PIERRE — South Dakota lawmakers head into Day 25 of the legislative session Friday with a packed agenda focused on abortion, gender definitions, property taxes, and public safety.
House State Affairs considers bills restricting restroom and locker room access based on biological sex, defining “man” and “woman” in state law, and banning delivery of abortion-inducing drugs into South Dakota with criminal and civil penalties.
Senate committees take up a proposed federal waiver to ban soft drinks from SNAP, ambulance billing reforms, vaping regulations, and a wide range of property tax proposals — including competing constitutional amendments to cap or reset property taxes.
On the floor, the House votes on property tax reduction, app store age verification, and vaccination-related bills. The Senate could reconsider SB 218, the charter schools measure that previously failed, along with property tax and data center regulation proposals.