South Dakota 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 6 R · 4 D cosponsors

SB 98 — limit the application of the death penalty.

Last action — Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 20 S.J. 211

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 20 S.J. 211

  2. Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 202

  3. Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1 S.J. 1

  4. Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

  5. Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

  6. First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 102

Sponsors

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20 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 85 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (20)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (85)

85 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Do Pass

Failed 13 Yea · 20 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 91701
Republican 3301
Democratic 1000
Total 132002
% of votes cast 37%57%0%6%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Bolin — Nay
Breitling — Nay
Greenfield (Brock) — Nay
Cammack — Nay
Castleberry — Nay
Curd — Not Voting
Diedrich — Nay
Duvall — Nay
Frye-Mueller — Nay
Heinert — Yea
Otten (Herman) — Nay
Hunhoff — Yea
Johns — Yea
Klumb — Nay
Maher — Nay
Nesiba — Yea
Rusch — Yea
Schoenbeck — Yea
Stalzer — Nay
Steinhauer — Yea
Sutton — Nay
Symens — Nay
Tobin — Nay
Smith (VJ) — Yea
Wheeler — Yea
Wiik — Nay
Johnson (Chris) — Nay
Red Dawn Foster Democratic Yea
Al Novstrup Republican Nay
Casey Crabtree Republican Nay
Helene Duhamel Republican Yea
Jack Kolbeck Republican Nay
Kyle Schoenfish Republican Yea
Larry Zikmund Republican Not Voting
Michael Rohl Republican Yea

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Do Pass

Passed 5 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4100
Republican 1001
Total 5101
% of votes cast 71%14%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Diedrich — Nay
Johns — Yea
Rusch — Yea
Schoenbeck — Yea
Wheeler — Yea
Helene Duhamel Republican Not Voting
Michael Rohl Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 98?
SB 98 is sponsored by Hoffman, Rusch, Aaron Aylward (Republican), Sydney Davis (Republican), Duba, Red Dawn Foster (Democratic), Erin Healy (Democratic), Heinert, Johns, Keintz, Koth, Nesiba, Tom Pischke (Republican), Tim Reed (Republican), Michael Rohl (Republican), Schoenbeck, Jamie Smith (Democratic), Steinhauer, and Mike Weisgram (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 98?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 98?
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