| 1 | | create a taskforce to study the creation of Indian medicaid managed care entities in the state. | Monitor | Indian medicaid managed care | Passed House | | | | 1/29/26 House Health 12-1
2/03/26 House 60-7 |
| 2 | | modify provisions related to the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency. | Monitor | Modify controlled substance schedule | Signed by Gov | | | | 1/20/26 House Health 13 - 0
1/21/26 House Floor 61-7
1/28/26 Senate Health 7-0
2/02/26 Senate 34-0 |
| 3 | | establish requirements and liability protection for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses serving on ambulance crews. | Support | Protection for ambulance crews | Signed by Gov | | | | 1/20/26 House Health 13-0, placed on consent
1/22/2026 House 67-0
1/28/26 Senate Health 7-0
1/29/26 Senate 33-0 |
| 4 | | modify requirements for ambulance operators. | Support | Ambulance operator requirements | Signed by Gov | | | | 1/20/26 House Health 13-0
1/22/26 House 67-0
1/28/26 Senate Health 7-0
1/29/26 Senate 33-0 |
| 5 | | establish a criminal background check requirement for multistate licensure under the social work licensure compact. | Monitor | social work licensure compact | Passed - Delivered to the Governor | | | | 1/20/26 House Health 13-0
1/20/26 Placed on consent
1/21/26 House Floor 57-11
2/02/26 Senate Health 7-0
2/02/26 Removed from Consent
2/04/26 Senate 34-0 |
| 6 | | revise provisions related to the practice of addiction counseling and prevention services. | Monitor | addiction counseling services | Passed - Delivered to the Governor | | | | 1/22/26 House Health 9-4
1/26/26 House 54-13
2/04/26 Senate Health 7-0
2/05/26 Senate 32-2 |
| 7 | | provide requirements related to the cardiac health evaluation of minors. | Oppose | Healthcare for Minors | Tabled | | | | 1/22/26 House Health 13-0 |
| 8 | | make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for rural recruitment assistance programs, and to declare an emergency. | Support | Health Care Professional Reimbursement | Passed House & Senate | | | | 2/09/26 Joint Committee on Appropriations 18-0
2/10/26 House 63-3
2/12/26 Senate 33-0 |
| 9 | | make an appropriation to implement the rural health transformation program, and to declare an emergency. | Support | Rural Health Transformation | Signed by Gov | | | | 1/22/26 Joint Committee on Appropriations 16-2
1/26/26 House 56-11
1/28 Senate 32-2 |
| 10 | | require that terminal care facilities allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis. | Oppose | Medical Cannabis | Deferred to 41st day | | | | 1/22/26 House Health 12-1 |
| 11 | | require that the Department of Social Services submit a federal waiver request to exclude soft drinks from the supplemental nutrition assistance program. | Monitor | SNAP Soft Drink Exclusion | Passed House | Senate | 02/17/26 | 2:00 PM
Senate | 2/03/26 House Health 11-2
2/04/26 House 58-11
2/11/26 Senate Health 5-2 |
| 12 | | authorize the dispensing of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine under a written protocol developed by a physician. | Oppose | Ivermectin & Hydroxychloroquine | Killed on House Floor | House of Represenatives | 02/05/26 | 2:00 PM
House | 2/3/26 House Health 8-5
2/5/26 House Failed 28-40 |
| 13 | | provide for the creation of a cardiac emergency plan in every school. | Monitor | Cardiac Emergencies in Schools | Referred to Appropriations | Joint Committee on Appropriations | 02/20/26 | 10:30 AM
Room 362 | 2/4/26 House Ed 12-0 |
| 14 | | revise the conditions for denial or restriction of a motor vehicle or motorcycle operator license or permit if an individual has a medical condition that can be controlled under the care of a physician. | Oppose | motor vehicle license with medical condition | Deferred to 41st day | | | | 1/29/26 House Transportation 9-1 |
| 15 | | establish provisions for the coverage of nonopioid prescription drugs. | Monitor | Nonopioid Prescription Drug | Deferred to 41st day | | | | 1/29/26 House Health 10-3 |
| 16 | | clarify that consent for the donation of ovum or sperm must be explicit. | Oppose | Ovum or Sperm donation consent | Killed on House Floor | | | | 1/29/26 House Health 9-4
2/2/26 House Failed 35-30
2/3/26 House Failed 33-35 |
| 17 | | reschedule the pharmaceutical composition of crystalline polymorph psilocybin in a drug product approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a Schedule IV controlled substance. | Monitor | crystalline polymorph psilocybin | Passed House | | | | 2/05/26 House Health 13-0
2/09/26 House 58-7 |
