| Bill Number | ASBSD Summary | Position | Current Location | Date of last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Bill 1002 | Requires all certified educators to take a course in South Dakota Indian Studies. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 2/19/2025 |
| House Bill 1003 | Amends definitions pertaining to the school funding formula. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 2/19/2025 |
| House Bill 1004 | Provides tuition for a student who is placed in a residential treatment center. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 2/19/2025 |
| House Bill 1009 | Creates and funds a private school voucher program. | Oppose | Killed | 1/29/2025 |
| House Bill 1010 | Requires cost model reports for certain programs and institutions. | Monitor | Killed | 2/18/2025 |
| House Bill 1017 | Removes the local control of a district to determine payment for entrance to activities. | Oppose | Killed | 2/3/2025 |
| House Bill 1019 | Decreases the owner-occupied property tax levy to $0 and increases the sales tax to 5 percent with the intention to cover state aid. | Monitor | Killed | 2/19/2025 |
| House Bill 1020 | Creates and funds a school voucher program for private and homeschool education. | Oppose | Killed | 1/29/2025 |
| House Bill 1035 | Appropriates $10 million in grant funding for school security enhancements. | Support | Killed | 2/21/2025 |
| House Bill 1039 | Repeals the state reimbursement program for teachers and school counselors who earn national board certification. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/19/2025 |
| House Bill 1040 | Adjusts the dual credit payment split between the student and the state. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/19/2025 |
| House Bill 1041 | Makes updates to programs with the state library. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/26/2025 |
| House Bill 1048 | Removes the local control of a school district and requires cash be accepted for any fee or charge. | Oppose | Killed | 1/27/2025 |
| House Bill 1054 | Forces a school board to develop a policy requiring the district to allow volunteer applicants into the building as chaplains to speak with students. | Oppose | Killed | 2/5/2025 |
| House Bill 1059 | Clarifies the meaning of teleconference for purposes of open meeting requirements. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/26/2025 |
| House Bill 1068 | Allows a student to wear certain items at a graduation ceremony beginning with 2025 graduations. | Oppose | Signed by Governor | 3/11/2025 |
| House Bill 1077 | Adds required topics to the South Dakota health education standards. | Oppose | Killed | 2/3/2025 |
| House Bill 1089 | Amends the parameters of free and reduced-lunch qualification for students. | Monitor | Killed | 2/24/2025 |
| House Bill 1090 | Makes hazing a crime. | Monitor | Killed | 2/3/2025 |
| House Bill 1092 | Appropriates $500,000 for a student teacher stipend grant program. | Support | Signed by Governor | 3/11/2025 |
| House Bill 1093 | Mandates a school bond election be held on one of three dates during a calendar year. | Oppose | Signed by Governor | 3/11/2025 |
| House Bill 1094 | Amends laws regarding external school bus video cameras. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/12/2025 |
| House Bill 1105 | Subverts local control and requires the posting of the state motto or seal in each classroom in a public school. | Oppose | Killed | 2/11/2025 |
| House Bill 1119 | Caps property tax assessment growth on owner-occupied and commercial property at 3 percent year-over-year. | Oppose | Killed | 2/21/2025 |
| House Bill 1120 | Appropriates $2 million to the State Library. | Monitor | Killed | 2/6/2025 |
| House Bill 1130 | Mandates the date of school election to be held in June or November. | Oppose | Signed by Governor | 3/25/2026 |
| House Bill 1134 | Vehicle Bill | Monitor | Killed | 2/24/2025 |
| House Bill 1138 | Lowers owner-occupied property tax levy and does not include replacement revenue. | Oppose | Killed | 2/21/2025 |
| House Bill 1147 | Requires that public entities submit to forensic accounting in cases of financial misconduct. | Monitor | Killed | 2/6/2025 |
