South Dakota · Current officeholder
Lauren Nelson
Republican South Dakota Senate, District 18
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Sponsored legislation
143 bills in the current data (143 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 90 | expand the information required to be sent to the prescription drug monitoring program for each registry identification card holder. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 3 | limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 219 | require that a state agency consult with the Aeronautics Commission prior to purchasing, transferring, or disposing of a state owned and operated aircraft. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 15 | create the Developmental Disability Service Delivery Committee. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 142 | amend the requirements for filing certain campaign finance disclosure statements. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 136 | make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 135 | protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 132 | modify provisions related to the South Dakota Veterans Council. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 131 | revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 107 | add licensed and registered child care programs to the definition of community safety zone. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 1313 | require education in prenatal human growth and development. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 1184 | define man and woman throughout the state. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 1140 | permit a court to impose as a condition of probation, or parole in certain circumstances, treatment at a nonprofit entity awarded an alternative care program grant. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 1077 | consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food. | Primary sponsor | Vetoed | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 88 | clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2026 |
| SB 164 | require that any holder of a commercial driver license in this state must be proficient in the English language, and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 1209 | require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 1323 | modify the requirements to refer an ordinance or resolution to the voters of a political subdivision. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| SB 82 | prohibit the misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 9, 2026 |
| SB 153 | prohibit certain restrictions in employment contracts for community services providers. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 9, 2026 |
| HB 1253 | adjust the assessment methodology for owner-occupied single-family dwellings and nonagricultural property. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| SJR 508 | proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, removing the lieutenant governor as presiding officer of the Senate. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | March 4, 2026 |
| SB 220 | authorize a comprehensive study of juvenile correctional and residential facilities, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 1173 | require certain applicants that seek a permit from the Public Utilities Commission of the State of South Dakota to prepare and pay for an environmental impact statement. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 93 | prohibit certain state officers or employees from being employed by an organization that was the recipient of a contract awarded on behalf of a state agency for a period of time. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 2, 2026 |
| SB 223 | modify the requirements for a petition to refer an excess tax levy of a school district to a vote. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 2, 2026 |
| HJR 5001 | proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring a declaration of necessity and clarifying public use of private property taken or damaged by eminent domain. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 2, 2026 |
| HB 1275 | create requirements for age verification and parental consent for application stores and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 2, 2026 |
| HB 1261 | provide a tax credit for owner-occupied property, to make an appropriation therefor, and to transfer moneys to the general fund. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 2, 2026 |
| HB 1213 | make an appropriation for a statewide educator retention initiative. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2026 |
| SB 205 | revise registration fees for drones and establish a fund to support drone aviation. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 24, 2026 |
| SB 91 | clarify the procedure for petitioning a board of county commissioners for a change to the comprehensive plan or zoning ordinances. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 23, 2026 |
| SB 229 | require an election to approve the issuance of certain capital outlay certificates, lease-purchase contracts, or installment purchase contracts. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 23, 2026 |
| SB 210 | provide that a portion of revenues from wind farms remain with school districts. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 23, 2026 |
| SB 199 | establish a new fund to provide property tax relief. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 23, 2026 |
| HB 1230 | modify requirements for payment of the employer's investment in South Dakota's future fee. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 23, 2026 |
| HB 1080 | allow a business owner who is a veteran to display military specialty plates on a noncommercial vehicle registered to the veteran's business and to limit personal liability to the business owner and veteran. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 23, 2026 |
| HB 1067 | provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 23, 2026 |
| SB 218 | provide for the establishment of charter schools. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2026 |
| SB 126 | increase the amount of value exempt from property taxes under a tax relief program for disabled veterans and surviving spouses. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2026 |
| SB 109 | modify requirements to create a tax increment financing district. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2026 |
| SB 128 | update provisions related to certain large-use customers of utilities. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2026 |
| SB 187 | define nonpublic school. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 17, 2026 |
| HB 1211 | create a digital registry identification card for medical cannabis patients. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| HB 1171 | establish provisions related to the disclosure of COVID-19 and mRNA vaccination status and blood donations. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 17, 2026 |
| HB 1151 | ban kratom and kratom products and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 17, 2026 |
| HB 1121 | expand the locations at which raw milk may be purchased for personal use by a consumer. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| HB 1064 | provide for the sale of producer-raised meat and meat food products directly to consumers pending legalization under federal law. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 17, 2026 |
