2023 South Dakota Legislative Session

A bill to set up a task force to study Indian Child Welfare in South Dakota has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee.

A Senate committee is advancing a House proposal to cut the overall sales tax cut. However, Senators are adding a major caveat.

Some of the state's existing sales tax exemptions has raised the question of menstrual equity in taxation.

Governor Noem's pledge to repeal the state sales tax on groceries is the latest in a long history of attempts to end the food tax

While cutting the food tax is a broadly popular idea, some lobbyists and lawmakers prefer cutting property taxes instead.

Sara Klowann of Viborg started paying attention to the sales tax when Governor Kristi Noem highlighted the issue during her reelection campaign.

House Bill 1090 tightens restrictions on filing nuisance claims against farm operations.

House Bill 1116 no longer contains references to drag shows, but legislators still talked about the performance art during the debate in the House.

A proposal that would have paved the way to work requirements for expanded Medicaid recipients died in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.

The state Joint Appropriations Committee approved a bill intended to fund the suicide prevention grants.