SD SJR 501

died on adjournment

proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, limiting the number of terms an individual may serve as a member of the Legislature.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did SD SJR 501 pass?

No. SD SJR 501 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 (2026-02-25): State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 3

What is SD SJR 501 about?

SD SJR 501 is a joint resolution in the 2026 Regular Session titled “proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, limiting the number of terms an individual may serve as a member of the Legislature.”.

Who sponsors SD SJR 501?

Vilhauer, Kolbeck (Jack), Crabtree and 2 others are the primary sponsors of SD SJR 501.

Introduced: 2026-01-13
Latest action: 2026-02-25 — State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 3
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-13
First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-23
Scheduled for hearing
2026-01-23
State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 3 S.J. 5
committee-passage
2026-01-26
Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 20, NAYS 14 S.J. 115
passage
2026-01-27
First Reading House H.J. 150
2026-02-02
Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 194
referral-committee
2026-02-25
Scheduled for hearing
2026-02-25
State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 3

Versions

Introduced — 2025-12-19Compare

Documents

Votes

Do Pass
2026-01-23 · pass · 6-3
Member-level votes (9)
- Deibert: yes
- Jensen (Kevin): yes
- Karr: no
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
- Larson: yes
- Pischke: yes
- Voight: yes
- Perry: no
- Mehlhaff: no
Do Pass
2026-01-26 · pass · 20-14
Member-level votes (35)
- Karr: no
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
- Lapka: yes
- Beal: excused
- Blanc: no
- Carley: no
- Crabtree: yes
- Davis: yes
- Deibert: yes
- Duhamel: yes
- Foster: yes
- Grove: no
- Hohn: no
- Howard: yes
- Hulse: yes
- Jensen (Kevin): no
- Larson: yes
- Marty: no
- Mehlhaff: no
- Miskimins: yes
- Nelson: no
- Otten: no
- Perry: no
- Peterson (Sue): no
- Pischke: yes
- Reed: yes
- Rohl: yes
- Sauder: no
- Schoenfish: yes
- Smith: yes
- Vilhauer: yes
- Voight: yes
- Voita: yes
- Wipf: yes
- Zikmund: no
Deferred to the 41st legislative day
2026-02-25 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (13)
- Bahmuller: no
- Emery: no
- Gosch: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Healy: no
- Heinemann: yes
- Jamison: yes
- Lems: yes
- May: yes
- Reisch: excused
- Schaefbauer: yes
- Overweg: yes
- Odenbach: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Bills/26319

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:38.286047Z

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