| SB 92 | clarify the rights to appeal and refer certain decisions of boards of county commissioners. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SB 189 | provide for an automatic refund of an assessment on crops, livestock, and milk. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SB 2 | provide that a firearm silencer is not a controlled weapon. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 11, 2026 |
| SB 166 | require boards of county commissioners and county planning and zoning commissions to hold meetings after certain times or provide recordings of meetings to the public for later viewing. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2026 |
| SB 12 | provide for a refund of property taxes in previous years for qualifying veterans and surviving spouses. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 11, 2026 |
| SB 167 | amend provisions pertaining to the administration of an academic achievement assessment to students in grade eleven. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2026 |
| HCR 6009 | urging Congress to repeal the estate tax. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2026 |
| HB 1310 | make an appropriation for providing loans to custom exempt plants and slaughtering establishments. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2026 |
| HB 1116 | prohibit a video streaming service from transmitting certain advertising during children's programming and provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2026 |
| SB 84 | increase thresholds for the value of and eligibility for the partners in education scholarship. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 6, 2026 |
| HB 1068 | authorize the dispensing of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine under a written protocol developed by a health care provider, and to provide liability protection therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SC 807 | recognizing and honoring custodial staff across the State of South Dakota for their dedication and service. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 4, 2026 |
| SB 85 | require an election for an excess tax levy of a school district. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| SB 173 | extend the motor vehicle and motorcycle licensing fee available to a veteran with a disability to the spouse of a veteran with a disability. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| SB 143 | require that the Department of Health annually report on public health effects of cannabis use. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 1125 | create a taskforce to study the impact of artificial intelligence systems on the state. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HC 8005 | honoring the Yankton School District on its 150th anniversary. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 108 | require that all recorded votes of a legislator be displayed on the Legislative Research Council website. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| SC 802 | celebrating and honoring Tabor Czech Days annual festivities on the occasion of its seventy-seventh anniversary. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 29, 2026 |
| SB 103 | address the assumption of risk by an individual present at a shooting range. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 29, 2026 |
| SB 95 | require that a medical cannabis cardholder provide a card or card number upon request of a law enforcement officer. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2026 |
| SB 123 | prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2026 |
| HB 1152 | require that the secretary of the Department of Education apply to the United States Department of Education for the authority to develop and implement an innovative assessment system. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2026 |
| HB 1115 | revise a provision related to unauthorized possession of a controlled drug or substance. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2026 |
| HB 1057 | prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2026 |
| HB 1087 | prohibit the use of paid petition circulators. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | January 27, 2026 |
| HB 1075 | require notification of property owners prior to the establishment of a tax increment financing district. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 27, 2026 |
| HB 1074 | provide for compensation to counties for administering tax increment financing districts created by a municipality. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 27, 2026 |
| SC 801 | honoring Madisen Younie of Rapid City, South Dakota Girls State Governor, and Brody Tynan of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Boys State Governor, and the South Dakota American Legion and Auxiliary for their sponsorship and coordination of the Girls State and Boys State programs. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 26, 2026 |
| HB 1078 | direct the amendment of the Administrative Rules of South Dakota regarding the coursework required for high school graduation. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 26, 2026 |
| HB 1008 | direct the amendment of the Administrative Rules of South Dakota regarding the awarding of high school credit for participation in extracurricular athletics. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 26, 2026 |
| SB 83 | require that any holder of a commercial driver license in this state must be proficient in the English language, and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 23, 2026 |
| HB 1090 | require publication of notices of gubernatorial appointments and reappointments. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 23, 2026 |
| SB 77 | ban kratom and kratom products and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 22, 2026 |
| SB 61 | ban hemp-derived intoxicants not for medical purposes. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 22, 2026 |
| HB 1053 | require that terminal care facilities allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 22, 2026 |
| HB 1037 | exempt active-duty members of the armed forces of the United States and veterans from paying a resident fishing license fee. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 22, 2026 |
| SCR 601 | encouraging honest economic development rooted in the republican principles of limited government, deregulation, and organic entrepreneurial growth. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 15, 2026 |
| SB 68 | require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 100 | limit the imposition of restrictions on the carrying of a concealed pistol and other items of self-defense while on the campus of a public institution of higher education. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1239 | revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1218 | address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1208 | designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1184 | amend the deadline for filing a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1106 | require a report regarding refugee resettlement services. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1066 | revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1061 | prohibit a health care provider from restricting or denying a parent or guardian's access to certain medical records and other health information of a minor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 79 | permit the operation of a Class I electric bicycle on the Mickelson Trail. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 78 | authorize a change in bullet diameter for use in taking certain animals. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 146 | revise provisions on interim transfers and appropriations. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 145 | require legislative approval of real property leases that are necessary for the operation of state government and exceed specified durations or rental payments. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| HB 1093 | modify the permissible dates for a school district bond election. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| HB 1068 | allow a student to wear certain military decorations at a school graduation ceremony and to declare an emergency. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SJR 503 | 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. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 12, 2025 |