| House Bill 1152 | Prohibits the enforcement and implementation of directives from intergovernmental organizations. | Monitor | Killed | 2/18/2025 |
| House Bill 1158 | Prohibits the use of public funds for campaigning or other partisan activity. | Oppose | Killed | 2/3/2025 |
| House Bill 1171 | Requires a school curriculum include human growth and development within the health curriculum. | Oppose | Killed | 2/10/2025 |
| House Bill 1172 | Requires a high school health curriculum include human sexuality and human development within the womb. | Oppose | Killed | 2/10/2025 |
| House Bill 1177 | Circumvents local control and policy in dealing with a student. | Oppose | Killed | 2/10/2025 |
| House Bill 1180 | Requires a school board candidate to list political party affiliation. | Oppose | Killed | 2/18/2025 |
| House Bill 1181 | Requires a school district to provide dyslexia screening. | Oppose | Killed | 2/12/2025 |
| House Bill 1182 | Provides for the recall of a member of a board of a school district. | Oppose | Killed | 2/10/2025 |
| House Bill 1183 | Amends the other revenue base amount available to certain school districts. | Monitor | Killed | 2/10/2025 |
| House Bill 1185 | Prohibits a school district from joining an education association that provides lobbying services. | Oppose | Killed | 2/13/2025 |
| House Bill 1191 | Subjects advertising services to a gross receipts tax, and to allocate proceeds to property tax relief. | Monitor | Killed | 2/21/2025 |
| House Bill 1197 | Permits a teacher to assist a student in objectively reviewing scientific information. | Oppose | Killed | 2/12/2025 |
| House Bill 1200 | Permits merit pay as a component of teacher compensation. | Oppose | Killed | 3/4/2025 |
| House Bill 1201 | Establishes requirements for school counseling services. | Oppose | Killed | 2/13/2025 |
| House Bill 1222 | Permits concealed carry in a person's own vehicle while on school grounds. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/24/2025 |
| House Bill 1229 | Exempts dollars from property taxes and implements a tax credit process without revenue replacement. | Oppose | Killed | 2/21/2025 |
| House Bill 1235 | Includes school districts in the property tax cap. | Oppose | Killed | 3/10/2025 |
| House Bill 1239 | Requires the inclusion of an appeals process in school board policy for obscene materials. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/21/2025 |
| House Bill 1241 | Vehicle bill related to property taxes. | Monitor | Killed | 2/19/2025 |
| House Bill 1244 | Prohibits public school employees from participating in political activity. | Oppose | Killed | 2/21/2025 |
| House Bill 1254 | Removes local control related to a school handbook. | Oppose | Killed | 2/19/2025 |
| House Bill 1255 | Places an unnecessary mandate on public school districts. | Oppose | Killed | 2/19/2025 |
| House Bill 1259 | Removes the local control of a school board to establish policy on use of bathrooms and locker rooms. | Oppose | Signed by Governor | 3/21/2025 |
| HJR 5005 | Proposes a ballot measure to cap property tax valuation. | Monitor | Killed | 2/24/2025 |
| HCR 6005 | Encourages a school board to develop and implement a policy that limits the use of cell phones & other tech devices. | Monitor | Enrolled | 2/11/2025 |
| HC 8011 | Honors the Tea Area School Board as the 2024 School Board Award of Excellence recipient. | Support | Enrolled | 2/20/2025 |
| HC 8012 | Honors South Central School Board Member Greg Hausmann for his 25 years of service. | Support | Enrolled | 2/20/2025 |
| Senate Bill 7 | Prohibits the adoption or implementation of certain policies related to immigration enforcement. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 2/10/2025 |
| Senate Bill 48 | Modifies provisions pertaining to the registration of voters. | Monitor | Killed | 2/24/2025 |
| Senate Bill 51 | Requires the posting of the Ten Commandments and accompanying documents in every classroom in every school building | Oppose | Killed | 2/10/2025 |
| Senate Bill 55 | Provides the proposed increase in state aid to public schools. | Support | Signed by Governor | 3/31/2025 |
| Senate Bill 70 | Increases the sparsity cap to $137,000. | Support | Signed by Governor | 3/19/2025 |
