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SD SB 244

died on adjournment

address issues facing South Dakota.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did SD SB 244 pass?

No. SD SB 244 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-09): House of Representatives Tabled , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 3 H.J. 536

What is SD SB 244 about?

SD SB 244 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “address issues facing South Dakota.”.

Who sponsors SD SB 244?

State Affairs is the primary sponsor of SD SB 244.

Introduced
2026-02-05
Latest action
2026-03-09 — House of Representatives Tabled , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 3 H.J. 536
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • State Affairsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-09

    House of Representatives Tabled , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 3 H.J. 536

  2. 2026-03-05

    House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 529

  3. 2026-03-04

    State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2

    committee-passage

  4. 2026-03-04

    Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1

  5. 2026-02-25

    First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 445

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  6. 2026-02-24

    Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1 S.J. 387

    passage

  7. 2026-02-23

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 31

  8. 2026-02-23

    State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 31

    committee-passage

  9. 2026-02-23

    Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

  10. 2026-02-09

    Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

  11. 2026-02-05

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 198

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do Pass

    2026-02-23 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Deibert: yes
    • Jensen (Kevin): yes
    • Karr: yes
    • Kolbeck (Steve): yes
    • Larson: yes
    • Pischke: yes
    • Voight: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Mehlhaff: yes
  • Do Pass

    2026-02-24 · pass · 32-1

    Member-level votes (35)
    • Beal: excused
    • Blanc: yes
    • Carley: absent
    • Crabtree: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Deibert: yes
    • Duhamel: yes
    • Foster: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hohn: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hulse: yes
    • Jensen (Kevin): yes
    • Karr: yes
    • Kolbeck (Steve): yes
    • Lapka: yes
    • Larson: yes
    • Marty: yes
    • Mehlhaff: yes
    • Miskimins: yes
    • Nelson: yes
    • Otten: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Peterson (Sue): yes
    • Pischke: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Rohl: no
    • Sauder: yes
    • Schoenfish: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Vilhauer: yes
    • Voight: yes
    • Voita: yes
    • Wipf: yes
    • Zikmund: yes
  • Do Pass

    2026-03-04 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Bahmuller: yes
    • Emery: no
    • Gosch: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Healy: no
    • Heinemann: yes
    • Jamison: yes
    • Lems: yes
    • May: yes
    • Reisch: yes
    • Schaefbauer: yes
    • Overweg: yes
    • Odenbach: yes
  • Tabled

    2026-03-09 · pass · 66-3

    Member-level votes (70)
    • Andera: yes
    • Arlint: yes
    • Auch: yes
    • Aylward: yes
    • Bahmuller: yes
    • Bathke: excused
    • Baxter: yes
    • Czmowski: yes
    • DeGroot: yes
    • Derby: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Emery: yes
    • Fitzgerald: yes
    • Fosness: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Gosch: no
    • Greenfield: yes
    • Halverson: yes
    • Healy: yes
    • Heermann: yes
    • Heinemann: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Ismay: yes
    • Jamison: yes
    • Jensen (Phil): yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Jorgenson: yes
    • Kassin: yes
    • Kayser: yes
    • Kolbeck (Jack): yes
    • Kull: yes
    • Ladner: yes
    • Lems: yes
    • Manhart: yes
    • Massie: yes
    • May: no
    • Moore: yes
    • Mortenson: yes
    • Muckey: yes
    • Mulally: yes
    • Mulder: yes
    • Nolz: yes
    • Novstrup: yes
    • Odenbach: yes
    • Overweg: yes
    • Peterson (Drew): yes
    • Pourier: yes
    • Randolph: yes
    • Rehfeldt: yes
    • Reimer: yes
    • Reisch: yes
    • Rice: yes
    • Roby: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Schaefbauer: yes
    • Schwans: yes
    • Shorma: yes
    • Shubeck: yes
    • Sjaarda: yes
    • Soye: no
    • Stevens: yes
    • Uhre-Balk: yes
    • Van Diepen: yes
    • Walburg: yes
    • Weems: yes
    • Weisgram: yes
    • Wittman: yes
    • Hansen: yes

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