| 18 | | prohibit an insurer from declining or limiting life, disability, or long-term care insurance policies based solely on an individual's status as a living organ donor. | Support | Insurance Eligibility | Passed House | | | | 1/26/26 House Commerce & Energy 12-1
1/27/26 House 64-1 |
| 19 | | restrict contracts and declarations that prohibit the use of commercial property for any healthcare service in municipalities and townships with populations of less than three thousand, in medically underserved areas, or in areas with a medically underserved population. | Oppose | Healthcare Property | Passed Committee | | | | 2/09/26 House State Affairs 7-4 |
| 20 | | modify the definition of an electronic smoking device. | Monitor | Electronic smoking device | Killed on House Floor | | | | 2/3/26 House Health 7-6
2/05/26 House 18-50
2/5/26 House Amended, Failed 18-50 |
| 21 | | revise provisions related to birth centers and the practice of certified professional midwives at birth centers. | Oppose | Midwife Scope of Practice | | | | | |
| 22 | | make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota. | Monitor | Economic Health | | | | | |
| 23 | | authorize the possession and self-administration of nasal glucagon by a student on school property and at school-related events and activities | Support | Use of Nasal Glucagon at School | Passed House | Senate Health | 02/05/26 | | 2/03/26 House Health 12-0, Consent
2/06/26 House 65-0 |
| 24 | | restrict the use of artificial intelligence in therapy and psychotherapy services and to provide a penalty therefor. | Oppose | AI in Therapy | Withdrawn | | | | |
| 25 | | clarify provisions related to the licensure of certified social workers in private, independent practice and establish an alternative to the licensure examination. | Oppose | Licensure of Social Workers | Withdrawn | | | | |
| 26 | | adopt the physician assistant licensure compact | Support | Physician Assistant Compact | Passed Committee | House of Representatives | 02/17/26 | 2:00 PM
House | 2/10/26 House Health 11-1 |
| 27 | | adopt the respiratory care interstate compact. | Support | Respiratory Care Compact | Passed Committee | House of Representatives | 02/17/26 | 2:00 PM
House | 2/10/26 House Health 12-1 |
| 28 | | adopt the athletic trainer licensure compact. | Support | Athletic Trainer Compact | Passed House | | | | 2/10/26 House Health 12-0
2/12/26 House 59-3 |
| 29 | | make an appropriation to increase the rate of payment for federally qualified health centers. | Monitor | FQHC Reimbursement Rates | | | | | |
| 30 | | ban kratom and kratom products and to provide a penalty therefor. | Monitor | Kratom | | House of Represenatives | 02/17/26 | 2:00 PM
House | 2/12/26 House Health 8-4 |
| 31 | | protect certain rights of healthcare providers. | Oppose | Providers Rights | Killed on House Floor | | | | 2/05/26 House Health 8-5
2/10/26 House failed 25-41 |
| 32 | | repeal the medical marijuana oversight committee. | Monitor | Medical Marijuana Oversight | | | | | |
| 33 | | add certain substances to Schedule I of the controlled substances schedule. | Monitor | Controlled Substances | | House Health and Human Services | 02/17/26 | 7:30 AM
Room 412 | |
| 34 | | prohibit certain persons from requiring genetic-based vaccinations. | Oppose | Vaccinations | | | | | |
| 35 | | establish the crime of fraudulent assisted reproduction and provide a penalty and civil liability therefor. | Monitor | Fraudulent Assisted Reproduction | Passed House | | | | 2/06/26 House Judiciary 11-0
2/09/26 House 65-0 |
| 36 | | classify medetomidine as a Schedule III controlled substance and establish permissible uses. | Monitor | Controlled Substances | Passed Committee | | | | 2/10/26 House Health 11-0
2/11/26 House 63-3 |
| 37 | | allow online access to verify registry status for organ donation. | Monitor | Organ Donation Registry | Deferred to 41st day | | | | 2/10/26 House Health failed 6-7
2/10/26 House Health 8-4 |
| 38 | | establish provisions related to the disclosure of COVID-19 and mRNA vaccination status and blood donations. | Oppose | mRNA Vaccinations for Blood Donation | | House of Representatives | 02/17/26 | 2:00 PM
House | 2/12/26 House Health 7-5 |
| 39 | | establish a data collection system pertaining to assisted reproductive technology. | Neutral | Data Collection | Passed Committee | | | | 2/12/26 House Health 8-4 |
| 40 | | define man and woman throughout the state and prohibit funding for anything to the contrary. | Monitor | Define a Man and Woman | | | | | |
