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2026 Legislative Updates - Coming Soon

2026 Bill Tracker

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	Bill	Purpose
	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 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.

	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.
	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.

	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.

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Krystil Smit
SDFB Chief Executive Officer
Email: k.smit@sdfbf.org
Cell: (605) 261-2960

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SDFB State Public Policy Director
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