| Bill Number | ASBSD Summary | Position | Current Location | Date of last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Bill 1003 | Amends provisions for required criminal background investigation of certain school employees. | Monitor | Governor's Desk | 2/18/2026 |
| House Bill 1008 | Permits high school credit for participation in extracurricular athletics. | Monitor | Killed | 1/26/2026 |
| House Bill 1017 | Permits a school district to assign a student to an alternative setting for certain behavioral reasons. | Monitor | House floor | 2/18/2026 |
| House Bill 1036 | Limits annual valuation on owner-occupied and commercial property at three percent annually. | Oppose | Killed | 1/22/2026 |
| House Bill 1039 | Amends cardiac review requirements for students participating in athletics. | Monitor | Killed | 1/22/2026 |
| House Bill 1051 | Provides no increase to state aid, amends property tax levies and updates special education disability levels. | Oppose | Joint Appropriations | 1/15/2026 |
| House Bill 1061 | Requires a political subdivision to accept cash payments for fees or charges in certain instances. | Oppose | Killed | 1/23/2026 |
| House Bill 1073 | Requires the creation of a cardiac emergency plan in every school. | Monitor | Joint Appropriations | 2/20/2026 |
| House Bill 1078 | Permits the substitution of certain courses for high school credit for science and for participation in extracurricular athletics. | Monitor | Killed | 1/26/2026 |
| House Bill 1082 | Establishes the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students. | Monitor | House Appropriations | 2/23/2026 |
| House Bill 1091 | Adds an onerous posting requirement of agenda, document in the agenda or financial report. | Oppose | Killed | 1/27/2026 |
| House Bill 1095 | Modifies provisions pertaining to the submission of a nominating petition. | Monitor | Senate State Affairs | 2/9/2026 |
| House Bill 1098 | Amends certain provisions pertaining to special education funding. | Monitor | House Appropriations | 2/23/2026 |
| House Bill 1110 | Amends a provisions of a voter's status in certain elections. | Monitor | Killed | 1/29/2026 |
| House Bill 1125 | Creates a task force to study AI. | Monitor | Killed | 2/4/2026 |
| House Bill 1129 | Permits a school employee to carry a concealed weapon on district property without notifying the school board or administration. | Oppose | Killed | 2/2/2026 |
| House Bill 1130 | Amends permissible uses of a school district's capital outlay fund. | Support | Senate Education | 2/2/2026 |
| House Bill 1131 | Amends the process by which certain school districts calculate the general fund base percentage. | Support | Killed | 1/28/2026 |
| House Bill 1132 | Prohibits a school board from providing material aid in the instance a federal firearm measure is passed. | Oppose | Killed | 1/28/2026 |
| House Bill 1139 | Appropriates money for the Fiscal Year 2027 general fund. | Monitor | Joint Appropriations | 1/28/2026 |
| House Bill 1143 | Permits a student to possess and administer insulin and other diabetes medication in school. | Monitor | Senate Health | 2/9/2026 |
| House Bill 1152 | Requires the Secretary of Education to apply to U.S. DOE to develop and implement a new state assessment | Support | Killed | 1/28/2026 |
| House Bill 1158 | Requires alternative instruction students to take the state assessment and for annual notification of alternative instruction. | Monitor | Killed | 1/29/2026 |
| House Bill 1161 | Amends provisions related to changing rooms, sleeping quarters, and restrooms. | Monitor | House State Affairs | 2/20/2026 |
| House Bill 1168 | Creates a school voucher program using property tax credits. | Oppose | House Appropriations | 2/23/2026 |
| House Bill 1172 | Repeals any opt-outs approved before 2002. | Oppose | Killed | 2/5/2026 |
| House Bill 1184 | Defines man and woman throughout the state and prohibit funding for anything to the contrary. | Monitor | House State Affairs | 2/20/2026 |
| House Bill 1187 | Adds coaches to the mandatory reporter list. | Monitor | Senate floor | 2/11/2026 |
| House Bill 1204 | Creates the South Dakota School Construction Fund. | Monitor | Joint Appropriations | 2/12/2026 |
| House Bill 1205 | Requires state aid to increase by 3% or greater in the index factor. | Support | House Appropriations | 2/20/2026 |
| House Bill 1206 | Prohibits homeschool students from receiving state funds. | Monitor | Killed | 2/5/2026 |
| House Bill 1207 | Increases the time a district is required to maintain election materials from 60 days to 22-months. | Monitor | Killed | 2/5/2026 |
| House Bill 1209 | Requires an excessive employment verification process. | Oppose | Senate State Affairs | 2/18/2026 |
| House Bill 1213 | Appropriates $2.5 million to the educator retention fund. | Monitor | Joint Appropriations | 2/12/2026 |
