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2026 Legislative Updates
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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. |
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HB 1004 | Authorize the recall of county commissioners. |
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HB 1010 | Modify requirements regarding the use of a mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle. |
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HB 1019 | Remove knowledge and intent from certain actions involving pesticide laws. |
 | HB 1020 | Increase the maximum amount allowable for the livestock ownership inspection fee and to declare an emergency. |
 | HB 1021 | Authorize 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 1025 | Authorize 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 1026 | Provide for the licensing of property data collectors and the registration of property data collection companies and to provide a penalty therefor. |
 | HB 1027 | Update certain citations to federal regulations regarding pipeline safety inspections. |
 | HB 1032 | Eliminate a limit on the accumulation of the unused index factor for property taxation. |
 | HB 1036 | Limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwelling and nonagricultural property. |
 | HB 1038 | Allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to large new customers. |
 | HB 1048 | Allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to large new customers. |
 | HB 1049 | Protect electric infrastructure in this state. |
 | HB 1051 | Revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general formula and the special education formula. |
 | HB 1057 | Prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor. |
 | HB 1061 | Require the acceptance of cash as payment in certain transactions. |
 | HB 1064 | Provide for the sale of producer-raised meat and meat food products directly to consumers pending legalization under federal law. |
 | HB 1069 | Establish the lifetime registration of and license fees for certain small trailers. |
 | HB 1072 | Provide an appropriation for a payment for state employee salaries. |
 | HB 1074 | Provide for compensation to counties for administering tax increment financing districts created by a municipality. |
 | HB 1075 | Require notification of property owners prior to the establishment of a tax increment financing district. |
 | HB 1077 | Consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food. |
 | HB 1096 | Allow for the direct creation of a limited liability limited partnership. |
 | HB 1098 | Amend certain provisions pertaining to special education funding. |
 | HB 1100 | Revise provisions relating to the use of the livestock disease emergency fund. |
 | HB 1103 | Require that annual withdrawal of groundwater from any groundwater source may not exceed the annual recharge of water to the groundwater source. |
 | HB 1106 | Revise the terms of county extension board members. |
 | HB 1107 | Modify restrictions on lands for certain public purposes. |
 | HB 1111 | Modify the requirements for obtaining an agricultural processor's lien. |
 | HB 1118 | 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. |
 | HB 1121 | Expand the locations at which raw milk may be purchased for personal use by a consumer. |
 | HB1118 | 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. |
 | HB 1121 | Expand the locations at which raw milk may be purchased for personal use by a consumer. |
 | HB 1130 | Amend permissible uses of a school district's capital outlay fund. |
 | HB 1131 | Amend the process by which certain school districts calculate the general fund base percentage. |
 | HB 1157 | Establish a task force for the purpose of studying aquatic invasive species infestations, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. |
 | HB 1159 | Impose a moratorium on industrial dairy operations. |
 | HB 1172 | Terminate certain school district excess tax levies. |
 | HB 1181 | Prohibit weather and climate modification activities and provide a penalty therefor. |
 | HB 1186 | Require the approval of the county for the creation of a tax increment financing district by a municipality. |
 | HB 1191 | Provide a sales tax holiday on firearms. |
 | HB 1193 | Require that a county provide a refund of taxes to disabled veterans and surviving spouses under certain property tax relief programs. |
 | HB 1198 | Require that certain facilities obtain conditional use permits from adjacent political subdivisions. |
 | HB 1205 | Amend the manner of calculating state aid to general and special education funding. |
 | HB 1209 | Require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor. |
 | HB 1218 | Create a new class of nonagricultural property for purposes of taxation, and to provide a penalty therefor. |
 | HB 1241 | Increase the amount of value exempt from property taxes under a tax relief program for disabled veterans ans surviving spouses. |
 | HB 1247 | Lower the cost threshold at which a tax increment finance base must be redetermined. |
 | HB 1251 | 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. |
 | HB 1253 | Adjust the assessment methodology for owner-occupied single-family dwellings and nonagricultural property by considering previous years' assessed values. |
