South Dakota 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

SB 159 — exempt any person suffering from a severe mental illness from capital punishment.

Last action — House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 43 H.J. 602

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

This bill died with 2022 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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. House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 43 H.J. 602

  2. Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 3 H.J. 1

  3. Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 159C

  4. