2025 South Dakota Legislative Session

South Dakota lawmakers are advancing one measure aimed at easing medical debt while rejecting another.

A bill which would mandate the teaching of the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, or OSEUs, has advanced from the Senate Education Committee.

Another bill seeking to use public dollars to fund private and alternative education has advanced from committee in Pierre. This time though, it comes in the form of tax credits to fund alternative education.

A House Education is narrowly passing a bill requiring public and private school staff disclose to parents if their child expresses quote “gender confusion” or “dysphoria.”

A bill updating voter registration residency requirements advances out of the House State Affairs Committee.

South Dakota House lawmakers are rejecting a proposal to require schools display the Ten Commandments in schools. It was the last step before the Senate bill would reach the governor’s desk.

The House State Affairs Committee rejected a bill prohibiting the use of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs for law enforcement agencies in South Dakota.

A bill which could add steep penalties to labor agitation has been approved by a House committee.

A legislative committee is rejecting a pair of legal immunity bills.

SB 7 bans any local government in the state from implementing sanctuary city laws.