Updates from South Dakota Farm Bureau
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Action Alert
2026 Legislative Updates
2026 Week 1 Legislative Update
2026 Week 2 Legislative Update
2026 Week 3 Legislative Update
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2026 Bill Tracker
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| Bill | Purpose | |
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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 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 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
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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