Legislative Radar
These are the actions we are working on during the 2024 Legislative Session.
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Denotes bills and measures that FV Action is supporting.
Denotes bills and measures that FV Action is opposing.
Denotes bills and measures that FV Action is watching.
Denotes bills that have completed the legislative process with the outcome FV Action desired.
Denotes bills that have completed the legislative process with the outcome being less than FV Action desired.
2024 Session
Education
An act to increase the dollar amount allowed for the Partners in Education scholarship fund.
An act to replace the smarter balance test with the ACT test for 11th grade
An act to establish education empowerment accounts for school choice in South Dakota
An act to prohibit any facility under the authority of the Board of Regents from hosting obscene live conduct
Judicial System
An act to repeal the use of the death penalty
An act to add subjectively defined protected classes to the anti-discrimination laws
An act to allow for a person to remove their signature from a petition if they were given false information
An act to define non-consensual condom removal and categorize non-consensual pregnancy as an injury
Medical
An act to enable Medicaid reimbursement for doula services
(Tabled at the request of the prime sponsor.)
An act to enable Medicaid reimbursement for doula services
An act to allow for chemical castration of minors if a parent gives consent
An act to place healthcare sharing ministries under the authority of the Division of Insurance and require certain reporting
Life
A resolution expressing the legislature’s opposition to the constitutional amendment on abortion
An act to allow for abortion in the first 22 weeks of pregnancy, or after 22 weeks in the case of an emergency.
(Withdrawn at the request of the prime sponsor)
An act to require the Dept. of Health to create a video to explain why treatment for things like ectopic pregnancies does not constitute an abortion
An act to allow for abortion and repeal the current laws regulating abortion
Gambling
An act to increase the bet limit and potential win limit on video lottery machines
(Tabled at the request of the prime sponsor)
An act to allow local regulation of video lottery
(Withdrawn at the request of the prime sponsor)
Past Sessions
Legislative Radar 2022
Legislative Radar 2021
Legislative Radar 2020
Legislative Radar 2019
Legislative Radars 2016-2018
