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SD House passes reducing ingestion penalties

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- On Thursday afternoon, the South Dakota House of Representatives debated SB83, a bill seeking to reduce the penalty for ingestion of certain controlled substances from a Class 6 felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor for a 1st and 2nd violation. Under the terms of the bill, a 3rd violation would [...]

todayFebruary 27, 2025

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NOPE board member: ‘Still hurdles to come’

LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — The future of a new men's prison in South Dakota is up in the air. House Bill 1025 in Pierre originally appropriated money to build a men's prison in Lincoln County, but the House of Representatives removed that section of the bill and ultimately decided not to send the legislation over [...]

todayFebruary 25, 2025 1

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HB 1025 dies in Pierre: A closer look at the vote

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- First, House Bill 1025 was gutted. And now, it's dead. The legislation in Pierre originally would have appropriated money to build a new men's prison in Lincoln County, but it was amended to only transfer $148 million to the state's incarceration construction fund. Now, the legislation has failed entirely. A motion [...]

todayFebruary 24, 2025

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How many states have older prisons than South Dakota?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- On Monday, the South Dakota House denied reconsideration of a bill that would allocate funds to build a new state men's prison. South Dakota's current men's prisons, the South Dakota State Penitentiary and Mike Durfee State Prison, both are housed in buildings constructed in 1881, 144 years ago. 1881 was [...]

todayFebruary 24, 2025

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Inside the hearing: SD prison bill goes to House floor

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Legislation to build a new men's prison in Lincoln County is on its way to the full House of Representatives at the state Capitol, but lawmakers on the Joint Committee on Appropriations (JCA) kept their cards close to their chest about how they feel about House Bill 1025 during their hearing Thursday. [...]

todayFebruary 20, 2025 1

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Senate passes porn age-verification bill

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- House Bill 1053, which would require age verification for porn sites passed the South Dakota Senate in a 34 to 0 vote. One Senator was excused. HB1053 will now go to the desk of Governor Larry Rhoden. The bill, brought by Republican Rep. Bethany Soye, will define a "covered platform" [...]

todayFebruary 19, 2025 2

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