| 41 | | address preauthorization requirements for certain health care services and utilization review requirements for certain health benefit plans. | Monitor | Preauthorization Requirements | | House Health and Human Services | 02/17/26 | 7:30 AM
Room 412 | |
| 42 | | prohibit COVID-19 vaccination requirements and to provide a penalty therefor | Oppose | Vaccination Requirements | | | | | |
| 43 | | create a digital registry identification card for medical cannabis patients. | Monitor | Medical Cannabis Registry | | House Health and Human Services | 02/17/26 | 7:30 AM
Room 412 | |
| 44 | | revise provisions in order to strengthen protections for unborn children. | Monitor | Abortion | Deferred to 41st day | | | | 2/05/26 House Health 9-4 |
| 45 | | revise the scope of practice for occupational therapy. | Monitor | Scope of Practice | | | | | |
| 46 | | enhance the future of education in South Dakota. | Monitor | Vehicle Bill | | | | | |
| 47 | | revise the types of community-based providers for purposes of state funded services. | Support | Add FQHC to Community Based Providers List | | House of Representatives | 02/17/26 | 2:00 PM
House | 2/10/26 House Health 13-0 |
| 48 | | create the community-based providers methodology supplement fund, create the target teacher salary supplement fund, and provide for the transfer of certain unobligated cash balances to the fund. | Support | Creates a Fund for Community Based Providers and Teachers | | House Committee on Appropriations | 02/18/26 | 10:00 AM
Room 362 | |
| 49 | | regulate the performance and reporting of abortions necessary to preserve the life of a pregnant female and to provide a penalty therefor. | Monitor | Abortion | | | | | |
| 50 | | restrict the delivery of an abortion-inducing medicine, drug, or substance into this state and provide a criminal and a civil penalty therefor, and provide a civil action for the wrongful death of an unborn child. | Monitor | Abortion Drugs | | | | | |
| 51 | | limit the ability of a health carrier to recoup, recover, or retroactively deny previously paid claims. | Support | Retroactive Claims Denial | | House Commerce and Energy | 02/18/26 | 10:00 AM
Room 464 | |
| 52 | | address issues facing South Dakota. | Monitor | Vehicle Bill | | House State Affairs | | | |
| 53 | | require education in prenatal human growth and development. | Monitor | Prenatal human growth | Passed House | | | | 2/10/26 House Health 10-3
2/12/26 House 52-10 |
| 54 | | supporting January as National Blood Donor Month. | Support | National Blood Month Resolution | Passed House & Senate | | | | 1/20/26 House Floor adopt resolution passed 68-1
1/26/26 Senate Concurred in Resolution 34-0 |
| 55 | | proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, repealing the requirement to provide expanded medicaid. | Oppose | Remove Medicaid Expansion | Killed on House Floor | | | | 1/28/26 House State Affairs 8-4
1/29/26 House Failed, 27-39 |
| 56 | | permit a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray. | Support | epinephrine in schools | Signed by Gov | | | | 1/15/26 Senate Education 7-0 | Placed on consent calendar
1/16/26 Removed from Consent calendar
1/20/26 Senate Passed 31-1
1/28/26 House Education 13-0
2/2/26 House 61-4 |
| 57 | | modify provisions related to the practice of pharmacy. | Support | Practice of pharmacy | Passed Senate | | | | 1/26/26 Senate Health 6-0
1/27/26 Senate 33-0 |
| 58 | | revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one and to provide a penalty therefor. | Monitor | regulating cannabis | Passed Senate | | | | 1/20/26 Senate Judiciary 6-0
1/20/26 Placed on Consent
1/22/26 Senate 34-0 |
| 59 | | safeguard the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provide a civil penalty therefor. | Support | Genetic Data security | Passed Senate | | | | 1/20/26 Senate Judiciary 6-0
1/20/26 Placed on Consent
1/22/26 Senate 34-0 |
| 60 | | ban hemp-derived intoxicants not for medical purposes. | Monitor | Hemp - derived intoxicants | Sent to Floor without Recommendation | | | | 1/21/26 Senate Health 7-0
1/22/26 Placed on calendar pursuant Failed, 14-19 |
| 61 | | revise the duties of the Transportation Commission to include responsibilities of the South Dakota Railroad Board and the South Dakota Aeronautics Commission. | Position TBD | Transfer aeronautics commission duties | Deferred to 41st day | | | | 1/21/26 Senate Transportation 7-0 |
| 62 | | ban kratom and kratom products and to provide a penalty therefor. | Monitor | Katrom products ban | Sent to Floor without Recommendation | | | | 1/21/26 Senate Health7-0
1/22/26 Placed on calendar pursuant Failed, 13-20 |
