Committee hearings, interim meetings, floor sessions, and election dates · synced from the LRC schedule · all times Central
South Dakota Legislature · Pierre Review · All times Central
Monday, February 9, 2026
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Committee Hearing
Establish basic and advanced esthetics licenses, and to revise the licensure chapter for cosmetology, nail technology, and esthetics
Clarify authority for the Cosmetology Commission to credit work experience for educational hours for certain out-of-state licensure applicants, and to require the commission to promulgate rules therefor
Update provisions related to the permit application process for proposed energy and transmission facilities
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Committee Hearing
Amend the manner of calculating state aid to general and special education funding
Limit the use of taxpayer funds and resources by a public education employer to support a labor organization or affiliate and to provide a penalty therefor
Amend provisions pertaining to calculating local effort and state aid for general education
Amend the process for calculating a school district's general fund base percentage
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Committee Hearing
Revise provisions related to Division of Criminal Investigation cooperation with Indian tribes
Clarify bond or pre-trial release upon sobriety program participation
Revise qualifications for immunity from prosecution following a drug-related overdose
Revise provisions related to serving a subpoena in a contested case
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House Military and Veterans Affairs
Committee Hearing
Provide a stipend to certain members of the National Guard who donate an organ for the purpose of transplantation to another individual
Require that the Department of Health accept the medical records of a veteran applying for a medical cannabis registry identification card
Increase penalties for the operation of drones over certain facilities and to provide for mitigation techniques and countermeasures
Exempt nonresident active-duty military personnel and their dependents from payment of motor vehicle license fees
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Committee Hearing
Restrict contracts and declarations that prohibit the use of commercial or residential property for any healthcare service in medically underserved areas or communities, or in areas with a medically underserved population under federal law
Establish the South Dakota-tribal consultation commission
Require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor
Require the inclusion of certain features within a manufacturer's application store or on a developer's application
Establish principles for a state agency to consider when formulating or implementing a program that has the potential of affecting tribal members on a reservation
Require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders
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Joint Committee on Appropriations
Committee Hearing
Authorize the expansion and renovation of the Sturgis Readiness Center, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency
Make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for rural recruitment assistance programs, and to declare an emergency
Authorize the Department of Corrections to demolish the Pierre Minimum Center, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency
Make an appropriation for the design and construction of an addition to the existing swine wean-to-finish barn at South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency
Make an appropriation for the design and construction of an athletic facility at the University of South Dakota and to declare an emergency
Make an appropriation for the design and construction of an indoor athletics facility at Dakota State University and to declare an emergency
Make an appropriation for the design and construction of a new soccer venue at South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency
Make an appropriation for costs related to emergencies and disasters impacting the state and to declare an emergency
Make an appropriation for costs related to the suppression of wildfires impacting the state and to declare an emergency
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Committee Hearing
Establish a currency based on gold and silver
Clarify the effect of the resignation of certain gubernatorial appointees
Amend provisions pertaining to the publication of the statewide voter registration file
Modify the requirements for a petition to refer an excess tax levy of a school district to a vote
Address issues facing South Dakota
Create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund
Revise provisions pertaining to open records