2025 SD Scorecard
Bill Bill Name Progress Action Date Votes Vote Rating Categories Comments
HB1015 Increased Funeral Licensure Fees Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/31/2025 4 0 Economy
A bill to increase licensure fees related to the practice of funeral service and cremation.
HB1025 Billion Dollar Prison Dead 02/24/2025 7 0 Constitutional Gov't
This law spends almost $1 billion dollars to unnecessarily construct a new prison when the current prison works fine.
HB1052 No Eminent Domain for CO2 Pipelines Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/06/2025 4 0 Constitutional Gov't
A bill to ban eminent domain to acquire right-of-way for, construct, or operate a pipeline for carbon oxide.
HB1061 Parental Rights Bill Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/31/2025 4 1 Healthcare
This law affirms that parents have rights to their children's medical records.
HB1093 Taxpayer Protection Bill Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/13/2025 9 1 Economy
The bill changes the threshold for school bond approvals and outlays to 60% of voters making it tougher to raise taxes.
HB1152 Stop Globalist Organizations' Jurisdiction in SD Dead 02/18/2025 2 1 Constitutional Gov't
A bill declaring no intergovernmental organization like the United Nations, World Economic Forum, or World Health Organization having jurisdiction in the state.
HB1185 Ban Taxpayer Funded Lobbying Dead 02/13/2025 2 1 Constitutional Gov't
The bill prohibits the use of public moneys to hire lobbyists or obtain memberships of nonprofits that primarily represents schools with registered lobbyists.
HB1218 Municipal Employee Carry Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/31/2025 11 1 Civil Liberties
The bill prohibits county, township, and municipal governing bodies from implementing any restrictions or prohibitions on employees, officers, and volunteers carrying concealed firearms.
HB1223 Provide for conscience exemptions from certain vaccinations. Dead 02/20/2025 4 1 Healthcare
The bill provides a comprehensive framework for conscience exemptions from medical treatments in South Dakota, defining key terms and establishing broad protections for individuals who wish to decline medical procedures based on their personal convictions.
SB113 Parental Bill of Rights Dead 03/12/2025 9 0 Education
The bill establishes parental fundamental rights to parent to the nurture, care and custody of their children.
SB133 Remove Fluoride Mandates for Municipalities Dead 02/10/2025 2 0 Constitutional Gov't
The bill removes fluoride mandates in municipal water supplies.
SB161 Cap Administrators' Pay Dead 02/07/2025 2 0 Education
A bill which caps the pay of school administrators saving taxpayers money.
SB172 Shared Parenting Bill Dead 03/10/2025 7 1 Civil Liberties
A Shared Parenting bill setting the default position that parents will share custody of their children.
SB190 School Choice Tax Credits Dead 02/13/2025 2 0 Education
This is a School Choice Bill which gives property tax credits for educational expenses of up to 80% of the school portion of the property taxes.
SB220 Bloated Budget Spending Bill Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/31/2025 3 0 Constitutional Gov't
This budget bill spends over $7 billion dollars, and is full of crony corporate welfare and unnecessary spending.
SB50 Surveillance Taxation Drones Dead 02/06/2025 3 0 Economy
The bill prohibits government officials from using a drone, or any information acquired thereby, for property tax assessments.
SB82 Defend the Guard Dead 02/03/2025 2 1 Constitutional Gov't
The bill prohibits the governor from releasing any unit or member of the state’s National Guard into active duty combat unless Congress passes a declaration of war.
SJR503 Must Be Citizen to Vote Constitutional Vote Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/12/2025 4 1 Civil Liberties
This bill creates a constitutional amendment ballot question to require voters to be a citizen to vote.