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210 bills signed in 2025 legislative session

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Gov. Larry Rhoden signed 210 bills into law and vetoed two during South Dakota’s 100th Legislative Session.

April 1, 2025 1

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Rhoden: County sales tax can reduce property tax

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- Gov. Larry Rhoden says giving county governments the local option to add a half-percent of sales tax would reduce property taxes in those counties that choose that path. The Republican governor outlined his proposal on Monday to Capitol reporters. He wants state lawmakers to allow counties to levy a sales tax [...]

March 31, 2025

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Rhoden signs library-smut, bathroom-access bills

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- Gov. Larry Rhoden has signed into law three more acts passed by the Legislature, including new restrictions on who can legally be in bathrooms and a new route for people to ask that public libraries remove obscene materials. The governor's office announced on Friday morning the signings of House Bill 1259 [...]

March 21, 2025 1

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Senate OKs limiting growth of owner-occupied values

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden and a band of 10 lawmakers can claim a victory today in trying to hold down the rapid rise of assessed values for owner-occupied housing in some parts of South Dakota. State senators on Tuesday afternoon agreed 29-6 with the House on Senate Bill 216. For the [...]

March 11, 2025 2