South Dakota
South Dakota: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.
Bills
57 bills: 53 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+. 12 are enacted (11 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.
| Status | Bills | Anti-LGBTQ+ | Pro-LGBTQ+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failed | 43 | 40 | 3 |
| Enacted | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Vetoed | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Most recent bills
- SD SB 190 (2026) Anti-LGBTQ+
- SD HCR 6010 (2026) Anti-LGBTQ+
- SD HB 1184 (2026) Anti-LGBTQ+
- SD HB 1161 (2026) Pro-LGBTQ+
- SD HB 1153 (2026) Anti-LGBTQ+
- SD HB 1116 (2026) Anti-LGBTQ+
- SD HCR 6012 (2025) Anti-LGBTQ+
- SD HB 1269 (2025) Anti-LGBTQ+
- SD HB 1260 (2025) Anti-LGBTQ+
- SD HB 1259 (2025) Anti-LGBTQ+
Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of South Dakota: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.
Bills by year
Introduced each year
Enacted, by the year introduced
- Anti-LGBTQ+
- Pro-LGBTQ+
A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.
Show the numbers
| Year | Introduced | Introduced, Anti-LGBTQ+ | Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+ | Enacted | Enacted, Anti-LGBTQ+ | Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Topics and tags
A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.
Topics
| Topic | Bills | Anti-LGBTQ+ | Pro-LGBTQ+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity documents | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bathrooms & facilities | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Sports participation | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Youth gender-affirming care | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Schools & curriculum | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| DEI & bias training | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Drag & public expression | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Book bans & censorship | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Marriage, family & custody | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Nondiscrimination protections | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Religious exemptions | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Conversion therapy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Symbolic resolutions & recognition | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Government process, funding & data | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Tags
| Tag | Bills | Anti-LGBTQ+ | Pro-LGBTQ+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Censorship: Drag Ban | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Censorship: Online Obscenity | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Sports Ban: K12 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Trans Bathroom Ban: K12 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Censorship: Age Verification | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| End Legal Recognition | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Forced Outing: Schools | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Religious Exemptions: Medical | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sports Ban: Colleges | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sports Ban: SWSA | 3 | 3 | 0 |
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Hearings
Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.
| Date | Chamber | Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Senate Judiciary on | |
| House | House State Affairs on | |
| House | House State Affairs on |
Legislators
The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.
| Name | Party | Role | District | Bills sponsored |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Jensen | R | Representative | HD-033 | 24 |
| Aaron Aylward | R | Representative | HD-006 | 20 |
| Tony Randolph | R | Representative | HD-035 | 18 |
| Carl Perry | R | Representative | SD-003 | 16 |
| Fred Deutsch | R | Representative | HD-004 | 15 |
| Bethany Soye | R | Representative | HD-009 | 14 |
| Jon Hansen | R | Representative | HD-025 | 14 |
| John Sjaarda | R | Representative | HD-002 | 13 |
| Julie Frye-Mueller | R | Senator | SD-030 | 13 |
| Tina Mulally | R | Representative | HD-035 | 13 |
Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.
Court cases
No court cases are listed for this jurisdiction.
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How this page is sourced
Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.