly exempted from South Dakota's veterinary medicine regulations.

Modify the annual fee for concentrated animal feeding operations and to establish an application fee.

HB1021 creates new annual fees for concentrated animal feeding operations based on the type and number of animals they raise, with fees per animal ranging from $0.0011 per chicken to $0.343 per dairy cow starting July 1, 2025. The bill also establishes a separate application fee for operations that need water pollution control permits with nutrient management plans. These fees will help fund the state's oversight of large-scale livestock operations and their environmental compliance.

Terminate bounty payments for nest predators, transfer moneys to the general fund, and declare an emergency.

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.

Expand the policy advisory committee for animal damage control.

South Dakota's animal damage control advisory committee will be expanded and reorganized to include representatives from eight specific organizations, including agricultural groups, landowner associations, and wildlife agencies. The bill replaces the previous list of member organizations with a more detailed numbered list that includes a new member—the South Dakota Landowner and Outfitter Alliance—while keeping the committee's basic function of reviewing animal damage control activities and making recommendations to the state.

Authorize a change in bullet diameter for use in taking certain animals.

South Dakota currently allows hunters using night-vision equipment to take certain predators and varmints only with shotguns or rifles using bullets smaller than .225 inches in diameter. This bill increases the allowable bullet diameter to .312 inches, permitting the use of larger-caliber firearms for nighttime hunting of coyotes, raccoons, foxes, and similar animals on both public and private land.

Revise and repeal provisions related to agricultural production facilities and to provide a penalty therefor.

SB 14 updates South Dakota's theft penalties by revising the dollar thresholds used to determine the felony class for stolen property, and it modifies definitions related to agricultural production facilities. The bill also repeals three sections of law (§21-60-1 through §21-60-3) related to agricultural production, though the specific content of those repealed sections is not shown in the excerpt provided.