| 63 | | revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026. | Monitor | General Bill | | | | | |
| 64 | | prohibit the sale of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol products to individuals under the age of twenty-one. | Monitor | regulating cannabis | Withdrawn | | | | |
| 65 | | clarify and establish requirements related to forensic medical examinations. | Position TBD | medical examinations | | Senate Health and Human Services | 02/18/26 | 7:45 AM
Room 412 | |
| 66 | | require that counties and municipalities provide emergency medical services within their jurisdictions and create a task force to study the funding thereof. | Monitor | EMS | Passed Senate | | | | 02/02/26 Senate Health 7-0
2/04/26 Senate 27-7 |
| 67 | | expand the information required to be sent to the prescription drug monitoring program for each registry identification card holder. | Monitor | Prescription Drug Monitoring | Passed Senate | | | | 1/26/26 Senate Health Failed, 3-3
1/27/26 Senate Health 4-3
1/29/26 Senate 20-12 |
| 68 | | require that a medical cannabis cardholder provide a card or card number upon request of a law enforcement officer. | Monitor | regulating cannabis | Withdrawn | | | | |
| 69 | | require the reimbursement of therapy using equine movement through the state medicaid program. | Monitor | Medicaid Reimbursement | Deferred to 41st day | | | | 02/04/26 Senate Health 5-2 |
| 70 | | make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota. | Monitor | Vehicle Bill | | Senate Appropriations | | | |
| 71 | | make an appropriation for the economic development of South Dakota. | Monitor | Vehicle Bill | | Senate Appropriations | | | |
| 72 | | make an appropriation for developing the economic viability of South Dakota. | Monitor | Vehicle Bill | | Senate Appropriations | | | |
| 73 | | establish the crime of failure to summon aid for a suicide attempt and provide a penalty therefor. | Monitor | Good Samaritan | Passed Senate | | | | 2/05/26 Senate Judiciary 7-0
2/09/26 Senate 24-9 |
| 74 | | require that the Department of Health annually report on public health effects of cannabis use. | Monitor | Cannabis Reporting | Deferred to 41st day | | | | 2/4/26 Senate Health 6-1 |
| 75 | | revise the limitations on a municipality's power to take actions for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease. | Oppose | | | | | | |
| 76 | | repeal an exemption for certain health care facilities. | Oppose | Property Tax Exemption for Healthcare | Deferred to 41st day | | | | 2/11/26 Senate Taxation 6-0 |
| 77 | | place requirements on the use of artificial intelligence systems by health carriers in making determinations about the provision of health care services. | Monitor | AI Requirements | | | | | |
| 78 | | enhance the economy of South Dakota. | Monitor | Vehicle Bill | | | | | |
| 79 | | cause the repeal of the medical cannabis chapter upon the federal re-scheduling of cannabis. | Monitor | Medical Cannabis | Deferred to 41st day | | | | 2/11/26 Senate Health 7-0 |
| 80 | | enhance public education in South Dakota. | Monitor | Vehicle Bill | | | | | |
| 81 | | provide for the rights of a parent. | Oppose | Parental rights | Killed on Senate Floor | Senate | 02/17/26 | 2:00 PM
Senate | 2/10/26 Senate Judiciary 5-2
2/12/26 Senate, Failed, 17-16 |
| 82 | | limit the potency of cannabis products sold at medical cannabis dispensaries. | Monitor | Potency of Cannabis | Passed Committee | | | | 2/11/26 Senate Health 6-1 |
| 83 | | make an appropriation to contract for a study on the length of service award programs for volunteers. | Monitor | EMS Length of Services Award Program | | Joint Committee on Appropriations | 02/20/26 | 10:30 AM
Room 362 | |
| 84 | | prohibit certain billing practices by ambulance service providers and establish reimbursement standards for out-of-network emergency medical services. | Monitor | Ambulance Reimbursement | | Senate Health and Human Services | 02/18/26 | 7:45 AM
Room 412 | |
| 85 | | prohibit the assessment of certain administrative fees or penalties related to the provision of care by an out-of-network provider. | Support | Non-Participating Provider | | Senate Health and Human Services | 02/18/26 | 7:45 AM
Room 412 | |
| 86 | | address issues facing South Dakota. | Monitor | Vehicle Bill | | | | | |
| 87 | | promote the future success and development of South Dakota. | Monitor | Vehicle Bill | | | | | |
| 88 | | promote the future success and development of South Dakota. | Monitor | Vehicle Bill | | House State Affairs | | | |
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