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Committee Agenda
Revised - added Considerations of Joint Rules
Committee: Joint
Legislative Procedure
Room: Room 414
Date: Tuesday,
March 10, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Register electronically to testify: https://sdlegislature.gov/testify/306361
Senators Karr, Deibert, Larson, Mehlhaff, Perry, Peterson (Sue), and Pischke and Representatives Hansen, Healy, Jamison, Lems, Mulally, Odenbach, and Overweg
Call to Order; Determination of Quorum; Approval of Minutes (January 14, 2026)
Preparations for the One Hundred Second Legislative Session
Session Calendar for 2027
Considerations of Joint Rules: Directions to Staff
Adjourn
/s/ CHRIS KARR
Chris Karr, Chair
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101st Legislative Session – 2026
Minutes: Joint Legislative Procedure Tuesday, March 10, 2026 10:00 AM
Roll Call
Present: Rep. Healy, Rep. Jamison, Rep. Mulally, Rep. Odenbach, Rep. Overweg, Rep. Lems, Sen. Deibert, Sen. Larson, Sen. Peterson (Sue), Sen. Perry, Sen. Mehlhaff, Rep. Hansen, and Sen. Karr
Excused: Sen. Pischke
The meeting was called to order by Senator Karr
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH
Moved by: Deibert
Second by: Lems
Action: Prevailed by voice vote
Discussion on session calendars
Testifiers: Lorin Pankratz, Self
Nathan Sanderson, South Dakota Retailers Association
MOTION: to recommend the adoption of 2027 Legislative Calendar Plan - 2027 C for the One Hundred-Second Session
102nd SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE SESSION CALENDAR 2027 37 Legislative Days - 2027 C
Please refer to the Joint Rules, Chapter 17 for complete information. |
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Session Opens 12 Noon(CST)
State of the State 1:00 p.m. |
State of the Judiciary 10:00 a.m.
State of the Tribes 1:00 p.m. |
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
Executive orders filed (Constitution, Art. IV, Sec. 8) |
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Jt. Memorial Service 3:00pm
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LD 5 |
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Bill and resolution draft requests due to LRC by 5:00pm (for unlimited introduction) |
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Last day for unlimited bill and resolution introduction (JR 6B-3) (TWO HOURS prior to session) |
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LD 9 |
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LD 12 |
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All bill and resolution draft requests due to LRC by 5:00pm
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Committee bill and resolution draft requests due to LRC by 5:00pm |
Last day for introduction of individual bills and resolutions (TWO HOURS prior to session) |
Last day for introduction of committee bills and resolutions (TWO HOURS prior to session) |
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LD 13 |
LD 14 |
LD 15 |
LD 16 |
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Last day for JCA selection of general fund revenue targets (JR 7-11.1) |
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LD 17 |
LD 18 |
LD 19 |
LD 20 |
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Presidents’ Day |
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LD 21 |
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LD 24 |
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Last day to move required delivery of bills or resolutions by a committee to the house of origin, and Last day to use JR 5-17 |
Last day to pass bills or joint resolutions by the house of origin (Crossover Day), and Last day to invoke JR 7-7 in
the house of origin |
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LD 26 |
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LD 28 |
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March 2027 |
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Last day for JCA to move required delivery of special appropriation bills to house of origin (JR 17-1) |
Last day for house of origin to pass special appropriation bills referred from JCA (JR 17-1), and Commemoration requests due to LRC by 5:00pm |
JR 5-13 in effect |
Last day for introduction of commemorations (TWO HOURS prior to session), and Last day to move required delivery of bills or joint resolutions by a committee to the second house |
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LD 29 |
LD 30 |
LD 31 |
LD 32 |
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Last day for a bill or joint resolution to pass both houses, and Last day to invoke JR 7- 7 in the second house |
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LD 34 |
LD 35 |
LD 36 |
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Easter Monday |
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Reserved for consideration of gubernatorial vetoes |
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LD 37 |
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Moved by: Jamison
Second by: Deibert
Action: Was not acted on.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: to recommend the adoption of 2027 Legislative Calendar Plan - 2027 B for the One Hundred-second Session
102nd SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE SESSION CALENDAR 2027 38 Legislative Days - 2027 B
Please refer to the Joint Rules, Chapter 17 for complete information. |
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Session Opens 12 Noon(CST)
State of the State 1:00 p.m. |
State of the Judiciary 10:00 a.m.
