2023 South Dakota Legislative Session

South Dakota citizens can gather signatures to initiate a measure to change the state constitution. Legislators consider a bill that would tweak that process.

A bill to create a study committee to improve Native children’s lives was killed in the House of Representatives.

The South Dakota law that established the State-Tribal Relations Committee has been changed to reduce the mandatory number of Democrats serving on it.

The Senate Health and Human Services committee advanced a bill prohibiting pregnant and breastfeeding women from acquiring medical cannabis cards.

Governor Kristi Noem visited Midwestern Mechanical in Sioux Falls to sign a new law that recognizes out-of-state licenses for multiple professions in South Dakota.

A pair of bills funding major new prison facilities now only need the governor’s signature to become law.

SDPB's Lee Strubinger brings an update on the top headlines from the beginning of the legislative session. Where are we at now that the session is winding down?

David Wiltse and Lisa Hager are both associate professors of political science at South Dakota State University. They bring us an end-of-session analysis.

Multiple efforts to clarify the state’s only abortion exception have stalled as lawmakers near the end of session. The clarifications were opposed by the state’s preeminent anti-abortion group.

What were the wins and highlights of the 2023 legislative session for the state's Democrats? Two Senate Democrats weigh in.