| SB 172 | provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 10, 2025 |
| HB 1249 | protect landowners from the use of deception, fraud, harassment, intimidation, misrepresentation, or threat, in acquiring easements or easement options. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| SC 815 | Honoring Frank Kloucek as the oldest surviving, and longest-tenured Democrat to serve in the South Dakota Legislature. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 6, 2025 |
| HCR 6003 | To provide for an interim study regarding property tax reduction and preservation of the American dream to own a home. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| HB 1204 | revise the subpoena powers of the Government Operations and Audit Committee. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 6, 2025 |
| HB 1052 | prohibit the exercise of eminent domain for a pipeline that carries carbon oxide. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 6, 2025 |
| SB 84 | extend the timeframe for filling a vacancy in a board of county commissioners. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 1124 | repeal a requirement regarding possession of a registry card. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 1163 | make an appropriation for a grant to assist in the construction and equipping of a veteran’s skilled trade center. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 27, 2025 |
| HB 1118 | prohibit the award or use of state moneys for the research, production, promotion, sale, or distribution of cell-cultured protein. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 27, 2025 |
| SB 81 | prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 25, 2025 |
| SB 204 | prohibit the expenditure of certain funds appropriated for purposes related to the construction of a prison facility. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2025 |
| HB 1267 | prohibit the use of paid petition circulators, and provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2025 |
| HB 1228 | require an environmental impact statement from applicants seeking a carbon dioxide transmission facility permit from the Public Utilities Commission of the State of South Dakota. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 25, 2025 |
| HB 1206 | revise provisions on interim transfers and appropriations. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HB 1177 | require an employee of a school district, the Board of Regents, or the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to receive permission of a parent or guardian of an unemancipated minor student before addressing the student with a name other than the student's legal name and to prohibit the compulsory use of gendered language inconsistent with sex. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 21, 2025 |
| SJR 504 | 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| SCR 606 | 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| SB 142 | revise the dates for submission of budget requests. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HB 1260 | require that birth certificates and certain official documents reflect biological sex. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| SB 49 | prohibit the exercise of the right of eminent domain for the construction of certain facilities. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| HB 1231 | repeal the board of barber examiners and cosmetology commission, and to create the cosmetology and barbering board, to provide a penalty, and to make an appropriation therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| SCR 604 | Supporting the expansion of transportation services for veterans receiving medical care in this state. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 18, 2025 |
| HB 1193 | prohibit the Board of Regents and institutions under its control from requiring students to reside in on-campus housing or purchase meal plans. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2025 |
| HB 1152 | prohibit the enforcement and implementation of directives from intergovernmental organizations, and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2025 |
| SCR 603 | Supporting the establishment of a standardized system to recognize and award academic credit or certification for military service. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 13, 2025 |
| SB 74 | require the publication and review of an explanation of the open meeting laws of this state. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 13, 2025 |
| HB 1205 | require legislative approval of real property leases that are necessary for the operation of state government and exceed specified durations or rental payments. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HB 1201 | establish requirements for school employees regarding gender ideology. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HJR 5004 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election amendments to the Constitution to the State of South Dakota, increasing the number of required signatures on a petition to initiate an amendment or measure. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 108 | reduce the megawattage requirement for energy conversion facilities governed by chapter 49-41B. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2025 |
| HCR 6005 | Encouraging the board of each school district in this state to develop and implement a policy that limits the use of cellular telephones and other electronic communication devices during instructional time. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 11, 2025 |
| HB 1105 | require the display of the state seal or motto in public school classrooms. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2025 |
| SB 96 | revise eligibility requirements for the crime victims' compensation program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 7, 2025 |
| HB 1122 | amend provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 7, 2025 |
| SC 805 | Celebrating and honoring Tabor's Czech Days annual festivities on the occasion of its seventy-sixth anniversary. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 6, 2025 |
| SB 105 | establish election day as a legal holiday. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HB 1107 | prohibit natural asset companies. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| SB 82 | require an official declaration of war or other Congressional action before the South Dakota National Guard may be deployed by the federal government. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 3, 2025 |
| HB 1084 | provide free state park and recreation area admission to current and former members of the South Dakota National Guard and their spouses and dependents. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2025 |
| SC 801 | Recognizing and expressing gratitude to South Dakota Wildland Fire and Black Hills volunteer fire departments for their quick response and cooperation on Black Hills wildfires. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 16, 2025 |