 | HB 1254 | Exempt any soil amendment used exclusively for agricultural purposes from sales tax. |
 | HB 1258 | Require that a property tax bill provide access to a state website providing property tax information. |
 | HB 1259 | Require that the Department of Revenue provide for an online application for property tax relief programs. |
 | HB 1260 | Authorize the establishment of municipal property tax rebate programs. |
 | HB 1263 | Eliminate an exclusion from the definition of an agricultural equipment dealer. |
 | HB 1264 | Eliminate the Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Advisory Task Force, and to provide that the Department of Revenue receive the submission of recommendations and provide a report on agricultural value. |
 | HB 1267 | Require statewide livestock ownership inspection. |
 | HB 1269 | Require that manufacturers of agricultural equipment allow an independent repair provider or an owner to make certain repairs to agricultural equipment. |
 | HB 1271 | Prohibit weather and climate modification activities and provide a penalty therefor. |
 | HB 1281 | Reduce the sales and use tax rates on food, to increase the rates for certain taxes, and to provide a new fund for school district capital outlay projects. |
 | HB 1290 | Amend provisions pertaining to calculating local effort and state aid for general education. |
 | HB 1291 | Calculating a school district's general fund base percentage. |
 | HB 1301 | Limit costs and risks associated with electricity use by data centers and impose a moratorium. |
 | HB 1307 | Limit the annual increase in assessed value of each owner-occupied single-family dwelling. |
 | HB 1308 | Reduce certain property taxes for owner-occupied property, and to increase the rates for certain gross receipts taxes and use taxes. |
 | HB 1310 | Exempt plants and slaughtering establishments. |
 | HB 1312 | Limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwellings and provide an exception for mill rate limitations on taxing. |
 | HB 1317 | Eliminate a limit on the accumulation of the unused index factor for property taxation. |
 | HB 1318 | Prohibit natural asset companies. |
 | HCR 6003 | Recognizing 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 5001 | Proposing 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. |
 | HJR 5002 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, repealing the requirement to provide expanded medicaid. |
 | SB 1 | Amend the process by which moneys are distributed from the employer's investment in South Dakota's future fund. |
 | SB 5 | Require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature. |
 | SB 7 | Modify the tax rate on gold severed in this state. |
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SB 12 | Provide for a refund of property taxes in previous years for qualifying veterans and surviving spouses. |
 | SB 16 | Provide for the licensure of fishing and hunting guides, and to provide a penalty therefor. |
 | SB 20 | Make an appropriation for tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, and to declare an emergency. |
 | SB 21 | Modify tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability. |
 | SB 25 | Update provisions related to the permit application process for proposed energy and transmission facilities. |
 | SB 36 | Authorize utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages. |
 | SB 37 | Make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency. |
 | SB 38 | Modify the annual fee imposed on certain concentrated animal feeding operations. |
 | SB 40 | Revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land. |
 | SB 58 | Reduce to zero mill levies for property taxation. |
 | SB 60 | Restrict ownership of certain real property near military installations by certain prohibited entities and to provide for enforcement. |
 | SB 71 | Authorize the assumption of certain responsibilities and the waiver of sovereign immunity in connection with certain actions under federal environmental law. |
 | SB 74 | Transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the general replacement fund, and to declare an emergency. |
 | SB 76 | Transfer 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 78 | Revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026. |
 | SB 83 | Require 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 85 | Require an election for an excess tax levy of a school district. |
 | SB 88 | Clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission. |
 | SB 91 | Clarify the procedure for petitioning a board of county commissioners for a change to the comprehensive plan or zoning ordinances. |
 | SB 92 | Clarify the rights to appeal and refer certain decisions of boards of county commissioners. |
 | SB 96 | Authorize the imposition of a county option gross receipts tax to reduce owner-occupied property taxes |
 | SB 97 | Adjust a limit on the percentage increase in revenue payable from property taxes. |
 | SB 99 | Create the property tax local effort replacement fund, to reduce certain property taxes, and to increase the rates for certain gross receipts taxes and use taxes. |
 | SB 115 | Remove the prohibition pertaining to the shooting of mourning doves located within specific areas. |