State of the Tribes 1:00 p.m. |
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LD 4 |
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
Executive orders filed (Constitution, Art. IV, Sec. 8) |
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Jt. Memorial Service 3:00pm
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LD 5 |
LD 6 |
LD 7 |
LD 8 |
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Bill and resolution draft requests due to LRC by 5:00pm (for unlimited introduction) |
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Last day for unlimited bill and resolution introduction (JR 6B-3) (TWO HOURS prior to session) |
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LD 9 |
LD 10 |
LD 11 |
LD 12 |
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February 2027 |
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All bill and resolution draft requests due to LRC by 5:00pm |
Committee bill and resolution draft requests due to LRC by 5:00pm |
Last day for introduction of individual bills and resolutions (TWO HOURS prior to session) |
Last day for introduction of committee bills and resolutions (TWO HOURS prior to session) |
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LD 13 |
LD 14 |
LD 15 |
LD 16 |
LD 17 |
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Last day for JCA selection of general fund revenue targets (JR 7-11.1) |
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LD 18 |
LD 19 |
LD 20 |
LD 21 |
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President's Day |
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LD 22 |
LD 23 |
LD 24 |
LD 25 |
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Last day to move required delivery of bills or resolutions by a committee to the house of origin, and Last day to use JR 5-17 |
Last day to pass bills or joint resolutions by the house of origin (Crossover Day), and Last day to invoke JR 7-7 in the house of origin |
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Last day for JCA to move required delivery of special appropriation bills to house of origin (JR 17-1) |
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LD 26 |
LD 27 |
LD 28 |
LD 29 |
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Last day for house of origin to pass special appropriation bills referred from JCA (JR 17-1), and Commemoration requests due to LRC by 5:00pm |
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JR 5-13 in effect, and Last day for introduction of commemorations (TWO HOURS prior to session) |
Last day to move required delivery of bills or joint resolutions by a committee to the second house |
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LD 30 |
LD 31 |
LD 32 |
LD 33 |
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Last day for a bill or joint resolution to pass both houses, and Last day to invoke JR 7- 7 in the second house |
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LD 34 |
LD 35 |
LD 36 |
LD 37 |
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Easter Monday |
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Reserved for consideration of gubernatorial vetoes |
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LD 38 |
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Moved by: Mehlhaff
Second by: Healy
Action: Prevailed by Majority Members Elect (10-3-1-0)
Voting Yes: Healy, Mulally, Odenbach, Overweg, Lems, Deibert, Larson, Perry, Mehlhaff, and Hansen
Voting No: Jamison, Peterson (Sue), and Karr
Excused: Pischke
MOTION: Direct LRC staff to review the legislative rules in other states and Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure to assess vote thresholds for a call of the house and to report its findings back to the committee
Moved by: Perry
Second by: Deibert
Action: Prevailed by voice vote
MOTION: Direct LRC staff to review legislative rules in the surrounding states and Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure to develop a draft proposal on a process for excused and absent members as they relate to a call of the house.
Moved by: Hansen
Second by: Deibert
Action: Prevailed by voice vote
MOTION: Direct LRC staff to draft a rule proposal to clarify that an amendment to a bill does not create a new question for reconsideration.
Moved by: Mehlhaff
Second by: Hansen
Action: Prevailed by voice vote
MOTION: ADJOURN
Moved by: Mehlhaff
Second by: Hansen
Action: Prevailed by voice vote
Rachael Person, Committee Secretary
/s/ CHRIS KARR
Chris Karr, Chair
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