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Kathy Rice 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB137

Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
2/5/26  
Engrossed
2/9/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Report Pass
3/4/26  
Enrolled
3/5/26  
Establish procedures for anti-SLAPP actions to protect the exercise of a person's constitutional rights, including freedom of speech.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1140

Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Refer
2/25/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Enrolled
3/9/26  
Permit a court to impose as a condition of probation, or parole in certain circumstances, treatment at a nonprofit entity awarded an alternative care program grant.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1141

Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Provide an additional means of determining the purchase price of a used motor vehicle acquired by gift or other transfer.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1152

Introduced
1/27/26  
Require that the secretary of the Department of Education apply to the United States Department of Education for the authority to develop and implement an innovative assessment system.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB143

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Require that the Department of Health annually report on public health effects of cannabis use.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1165

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Establish basic and advanced esthetics licenses, and to revise the licensure chapter for cosmetology, nail technology, and esthetics.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1170

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Allow online access to verify registry status for organ donation.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1171

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Establish provisions related to the disclosure of COVID-19 and mRNA vaccination status and blood donations.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1169

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/10/26  
Engrossed
2/11/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Enrolled
2/26/26  
Classify medetomidine as a Schedule III controlled substance and establish permissible uses.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1173

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Engrossed
2/17/26  
Require certain applicants that seek a permit from the Public Utilities Commission of the State of South Dakota to prepare and pay for an environmental impact statement.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1184

Introduced
1/29/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Refer
2/25/26  
Report Pass
3/5/26  
Enrolled
3/9/26  
Define man and woman throughout the state.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1181

Introduced
1/28/26  
Prohibit weather and climate modification activities and provide a penalty therefor.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HCR6009

Introduced
1/29/26  
Urging Congress to repeal the estate tax.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB156

Introduced
1/29/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Report Pass
2/10/26  
Engrossed
2/11/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Modify the crime of cruelty to an animal and increase the penalty therefor.
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South Dakota 2026 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HCR6010

Introduced
1/29/26  
Urging the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.