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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

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Quick answers

Did SD SB 71 pass?

Yes. SD SB 71 has been enacted into law. 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
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Transportationprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-04

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

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  2. 2026-02-26

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

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  3. 2026-02-25

    Signed by the Speaker H.J. 449

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  4. 2026-02-24

    Signed by the President S.J. 388

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  5. 2026-02-23

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

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  6. 2026-02-20

    Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 387

  7. 2026-02-19

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

  8. 2026-02-19

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

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  9. 2026-02-19

    Scheduled for hearing

  10. 2026-01-28

    Referred to House Transportation H.J. 166

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  11. 2026-01-27

    First Reading House H.J. 150

  12. 2026-01-26

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

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  13. 2026-01-23

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

  14. 2026-01-22

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

  15. 2026-01-21

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

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  16. 2026-01-21

    Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

  17. 2026-01-13

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

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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

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