South Dakota · Current officeholder
Jamie Smith
Democratic South Dakota Senate, District 15
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Sponsored legislation
83 bills in the current data (83 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 139 | revise a provision related to the transportation of an inmate upon discharge from a correctional facility. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 132 | modify provisions related to the South Dakota Veterans Council. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 1215 | authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 1148 | adopt the respiratory care interstate compact. | 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 1108 | require the sealing of court files upon dismissal or denial of a petition for a protection order. | 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 |
| HB 1006 | create a taskforce to study the creation of Indian medicaid managed care entities in the state. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 1238 | protect financial institutions taking action to prevent the financial exploitation of consenting, senior, or vulnerable adults. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2026 |
| SB 111 | require that social media companies provide collected personal data of a user at the user's request and maintain transparent interoperability interfaces. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 10, 2026 |
| SB 87 | clarify and establish requirements related to forensic medical examinations. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 9, 2026 |
| HB 1219 | require the provision of interpreter or translator services for parties to an administrative contested case. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 9, 2026 |
| HB 1143 | authorize the possession and self-administration of diabetes medications by a student on school property and at school-related events and activities. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 9, 2026 |
| HB 1007 | amend the definition of law enforcement officer to include tribal law enforcement officers. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 9, 2026 |
| HB 1086 | make an appropriation for providing a grant to a nonprofit that delivers programming to support offenders and correctional staff. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | March 2, 2026 |
| SCR 608 | urging collaboration to reduce hunger and food waste in this state under the protections of the 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 25, 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 1246 | prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | February 20, 2026 |
| HB 1255 | require that the Department of Health accept the medical records of a veteran applying for a medical cannabis registry identification card. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| HB 1268 | repeal capital punishment. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2026 |
| SB 209 | authorize the creation of land banks. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| HB 1223 | revise the scope of practice for occupational therapy. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| HCR 6012 | recognizing the YMCA for 175 years of service to youth, families, and communities in South Dakota and across the United States. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 11, 2026 |
| SB 140 | revise provisions related to inmate compensation. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 9, 2026 |
| HCR 6001 | urging the United States Department of Homeland Security to establish a tribal law enforcement training academy in South Dakota. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 1114 | require that certain mental health information be submitted to and subsequently removed from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 1053 | require that terminal care facilities allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 22, 2026 |
| SB 13 | clarify application of the seventy-two hour notice requirement to website posting. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 16, 2026 |
| SB 6 | authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 171 | add questions about historical property to seller's disclosure statement. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 164 | prohibit the use of a deepfake to influence an election and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 143 | modify the composition and staffing requirements of the South Dakota-Ireland Trade Commission. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1161 | allow additional forms to verify military service for a veteran designation on a commercial driver license or commercial learner's permit. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 99 | make an appropriation for purchasing, storing, and distributing sexual assault kits. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 83 | revise the penalty and provide treatment for the ingestion of certain controlled substances. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 80 | revise provisions regarding students and trainees engaged in the practice of funeral service. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 8 | establish certain criminal offenses for boat operators and to provide penalties therefor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 193 | allow an applicant to have an interpreter present during the driving portion of a driver license exam. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 170 | authorize the South Dakota State Brand Board to enter a memorandum of understanding with any Indian tribe for the investigation of cattle theft. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SB 154 | prohibit pharmaceutical manufacturers from interfering in contracts between 340B entities and pharmacies and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| HB 1141 | provide an exception for employers to acquire and distribute opioid antagonists that are available over the counter. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| HB 1129 | provide for the transfer of motor vehicles and boats upon death. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 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 1144 | adopt the dietitian licensure compact. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 6, 2025 |
| HB 1099 | modify the community paramedic endorsement. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 6, 2025 |
| SB 109 | permit a school district to implement a new or revised section 504 plan, individualized family service plan, or individualized education program for a student who is the child of an active-duty member of the United States armed forces. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 5, 2025 |
| HB 1069 | regulate vapor products and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2025 |
| SB 192 | rename the Department of Corrections. | Primary sponsor | Did not advance | March 3, 2025 |
| SB 132 | make an appropriation for grants to support airport terminal improvement and expansion. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| SR 702 | Supporting the repeal of the Sioux-Dakota Removal Act. | Primary sponsor | In committee | 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 |
| HB 1072 | modernize provisions relating to water development districts. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 25, 2025 |
| SB 199 | support the betterment of South Dakota. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HB 1089 | establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HB 1110 | make an appropriation to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to provide a grant to Southeast Technical College for the purchase of the healthcare simulation center. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 21, 2025 |
| HB 1043 | require counties and municipalities to provide emergency medical services within their jurisdictions, increase liquidated court costs, and create the emergency medical services fund and make an appropriation therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 21, 2025 |
| SCR 607 | Encouraging the Legislature to continue using person-first language that acknowledges the person before any disability. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 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 |
| SB 126 | establish the manner of determining payments for the child care assistance program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| SB 194 | classify nicotine products as tobacco products, to increase tax rates on cigarettes and tobacco products, to create the healthcare workforce development fund, 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 |
| SB 119 | repeal capital punishment. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2025 |
| HB 1215 | provide rulemaking authority for the licensure of fishing guides, hunting guides, and outfitters, and to provide a penalty. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2025 |
| HB 1162 | require the reporting of the number of veterans who die by suicide in this state. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2025 |
| SCR 602 | Celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan. | 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 |
| SB 130 | authorize the shipment of distilled spirits direct to consumers, and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HB 1058 | prohibit the reporting of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency and to provide a penalty therefor. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| SB 10 | shorten the time before records of a Governor or a lieutenant governor are opened to the public. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 11, 2025 |
| HB 1128 | revise certain provisions related to sexual contact with a child under sixteen. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |
| SCR 601 | Supporting the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 12 to honor the late Helen Miller. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 7, 2025 |
| SB 118 | direct the Department of Social Services to amend administrative rules allowing graduate students to be eligible for child care assistance. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 7, 2025 |
| SC 807 | Recognizing and expressing gratitude to Mike Pedersen for his decades-long commitment to celebrating the joy of Christmas through music. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 6, 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 98 | update references in certain statutes to the 2024 standard building codes. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 6, 2025 |
| HC 8010 | Celebrating the sixty-eighth anniversary of the Little People of America. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 6, 2025 |
| HC 8008 | Recognizing Scouting America Day at the Capitol and celebrating Scouting America on the occasion of its one hundred fifteenth anniversary. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 6, 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 8006 | Celebrating the Chester Lady Flyers as the 2024 Class B State Volleyball Champions. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 30, 2025 |
| SC 802 | Honoring Callie Mueller of Florence, South Dakota, on being named Miss Rodeo America 2025. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 24, 2025 |