Bill Commons

SD SB 85

died on adjournment

require an election for an excess tax levy of a school district.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did SD SB 85 pass?

No. SD SB 85 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 (2026-02-04): Intent to reconsider , Passed, H.J. 228

What is SD SB 85 about?

SD SB 85 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “require an election for an excess tax levy of a school district.”.

Who sponsors SD SB 85?

Sjaarda, Perry, Novstrup and 14 others are the primary sponsors of SD SB 85.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Latest action
2026-02-04 — Intent to reconsider , Passed, H.J. 228
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sjaardaprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Novstrupprimary
  • Nelsonprimary
  • Jorgensonprimary
  • Jensen (Kevin)primary
  • Howardprimary
  • Hohnprimary
  • Heinemannprimary
  • Hansenprimary
  • Groveprimary
  • Carleyprimary
  • Baxterprimary
  • Aylwardprimary
  • Anderaprimary
  • Peterson (Sue)primary
  • Hughesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-04

    Intent to reconsider , Passed, H.J. 228

  2. 2026-02-04

    House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 39 H.J. 227

  3. 2026-02-04

    House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Failed, YEAS 29, NAYS 39 H.J. 227

  4. 2026-02-02

    Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 7

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-02-02

    Scheduled for hearing

  6. 2026-01-29

    Referred to House Education H.J. 182

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-01-27

    First Reading House H.J. 150

  8. 2026-01-26

    Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 14 S.J. 114

  9. 2026-01-22

    Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3 S.J. 3

  10. 2026-01-22

    Education Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 3 Amendment 85B

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage

  11. 2026-01-22

    Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

  12. 2026-01-14

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 34

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do Pass Amended

    2026-01-22 · pass · 4-3

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Marty: yes
    • Nelson: yes
    • Peterson (Sue): yes
    • Sauder: no
    • Smith: no
    • Voight: yes
    • Schoenfish: no

  • Do Pass Amended

    2026-01-26 · pass · 20-14

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

  • Do Pass

    2026-02-02 · pass · 8-7

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Garcia: yes
    • DeGroot: no
    • Halverson: no
    • Rice: yes
    • Schwans: yes
    • Baxter: yes
    • Heermann: no
    • Ismay: yes
    • Arlint: no
    • Jordan: yes
    • Uhre-Balk: no
    • May: yes
    • Manhart: yes
    • Stevens: no
    • Greenfield: no

  • Do Pass Amended

    2026-02-04 · fail · 29-39

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

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