Taylor Rehfeldt

The House Health and Human Services committee has passed a pair of medical marijuana bills modifying the state’s program.

A legislative committee has advanced a bill aiming to help people understand South Dakota’s abortion laws.

Rep. Taylor Rehfeldt joins In the Moment to discuss creating and improving suicide prevention resources in South Dakota.

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.

A bill to allow state circuit judges to refer kids to the Department of Corrections for repeat nonviolent offenses has crossed its last legislative hurdle.

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

South Dakota is now one of more than a dozen states that are considering or have passed a law to prevent transgender kids from getting gender-affirming treatment. Gov. Kristi Noem has signed the bill into law, but it could land the state in court.

Legislative leaders are looking to a summer study on childcare availability and affordability in South Dakota.

A lawmaker is shelving an attempt to clarify the only abortion exception in state law: life of the mother. The bill was opposed by the state’s preeminent anti-abortion group.

A legislative committee voted unanimously to advance a bill that aims to combat a shortage of behavioral health specialists in the state by funding scholarships for individuals entering the field.