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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 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 Make an appropriation for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
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 1088 Remove the requirement that counties remit to municipalities an amount equal to the road levy for calendar years 1984, 1985, and 1986.
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 Modify the provisions for 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 1261 Provide a tax credit for owner-occupied property, to make an appropriation therefor, and to transfer moneys to the general fund.
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 Amend the process for 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.

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.
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 233 Prohibit the assessment of certain administrative fees of penalties related to the provision of care by an out-of-network provider.
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.
SB 245 Create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund.

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.







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