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South Dakota · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 97: allow the governing body of a municipality to change the use of municipally owned parkland by ordinance.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 97 is a bill introduced in the South Dakota Senate on January 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: allow the governing body of a municipality to change the use of municipally owned parkland by ordinance. Primary sponsor: Keri Weems (Republican), Liz Larson (Democratic), Mellissa Heermann (Republican), Jeff Bathke (Republican), Matt Roby (Republican), Tim Reed (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 4, 2025): Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-04 S.J. 428.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Keri WeemsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Liz LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Mellissa HeermannPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Jeff BathkePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Matt RobyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Tim ReedPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate7

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-04 S.J. 428
  2. Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-26 S.J. 391
  3. Signed by the Speaker H.J. 401
  4. Signed by the President S.J. 363
  5. House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 21 H.J. 366
  6. Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1
  7. Scheduled for hearing
  8. First read in House and referred to H.J. 239
  9. Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 211
  10. Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 196
  11. Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
  12. Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source