South Dakota · Current officeholder
Kyle Schoenfish
Republican South Dakota Senate, District 19
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Sponsored legislation
59 bills in the current data (59 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 106 | modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 1082 | establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 36 | authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2026 |
| HB 1311 | require the reporting of funding given by certain persons and governments to institutions under the control of the Board of Regents and the South Dakota Board of Technical Education. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2026 |
| SB 100 | revise provisions related to trusts. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 10, 2026 |
| SC 830 | honoring Dave Bonde for exemplary service to South Dakota. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 4, 2026 |
| SC 822 | honoring TKO’s Custom Catering and Capitol Cafe for outstanding service. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 1130 | amend permissible uses of a school district's capital outlay fund. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 4, 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 |
| HB 1035 | modify provisions related to the licensure of public accountants. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 2, 2026 |
| HB 1213 | make an appropriation for a statewide educator retention initiative. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2026 |
| SJR 504 | proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, providing for wagering on sporting events via mobile or electronic platform. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1150 | make an appropriation to increase the rate of payment for federally qualified health centers. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1147 | make an appropriation for the purchase and distribution of food by a statewide distribution organization. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| SB 239 | modify provisions relating to the reinvestment payment program, and relating to the purchasing of goods and services used by projects approved for the reinvestment payment program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2026 |
| SB 227 | establish a minimum damage threshold for a motor vehicle total loss declaration. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 24, 2026 |
| SB 210 | provide that a portion of revenues from wind farms remain with school districts. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 23, 2026 |
| SB 226 | increase a limit on video lottery gaming, and to deposit moneys into a new fund. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| SC 811 | commending and honoring Amber Vogt, a member of the Lead-Deadwood School District Board of Education, on her selection as the Associated School Boards of South Dakota Outstanding School Board Member of South Dakota for 2025. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 17, 2026 |
| SC 810 | commending and honoring the Hill City School Board on its selection as the Associated School Boards of South Dakota Outstanding School Board of South Dakota for 2025. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 17, 2026 |
| SC 809 | commending and honoring Duane Alm for his more than sixty years of dutiful service to the Aberdeen School District as an educator, administrator, and school board member, and for being the recipient of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota's School Bell Award for 2025. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 17, 2026 |
| SC 808 | commending and honoring Richard Schlosser, a member of the Frederick Area School District Board of Education, on his twenty-five years of school board service. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 17, 2026 |
| HB 1058 | require licensure for online pari-mutuel wagering pools for horse and dog races, and clarify the application of tax therefor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 17, 2026 |
| SB 2 | provide that a firearm silencer is not a controlled weapon. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 11, 2026 |
| SB 5 | require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 6, 2026 |
| SB 157 | amend the school funding formula to provide for the use of an average fall enrollment when determining local need. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SC 806 | commending and honoring the 2025-2026 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: David Olson, Meade, Middle School Principal; Kendra Becker, Redfield, Secondary School Principal; Richie Hutchinson, Sioux Falls, Assistant Middle School Principal; and Kay Bass, Harrisburg, Assistant Secondary School Principal. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 3, 2026 |
| SC 805 | commending and honoring the 2024-2025 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Dr. Jeff Danielsen, Watertown, School Superintendent; Bo Beck, Aberdeen, Middle School Principal; Connie Alspach, Dupree, School Business Official; Jay Swatek, Tea, Elementary School Principal; Kelly Messmer, Harding County, Secondary School Principal; Sherri Nelson, Brandon Valley, Curriculum Leader; and Monica Waltman, Douglas, Director of Special Education. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 3, 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 |
| HC 8003 | congratulating and honoring Joyce Waddell on her retirement from the Bison School District. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | 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 1131 | amend the process by which certain school districts calculate the general fund base percentage. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2026 |
| HC 8001 | recognizing National FFA week. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 21, 2026 |
| SR 701 | recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 15, 2026 |
| SB 69 | revise provisions related to trusts. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 14 | revise and repeal provisions related to agricultural production facilities and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1245 | exempt from the state sales and use tax gross receipts for certain services to a partnership. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1071 | modify practice criteria for physician assistants. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HJR 5002 | Applying to the United States Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call for a convention for proposing an amendment to the constitution establishing congressional term limits. | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 10, 2025 |
| SC 818 | Honoring the Hamlin Chargers for their 2024 state championship in Class 9AA football. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 5, 2025 |
| SC 814 | Honoring the Estelline-Hendricks Redhawks women’s gymnastics team as the 2025 Class A gymnastics state champions. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 4, 2025 |
| SC 812 | Honoring Terry Ree, for his service to the state of South Dakota as an entertainer through the comedy-musical duo Williams and Ree. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 27, 2025 |
| SC 811 | Honoring Thomas Shortbull, a trailblazer and leader dedicated to empowering Native communities through education, advocacy, and leadership. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 27, 2025 |
| HC 8015 | Honoring the 2025 South Dakota Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Youth of the Year finalists. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 25, 2025 |
| HB 1075 | modify the persons eligible to sign an affidavit for proof of homelessness for purposes of waiving the fee for a nondriver identification card. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 25, 2025 |
| HB 1074 | modify the individuals eligible to sign an affidavit of homelessness for purposes of obtaining a free copy of a birth certificate. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 25, 2025 |
| SC 810 | Honoring Hannah Heiman of Clark, South Dakota Girls State Governor, and David Yusten Jr. 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 | February 20, 2025 |
| SC 809 | Honoring Bryan Brewer, Sr., for his visionary leadership, transformative impact, and unwavering dedication to advancing athletics, academics, and community empowerment. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 20, 2025 |
| SB 205 | increase the limit on the number of video lottery machines in a licensed establishment. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 18, 2025 |
| SJR 507 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, providing for wagering on sporting events via mobile or electronic platform. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| SCR 602 | Celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 13, 2025 |
| SB 206 | increase the dollar limit for playing video lottery. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| SB 139 | revise death reporting requirements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 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 |
| SJR 502 | Applying to the United States Congress for a convention of the states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution regarding the imposition of fiscal restraints on the federal government, further limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limiting the terms of office for members of Congress and other federal officials. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 4, 2025 |
| HB 1070 | prohibit cost-sharing in certain health insurance policies for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging examinations. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2025 |
| SC 804 | Honoring the 2023-2024 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Todd Foster, Brookings Middle School Principal; Dr. Julie Hatling, Belle Fourche Elementary School Principal; Camille Kaul, Aberdeen Curriculum Leader; Jason Kolousek, Wessington Springs Secondary School Principal; Kristi Lewis, Chester School Business Official; Mark Naugle, Custer School Superintendent; Amanda Olinger, Harrisburg Assistant Middle School Principal; and Laura Welch, Lennox Director of Special Education. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 30, 2025 |
| HC 8003 | Recognizing Jacqueline Sly as the recipient of the AARP South Dakota Andrus Award. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 28, 2025 |
| SC 802 | Honoring Callie Mueller of Florence, South Dakota, on being named Miss Rodeo America 2025. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 24, 2025 |