| House Bill 1217 | Prohibits a public school from using taxpayer funds to support specific lobbying groups. | Oppose | Killed | 2/18/2026 |
| House Bill 1225 | Vehicle Bill | Monitor | House State Affairs | 2/23/2026 |
| House Bill 1239 | Puts DOE in control of all teacher salaries and negotiations. | Oppose | Killed | 2/6/2026 |
| House Bill 1243 | Requires the state motto be posted in each public school building. | Oppose | Killed | 2/10/2026 |
| House Bill 1244 | Appropriates $500,000 for JAG grant funding program. | Monitor | Joint Appropriations | 2/2/2026 |
| House Bill 1249 | Amends the duties of the School Finance Accountability Board. | Monitor | House Appropriations | 2/20/2026 |
| House Bill 1251 | Creates the target teacher salary supplement fund and includes a mechanism to fund it. | Support | House Appropriations | 2/20/2026 |
| House Bill 1253 | Caps the assessed value methodology for certain property tax classifications | Monitor | Senate | 2/18/2026 |
| House Bill 1261 | Utilizes dollars from the general fund and budget reserve fund to appropriate funds to a tax credit program. | Monitor | Joint Appropriations | 2/3/2026 |
| House Bill 1266 | Prohibits school employees from engaging in lobbying activities. | Oppose | Killed | 2/11/2026 |
| House Bill 1281 | Reduces the sales tax on food, increases taxes in other areas and establishes the school building construction fund. | Monitor | House Taxation | 2/19/2026 |
| House Bill 1282 | Provides for the admission of certain children younger than five years old to the kindergarten program of a school district. | Monitor | Killed | 2/6/2026 |
| House Bill 1285 | Amends school board election laws and school board member terms | Oppose | Killed | 2/18/2026 |
| House Bill 1290 | Changes other revenue calculation in state aid funding formular with capital outlay transfer penalty. | Oppose | Killed | 2/9/2026 |
| House Bill 1291 | Permits a school district to participate in the state property and casualty captive insurance company fund. | Monitor | Killed | 2/9/2026 |
| House Bill 1306 | Authorizes the provision of charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization | Monitor | House Education | 2/20/2026 |
| House Bill 1307 | Removes the five-year timeline on the valuation cap on owner-occupied property taxes | Oppose | House Taxation | 2/19/2026 |
| House Bill 1308 | Reduces property taxes while increasing other taxes. | Monitor | House floor (Fiscal Note Requested) | 2/18/2026 |
| House Bill 1312 | Caps valuation on own-er-occupied property taxes. | Oppose | Killed | 2/17/2026 |
| House Bill 1313 | Requires education in prenatal human growth and development. | Oppose | Senate Health | 2/17/2026 |
| House Bill 1315 | Authorizes the recall of certain elected officials or individuals appointed to fill vacancies in certain offices. | Oppose | Killed | 2/12/2026 |
| House Bill 1323 | Expands petition deadlines for all referrable school board decisions. | Oppose | House floor | 2/18/2026 |
| HC 8009 | Honors Aberdeen School Board Member Brad Olson for his 25-years of service on his local board. | Support | Senate floor | 2/19/2026 |
| HC 8010 | Honors Bridgewater-Emery School Board Member James Hanssen for his 40-years of service on his local board. | Support | Senate floor | 2/19/2026 |
| HC 8011 | Honors Iroquois School Board Member Greg Blue for his 35-years of service on his local board. | Support | Senate floor | 2/19/2026 |
| Senate Bill 8 | Permits a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 2/12/2026 |
| Senate Bill 28 | Allows a political subdivision to approve a ballot on demand system | Monitor | Killed | 1/28/2026 |
| Senate Bill 34 | Amends school board election laws. | Monitor | House State Affairs | 1/26/2026 |
| Senate Bill 46 | Requires a public body to list all agenda items in sufficient detail. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 2/17/2026 |
| Senate Bill 47 | Updates the executive session statute. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 2/17/2026 |
| Senate Bill 58 | Sets all property tax levies at zero mills and repeals the cutler-gabriel statute. | Oppose | Killed | 1/21/2026 |
| Senate Bill 59 | Requires the use of certain geographic terminology in official materials of a state agency. | Monitor | Killed | 2/2/2026 |
| Senate Bill 66 | Prohibits the use of automatic tabulators or electronic system in elections. | Monitor | Killed | 1/26/2026 |
| Senate Bill 84 | Increases thresholds for the value of and eligibility for the private school scholarship. | Monitor | Signed by Governor | 2/6/2026 |
| Senate Bill 85 | Requires an election for opt-outs and capital outlay opt-outs. | Oppose | Killed | 2/5/2026 |
| Senate Bill 94 | Amends what constitutes an open record | Oppose | Killed | 2/9/2026 |
| Senate Bill 97 | Keeps the 3 percent valuation cap on Owner-Occupied property, but includes a 60 percent growth factor for counties with more than 3 percent valuation growth annually. | Support | House | 2/17/2026 |
