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SD SB 40

enacted

revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did SD SB 40 pass?

Yes. SD SB 40 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-12): Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 529

What is SD SB 40 about?

SD SB 40 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.”.

Who sponsors SD SB 40?

Agriculture and Natural Resources is the primary sponsor of SD SB 40.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-03-12 — Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 529
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Agriculture and Natural Resourcesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-12

    Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 529

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  2. 2026-03-10

    Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 S.J. 510

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  3. 2026-03-09

    Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543

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  4. 2026-03-05

    Signed by the President S.J. 485

    passage

  5. 2026-03-04

    House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2 H.J. 515

    passage

  6. 2026-03-03

    Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 H.J. 35

    committee-passage

  7. 2026-03-03

    Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1

  8. 2026-01-20

    First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 53

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  9. 2026-01-16

    Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 60

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  10. 2026-01-15

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1

  11. 2026-01-15

    Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1

    committee-passage

  12. 2026-01-15

    Scheduled for hearing

  13. 2026-01-13

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 10

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do Pass

    2026-01-15 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Davis: yes
    • Duhamel: yes
    • Marty: yes
    • Voight: yes
    • Wipf: yes
    • Jensen (Kevin): yes
    • Pischke: yes

  • Do Pass

    2026-01-16 · pass · 32-0

    Member-level votes (35)
    • Beal: excused
    • Blanc: yes
    • Carley: yes
    • Crabtree: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Deibert: yes
    • Duhamel: yes
    • Foster: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hohn: excused
    • Howard: yes
    • Hulse: excused
    • 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: yes
    • Sauder: yes
    • Schoenfish: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Vilhauer: yes
    • Voight: yes
    • Voita: yes
    • Wipf: yes
    • Zikmund: yes

  • Do Pass

    2026-03-03 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Goodwin: excused
    • Hunt: yes
    • Ismay: yes
    • Ladner: yes
    • May: excused
    • Nolz: yes
    • Peterson (Drew): excused
    • Rice: yes
    • Van Diepen: yes
    • Wittman: excused
    • Shubeck: yes
    • Gosch: yes
    • Overweg: yes

  • Do Pass

    2026-03-04 · pass · 65-2

    Member-level votes (70)
    • Andera: yes
    • Arlint: yes
    • Auch: yes
    • Aylward: yes
    • Bahmuller: yes
    • Bathke: excused
    • Baxter: yes
    • Czmowski: excused
    • DeGroot: yes
    • Derby: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Emery: yes
    • Fitzgerald: yes
    • Fosness: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Gosch: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Moore: no
    • Mortenson: yes
    • Muckey: yes
    • Mulally: yes
    • Mulder: yes
    • Nolz: yes
    • Novstrup: no
    • 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: excused
    • Stevens: yes
    • Uhre-Balk: yes
    • Van Diepen: yes
    • Walburg: yes
    • Weems: yes
    • Weisgram: yes
    • Wittman: yes
    • Hansen: yes

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https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Bills/26744

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