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
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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Committee Hearing
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House Committee on Appropriations
Committee Hearing
Modify the distributions of revenues collected from severance taxation on new permits
Create the community-based providers methodology supplement fund, create the target teacher salary supplement fund, and provide for the transfer of certain unobligated cash balances to the fund
Extend the time for reverting moneys appropriated for the modernization of the state's enterprise resource planning systems
Revise provisions relating to state financial practices
Amend the type of entities eligible to participate in the cybersecurity services initiative
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Committee Hearing
Permit the board of a school district to require that certain students receive instruction in alternative settings
Make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency
Require the reporting of funding given by certain persons and governments to institutions under the control of the Board of Regents and the South Dakota Board of Technical Education
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Committee Hearing
Revise the child support obligation schedule
Revise certain provisions related to child support
Establish civil liability for furnishing alcohol to an obviously intoxicated person
Provide for indigent legal services by the Commission on Indigent Legal Services, and to provide an appropriation therefor
Repeal capital punishment
Revise provisions for the acquisition of highway easements and rights of way
Prohibit the electronic publication of certain information about a judicial officer or law enforcement officer and provide a penalty therefor
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Committee Hearing
Provide for the participation of delegates from this state in an Article V convention, and to provide a penalty therefor
Prohibit members of the Board of Economic Development from having any interest in moneys from or approved by the Board of Economic Development
Prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers
Create requirements for age verification and parental consent for application stores and to provide a penalty therefor
Prohibit certain political committees from accepting contributions by certain officers or employees of this state
Amend provisions pertaining to the timing of municipal and school district elections
Limit costs and risks associated with electricity use by data centers and impose a moratorium
Modify the requirements to refer an ordinance or resolution to the voters of a political subdivision
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Senate Committee on Appropriations
Committee Hearing
Amend the reversion date for moneys appropriated to the Department of Education to improve and renovate the Cultural Heritage Center
Provide that a portion of revenues from wind farms remain with school districts
Apportion interest earnings from the unclaimed property trust fund to school districts
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Senate Health and Human Services
Committee Hearing
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Committee Hearing
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Committee Hearing
Limit nuisances caused by data centers
Update provisions related to certain large-use customers of utilities
Protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers
Impose a one-year moratorium on the construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers
Modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services related to data center operations
Protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers, to clarify authority to regulate data centers, and to modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services by a data center
Modify provisions relating to the reinvestment payment program, and relating to the purchasing of goods and services used by projects approved for the reinvestment payment program
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Committee Hearing
Provide property tax relief to certain senior owners of owner-occupied single-family dwellings
Require that the Department of Revenue provide an annual report to Indian tribes regarding certain tax collections
Impose a transaction tax and dedicate revenues collected to supplant certain property taxes, and to provide a penalty therefor
Authorize the imposition of a county option gross receipts tax to reduce owner-occupied property taxes
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, resetting, then limiting property taxes to a flat rate, until adjusted when sold
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Committee Hearing
Increase the annual fee required of an owner of an electric motor vehicle
Require that a state agency consult with the Aeronautics Commission prior to purchasing, transferring, or disposing of a state owned and operated aircraft
Make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency