South Dakota State Representative

John Sjaarda 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB219

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Engrossed
2/18/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Report Pass
2/26/25  
Enrolled
2/27/25  
Require the acceptance of a cash payment for admission to a school-affiliated event.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB49

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Prohibit the exercise of the right of eminent domain for the construction of certain facilities.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB50

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Prohibit the use of drones for purposes of assessing real property for taxation, and to provide a penalty therefor.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB51

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
1/23/25  
Engrossed
1/28/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Report Pass
2/7/25  
Require the display and curricular inclusion of the Ten Commandments and other documents.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB68

Introduced
1/14/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
1/29/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
3/3/25  
Enrolled
3/6/25  
Require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB81

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Engrossed
1/30/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Enrolled
2/11/25  
Prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB82

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
1/29/25  
Require an official declaration of war or other Congressional action before the South Dakota National Guard may be deployed by the federal government.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB88

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
1/30/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
3/5/25  
Enrolled
3/6/25  
Increase the amount of exempt proceeds when a homestead is sold or divided by court order.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SB89

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/3/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
3/3/25  
Enrolled
3/5/25  
Repeal the requirement that judicial officers be listed on a separate nonpolitical ballot.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SC808

Honoring Joelle Simpson of Rapid City as Miss South Dakota.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SCR602

Introduced
1/30/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SCR605

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Engrossed
2/13/25  
Enrolled
2/19/25  
Promoting a resilient and healthy Black Hills forest through active forest management and retention of the current forest products industry.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SCR606

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Expressing the Legislature's concern about the potential for a carbon oxide pipeline to become a weapon of mass destruction to be used by terrorists or unfriendly governments and urging the Public Utilities Commission to conduct risk assessments and establish stronger regulatory and security measures for carbon oxide pipelines to ensure adequate state, county, business, and family emergency response planning.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SJR503

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
1/29/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
3/5/25  
Enrolled
3/6/25  
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, clarifying that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota Senate Bill SJR504

Introduced
1/23/25  
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring a number of signatures on a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment be obtained from each county.