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SD SB 71

enacted

authorize the assumption of certain responsibilities and the waiver of sovereign immunity in connection with certain actions under federal environmental law.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did SD SB 71 pass?

Yes. SD SB 71 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-04. Latest recorded action (2026-03-04): Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-04 S.J. 452

What is SD SB 71 about?

SD SB 71 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “authorize the assumption of certain responsibilities and the waiver of sovereign immunity in connection with certain actions under federal environmental law.”.

Who sponsors SD SB 71?

Transportation is the primary sponsor of SD SB 71.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-03-04 — Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-04 S.J. 452
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Transportationprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 17

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  2. 2026-01-21

    Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

  3. 2026-01-21

    Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 S.J. 3

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  4. 2026-01-22

    Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 85

  5. 2026-01-23

    Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 96

  6. 2026-01-26

    Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 114

    passage

  7. 2026-01-27

    First Reading House H.J. 150

  8. 2026-01-28

    Referred to House Transportation H.J. 166

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  9. 2026-02-19

    Scheduled for hearing

  10. 2026-02-19

    Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 19

    committee-passage

  11. 2026-02-19

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 19

  12. 2026-02-20

    Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 387

  13. 2026-02-23

    House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 6 H.J. 415

    passage

  14. 2026-02-24

    Signed by the President S.J. 388

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  15. 2026-02-25

    Signed by the Speaker H.J. 449

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  16. 2026-02-26

    Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-26 S.J. 410

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  17. 2026-03-04

    Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-04 S.J. 452

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do Pass

    2026-01-21 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Hohn: no
    • Larson: no
    • Nelson: yes
    • Rohl: yes
    • Schoenfish: yes
    • Sauder: yes
    • Deibert: yes
  • Do Pass

    2026-01-26 · pass · 32-2

    Member-level votes (35)
    • Beal: excused
    • Blanc: yes
    • Carley: yes
    • Crabtree: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Deibert: yes
    • Duhamel: yes
    • Foster: no
    • Grove: yes
    • Hohn: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hulse: yes
    • Jensen (Kevin): yes
    • Karr: yes
    • Kolbeck (Steve): yes
    • Lapka: yes
    • Larson: no
    • 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

    2026-02-19 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Arlint: yes
    • Bathke: excused
    • Duffy: yes
    • Fosness: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Mulder: yes
    • Rehfeldt: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Shorma: yes
    • Shubeck: yes
    • Weems: yes
    • Czmowski: excused
    • Randolph: yes
  • Do Pass

    2026-02-23 · pass · 61-6

    Member-level votes (70)
    • Andera: no
    • Arlint: yes
    • Auch: yes
    • Aylward: excused
    • 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: yes
    • Greenfield: yes
    • Halverson: yes
    • Healy: yes
    • Heermann: yes
    • Heinemann: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Hunt: no
    • 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: yes
    • Mortenson: yes
    • Muckey: no
    • Mulally: yes
    • Mulder: yes
    • Nolz: yes
    • Novstrup: yes
    • Odenbach: yes
    • Overweg: yes
    • Peterson (Drew): yes
    • Pourier: no
    • Randolph: yes
    • Rehfeldt: yes
    • Reimer: yes
    • Reisch: yes
    • Rice: yes
    • Roby: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Schaefbauer: yes
    • Schwans: no
    • Shorma: no
    • Shubeck: yes
    • Sjaarda: yes
    • Soye: excused
    • Stevens: yes
    • Uhre-Balk: yes
    • Van Diepen: yes
    • Walburg: yes
    • Weems: yes
    • Weisgram: yes
    • Wittman: yes
    • Hansen: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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