| Senate Bill 99 | Cuts all property tax levies and increases certain taxes to replace the loss in local effort. | Monitor | Killed | 1/28/2026 |
| Senate Bill 106 | Increases funding for the extraordinary cost fund and includes an index factor. | Support | Senate Appropriations | 2/23/2026 |
| Senate Bill 118 | Deposits certain tax revenues into a homeowner tax reduction fund. | Monitor | Senate floor | 2/24/2026 |
| Senate Bill 125 | Creates the homeowner tax reduction fund. | Monitor | Senate floor | 2/10/2026 |
| Senate Bill 138 | Revises the time within which a recount for a school board election must be completed. | Monitor | House Education | 2/18/2026 |
| Senate Bill 155 | Increases certain legislative bodies oversight. | Monitor | Killed | 2/11/2026 |
| Senate Bill 157 | Includes a two-year enrollment averaging to the state aid count for public school districts. | Support | Killed | 2/5/2026 |
| Senate Bill 158 | Amends enrollment count in the state aid statute. | Support | Killed | 2/17/2026 |
| Senate Bill 167 | Changes the assessment requirement for 11th grade students. | Monitor | Killed | 2/10/2026 |
| Senate Bill 174 | Appropriates $5 million for DOE to distribute to schools based on enrollment counts in Fall, 2026. | Support | Joint Appropriations | 2/19/2026 |
| Senate Bill 176 | Increases the time a district is required to maintain election materials from 60 days to 22-months. | Monitor | House State Affairs | 2/9/2026 |
| Senate Bill 183 | Adds onerous requirements to the public notice statutes when a school district proposes and opt-out. | Oppose | House Taxation | 2/18/2026 |
| Senate Bill 184 | Vehicle Bill | Monitor | Senate State Affairs | 1/29/2026 |
| Senate Bill 187 | Defines a non-public school. | Monitor | Killed | 2/17/2026 |
| Senate Bill 190 | Circumvents state and local control in multiple policy areas. | Oppose | House State Affairs | 2/18/2026 |
| Senate Bill 195 | Repeals the sunset clause on the sales tax. | Oppose | Killed | 2/18/2026 |
| Senate Bill 198 | Removes the local control of a school board's cell phone policy. | Oppose | House Education | 2/18/2026 |
| Senate Bill 199 | Removes state revenue collections for a new funding purpose. | Oppose | Senate Taxation | 2/20/2026 |
| Senate Bill 200 | Repeals the index factor from the state aid calculation. | Oppose | Killed | 2/12/2026 |
| Senate Bill 210 | Repeals the wind energy revenue step-down statute in the funding formula. | Monitor | Senate Appropriations | 2/23/2026 |
| Senate Bill 212 | Creates the homeowner tax reduction fund. | Monitor | Senate Taxation | 2/20/2026 |
| Senate Bill 216 | Caps property tax valuation at 3 percent. | Oppose | Senate Taxation | 2/20/2026 |
| Senate Bill 218 | Establishes charter schools in South Dakota. | Oppose | Senate floor | 2/19/2026 |
| Senate Bill 223 | Lowers general fund opt-out petition signature threshold and expands the deadline to 40-days. | Oppose | House Education | 2/18/2026 |
| Senate Bill 225 | Apportions interest earnings from the unclaimed property trust fund to school districts. | Support | Senate Appropriations | 2/23/2026 |
| Senate Bill 226 | Uses video lottery revenue for property tax reduction. | Monitor | Senate Commerce | 2/19/2026 |
| Senate Bill 229 | Requires an election to approve the issuance of capital outlay certificates. | Oppose | Senate Education | 2/19/2026 |
| Senate Bill 233 | Prohibis the assessment of certain administrative fees or penalties related to the provision of care by an out-of-network provider. | Monitor | Senate Health | 2/6/2026 |
| Senate Bill 242 | Appropriates $2.5 million for sparse school grants. | Monitor | Senate Education | 2/12/2026 |
| Senate Bill 243 | Imposes a transaction tax and dedicate revenues collected to supplant certain property taxes. | Monitor | Senate Taxation | 2/20/2026 |
| SJR 505 | Proposes submitting a ballot measure limiting annual valuation increases on property taxes at 2 percent. | Oppose | Senate State Affairs | 2/20/2026 |
| SJR 506 | Proposes submitting a ballot measure to cap property tax growth beginning in 2028. | Oppose | Senate Taxation | 2/20/2026 |
| SJR 507 | Proposes a ballot measure to reduce property taxes and increase other taxes. | Monitor | Senate State Affairs | 2/4/2026 |
| SC 808 | Honors Frederick Area School Board Member Richard Schlosser for his 25-years of service on his local board. | Support | House floor | 2/19/2026 |
| SC 809 | Honors Duane Alm for his more than 60 years of service to the Aberdeen School District and for being the recipient of the ASBSD School Bell Award for 2025. | Support | House floor | 2/19/2026 |
| SC 810 | Honors the Hill City School Board for being selected the School Board of the Year for 2025. | Support | House floor | 2/19/2026 |
| SC 811 | Honors Amber Vogt for being selected the Outstanding School Board Member of the Year for 2025 | Support | House floor | 2/19/2026 |
