Legislative Session 2022

Veto day on March 31 marked the formal end of the 100th South Dakota legislative session. Now, lawmakers are looking back on the year, and forward with their priorities.

Elected state officials are hoping a new bill signed into law will limit taxable valuation growth in a handful of counties. Soon, some state lawmakers will embark on an interim study to reduce property taxes while looking at the state’s education funding formula.

Gov. Larry Rhoden is signing a bill that loans the Douglas School District in Box Elder $15 million dollars at zero percent interest. The money will get used to start construction of a new school to meet the district’s needs as the B-21 Raider beds down at Ellsworth Airforce Base.

Ivermectin is a drug used by veterinarians to treat parasite infestations in animals. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee debated House Bill 1267. This bill would allow more personnel in the health field to prescribe this drug for use as a COVID-19 therapy. We listen in on a summary of the debate.

Tensions are high as state lawmakers craft the budget.Governor Kristi Noem is criticizing one group that’s breaking away from session norms.Some deciding factors could come down to House Democrats.

South Dakota House and Senate lawmakers will head into a conference committee to work out differences on whether to allow medical marijuana patients to grow their own plants.

An effort to establish two schools based on Native American cultural curriculum has failed in the state legislature.

The South Dakota Senate says it supports Ukraine against a Russian invasion.The Senate made the declaration by resolution, and the details are at odds with a House resolution passed earlier this year.

Republican Tony Venhuizen has announced his candidacy to represent District 13 in the State House.

SDPB's Lee Strubinger joins us for a look at the political business for the remainder of the legislative session. Jackelyn Severin reports on education for SDPB. She reports on attempts to regulate how educators teach racism and history.

State lawmakers have less than two weeks to craft the state budget.Typically, House and Senate lawmakers who set the budget meet together in the Joint Appropriations Committee.

A House panel is defeating a bill that would establish a recreational marijuana program.South Dakota residents voted to legalize a recreational marijuana program in 2020. The ballot question was rejected in the courts.

Governor Kristi Noem’s push to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy had the support of prominent national anti-abortion groups.But the proposal lacked support from a key organization that has held sway over state abortion policy for years. And that helps explain the proposed bill’s failure.