 | SB 118 | Deposit certain tax revenues into a homeowner tax reduction fund. |
 | SB 119 | Make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota. |
 | SB 120 | Make an appropriation for the economic development of South Dakota. |
 | SB 121 | Make an appropriation for developing economic viability of South Dakota. |
 | SB 123 | Prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and provide a penalty therefor. |
 | SB 124 | Temporarily prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor. |
 | SB 125 | Establish the homeowner tax reduction fund to provide a tax rebate for owner-occupied property. |
 | SB 126 | Increase the amount of value exempt from property taxes under a tax relief program for disabled veterans and surviving spouses. |
 | SB 127 | Limit nuisances caused by data centers. |
 | SB 128 | Update provisions related to certain large-use customers of utilities. |
 | SB 135 | Protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers. |
 | SB 141 | Exempt certain sales at farmers' markets from sales tax. |
 | SB 144 | Provide property tax relief to certain senior owners of owner-occupied single-family dwellings. |
 | SB 154 | Clarify the eligibility of multiple garages or structures to be classified as owner-occupied. |
 | SB 156 | Modify the crime of cruelty to an animal and increase the penalty therefor. |
 | SB 166 | Require boards of county commissioners and county planning and zoning commissions to hold meetings after certain times or provide recordings of meetings to the public for later viewing. |
 | SB 172 | Enhance the economy of South Dakota. |
 | SB 178 | Lower a maximum limit on the tax increment base value. |
 | SB 182 | Address the tax situation in South Dakota. |
 | SB 183 | Modify requirements for public notice of a hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy. |
 | SB 189 | Provide for an automatic refund of an assessment on crops, livestock, and milk. |
 | SB 191 | Remove the authorization to issue grants as part of a tax increment financing district. |
 | SB 192 | Modify the blight requirements for purposes of creating a tax increment financing district. |
 | SB 195 | Repeal the expiration of a reduction in certain gross receipts and use tax rates. |
 | SB 196 | Increase the income limits for a property tax assessment freeze. |
 | SB 199 | Establish a new fund to provide property tax relief. |
 | SB 200 | Amend the state aid formula for general education and for special education. |
 | SB 205 | Revise registration fees for drones and establish a fund to support drone aviation. |
 | SB 207 | Require a vote to approve the creation of certain tax increment financing districts. |
 | SB 208 | Require the award of certain disbursements to prevailing owners and taxpayers in appeals of property assessments. |
 | SB 209 | Authorize the creation of land banks |
 | SB 210 | Provide that a portion of revenues from wind farms remain with school districts. |
 | SB 212 | Establish the homeowner tax reduction funds. |
 | SB 216 | Limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwellings and provide an exception for mill rate limitations on taxing districts. |
 | SB 223 | Modify the requirements for a petition to refer an excess tax levy of a school district to a vote. |
 | SB 228 | Modify requirements to create a tax increment financing district. |
 | SB 229 | Require an election to approve the issuance of capital outlay certificates. |
 | SB 230 | Make an exception for improvement districts from a limit on revenue growth for purposes of property taxation. |
 | SB 232 | Impose a one-year moratorium on the construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers. |
 | SB 235 | 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. |
 | SB 236 | For the accounting, safekeeping, and allocation of unobligated rural access infrastructure fund moneys. |
 | SB 237 | Establish additional notice and hearing requirements for applicants seeking conditional use permits for proposed uses that materially affect public infrastructure or rights-of-way. |
 | SB 240 | Make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency. |
 | SB 242 | Make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of grants to sparse school districts. |
 | SB 243 | Impose a transaction tax and dedicate revenues collected to supplant certain property taxes, and to provide a penalty therefor. |
 | SJR 501 | Proposing 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 502 | Applying 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. |
 | SJR 505 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, limiting the assessed value of real property and limiting real property taxes. |
 | SJR 506 | 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. |
 | SJR 507 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, an amendment to state law to reduce certain property taxes for owner-occupied property, and to increase the rates for certain gross receipts taxes and use taxes. |
Contact for Questions
Krystil Smit
SDFB Chief Executive Officer
Email:
k.smit@sdfbf.org
Cell:
(605) 261-2960
Matthew Bogue
SDFB State Public Policy Director
Email: matthew@sdfbf.org
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