2023 South Dakota Legislative Session

With mounting tensions between farmers and CO2 pipeline companies across the state, some lawmakers believe it is time to change state law on eminent domain. And they don’t want to wait until session starts in January.

The bill containing what lawmakers called, the largest tax cut in state history, became law July 1.

A bill prohibiting gender-affirming care for transgender youth in South Dakota took effect on July 1st.

Four house bills proposed by the South Dakota Department of Veteran Affairs become law July 1.

Misinformation spread amongst lawmakers could have played a role in the passage of House Bill 1080 – a bill prohibiting certain medical procedures for transgender youth.

David Owen is the president of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He discusses the commercial effects of this session's laws and debates.

South Dakota Focus reviews the historic 2023 legislative session; from the state's largest tax cut ever to a noticeable shift in Pierre's atmosphere since November's election.

Above all else, conversations about tax cuts dominated most of this year's legislative session. After a handful of bills battled it out, the winning deal is the crown jewel of a productive session for the Republican supermajority.

Tom Dempster joined the Political Junkies segment of In the Moment recently to talk about Veto Day and the selection of legislative summer studies from a former lawmaker's perspective.

For South Dakota Democrats, this legislative session was a mixed bag. They shared a few bipartisan victories but suffered some high-profile losses.