South Dakotans may get another chance to vote on term limits in the state legislature. A resolution in Pierre offers voters the chance to extend term limits for SD lawmakers. Right now a state representative or senator can serve four consecutive terms in their select house but this legislation increases that number to six. Governor Dennis Daugaard says he supports this resolution.
"It forces inexperienced members into leadership roles earlier then they might otherwise move into those roles. I don’t think 12 years is a due length of time considering the fact too that our legislature only meets 40 days at most and then they go back to the real world. And it’s hard to keep all that information in your head for 10 months when you’re not engaged. Then you come back and you have to learn it or remember it again," Daugaard says.
This resolution passed the House and if it passes the Senate, it will land on the November ballot for the people of South Dakota to decide. Governor Daugaard says this is one piece of law that should not be passed without the full cooperation of South Dakota’s residents.