| Senate Bill 71 | Revises provisions pertaining to the compulsory age for school attendance. | Oppose | Signed by Governor | 3/5/2025 |
| Senate Bill 74 | Requires an annual review of the open meeting laws of the state. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 2/12/2025 |
| Senate Bill 85 | Freezes property tax assessment values based on a specific criteria without a proposed revenue replacement. | Oppose | Killed | 2/19/2025 |
| Senate Bill 101 | Provides a tax credit to limit the taxes due on property over the previous year. | Oppose | Killed | 2/19/2025 |
| Senate Bill 109 | Permits a school district to implement a specific education plan for certain students. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/5/2025 |
| Senate Bill 112 | Circumvents local school board policy to implement a new process for complaint. | Oppose | Killed | 2/4/2025 |
| Senate Bill 113 | Attempts to codify rights and responsibilities that supersede all state and local control. | Oppose | Killed | 3/13/2025 |
| Senate Bill 121 | Decreases the owner-occupied property tax levy to $0 and increases the sales tax to 5 percent with the intention to cover state aid. | Monitor | Killed | 2/21/2025 |
| Senate Bill 141 | Distinguishes between new construction and improvements to existing structures for purposes of calculating increases in revenue payable from property taxes. | Oppose | Killed | 2/19/2025 |
| Senate Bill 155 | Reduces the amount of net receipts of unclaimed property deposited into the general fund. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/12/2025 |
| Senate Bill 161 | Sets a maximum administrators salary. | Oppose | Killed | 2/7/2025 |
| Senate Bill 168 | Prohibits non-disclosure agreements in settlement cases involving the ASBPT Workers Comp Pool. | Oppose | Killed | 2/20/2025 |
| Senate Bill 169 | Requires a taxing districts hold a public hearing when increasing property tax revenues relative to the previous year. | Oppose | Killed | 3/10/2025 |
| Senate Bill 187 | Prohibits political subdivisions from interfering with immigration enforcement. | Monitor | Killed | 2/11/2025 |
| Senate Bill 189 | Appropriates funds for the Fiscal Year 2026 general fund. | Monitor | Killed | 3/11/2025 |
| Senate Bill 190 | Creates an education property tax credit for parents that send their children to private school or choose to homeschool. | Oppose | Killed | 2/13/2025 |
| Senate Bill 191 | Limits annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwellings. | Oppose | Killed | 3/10/2025 |
| Senate Bill 196 | Incorporate the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings in public school curriculum. | Monitor | Killed | 2/18/2025 |
| Senate Bill 197 | Vehicle Bill | Monitor | Killed | 2/12/2025 |
| Senate Bill 207 | Dismantles the property tax collection system for public schools. | Oppose | Killed | 2/21/2025 |
| Senate Bill 208 | Requires an election for any bond or capital outlay certificate agreement. | Oppose | Killed | 3/3/2025 |
| Senate Bill 213 | Eliminates the sales tax on food. | Monitor | Killed | 2/19/2025 |
| Senate Bill 214 | Repeals the sunset clause on the sales tax. | Monitor | Killed | 2/20/2025 |
| Senate Bill 216 | Caps the assessed value of owner-occupied property taxes for five years beginning in 2027. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/13/2025 |
| Senate Bill 217 | Prohibits the use of tabulating machines | Monitor | Killed | 2/12/2025 |
| Senate Bill 219 | Removes the local control of a district to determine payment for entrance to activities. | Oppose | Signed by Governor | 3/11/2025 |
| Senate Bill 220 | Appropriates funds for the Fiscal Year 2026 general fund. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 3/31/2025 |
| SJR 506 | Proposes a ballot measure for an amendment to the state Constitution limiting to a flat rate the real property taxes. | Monitor | Killed | 2/24/2025 |
| SC 804 | Honors the 2023-24 Outstanding School Administrators | Support | Enrolled | 2/5/2025 |
| SC 806 | Honors Eagle Butte School Board Member Jonni Arpan as the 2024 Outstanding School Board Member of Year. | Support | Enrolled | 2/10/2025 |
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