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2026 Week 1 Legislative Update


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HB 1001 Provide for prescribed burning of state-owned land by a person owning adjoining land and to declare an emergency.
HB 1004 Authorize the recall of county commissioners.
HB 1010 Modify requirements regarding the use of a mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle.
HB 1019 Remove knowledge and intent from certain actions involving pesticide laws.
HB 1020Increase the maximum amount allowable for the livestock ownership inspection fee and to declare an emergency.
HB 1021Authorize the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources to dismantle and demolish buildings on the South Dakota State Fairgrounds, to make-an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
HB 1025Authorize the issuance of no-trespass orders by private security officers, require the establishment of buffer zones per written no-trespass orders, and afford municipalities greater authority to regulate trespass.
HB 1026Provide for the licensing of property data collectors and the registration of property data collection companies and to provide a penalty therefor.
HB 1027Update certain citations to federal regulations regarding pipeline safety inspections.
HB 1032Eliminate a limit on the accumulation of the unused index factor for property taxation.
HB 1036Limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwelling and nonagricultural property.
HB 1038Allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to large new customers.
HB 1048Allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to large new customers.
HB 1049Protect electric infrastructure in this state.
HB 1051Revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general formula and the special education formula.
HB 1057Prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor.
HB 1061Require the acceptance of cash as payment in certain transactions.
HB 1064Provide for the sale of producer-raised meat and meat food products directly to consumers pending legalization under federal law.
HB 1069Establish the lifetime registration of and license fees for certain small trailers.
HB 1072Provide an appropriation for a payment for state employee salaries.
HB 1074Provide for compensation to counties for administering tax increment financing districts created by a municipality.
HB 1075Require notification of property owners prior to the establishment of a tax increment financing district.
HB 1077Consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food.



HCR 6003Recognizing the importance of conservation and restoration practices in addressing water shortages and forest fire mitigation in the Black Hills and commending the organizations engaged in this work.
HJR 5001Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election and amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, prohibiting the transfer of private property to a non-governmental entity for the sole purpose of economic development or increased tax revenue.



SB 1Amend the process by which moneys are distributed from the employer's investment in South Dakota's future fund.
SB 5Require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature.
SB 7Modify the tax rate on gold severed in this state.
SB 12 Provide for a refund of property taxes in previous years for qualifying veterans and surviving spouses.
SB 16Provide for the licensure of fishing and hunting guides, and to provide a penalty therefor.
SB 20Make an appropriation for tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, and to declare an emergency.
SB 21Modify tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability.
SB 25Update provisions related to the permit application process for proposed energy and transmission facilities.
SB 36Authorize utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages.
SB 37Make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.
SB 38Modify the annual fee imposed on certain concentrated animal feeding operations.
SB 40Revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
SB 58Reduce to zero mill levies for property taxation.
SB 60Restrict ownership of certain real property near military installations by certain prohibited entities and to provide for enforcement.
SB 71Authorize the assumption of certain responsibilities and the waiver of sovereign immunity in connection with certain actions under federal environmental law.
SB 74Transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the general replacement fund, and to declare an emergency.
SB 76Transfer moneys from the housing infrastructure fund to the revolving economic development and initiative fund, and to authorize loans from the revolving economic development and initiative fund for airport infrastructure.
SB 78Revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026.
SB 83Require that any holder of a commercial driver license in this state must be proficient in the English language, and to provide a penalty therefor.
SB 85Require an election for an excess tax levy of a school district.
SB 88Clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission.
SB 91Clarify the procedure for petitioning a board of county commissioners for a change to the comprehensive plan or zoning ordinances.
SB 92Clarify the rights to appeal and refer certain decisions of boards of county cvommissioners.



SJR 501Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, limiting the number of terms an individual may serve as a member of the Legislature.
SJR 502Applying to the United States Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call for a convention proposing an amendment to the constitution fixing the number of justices of the United States Supreme Court a on chief justice and eight associate justices.









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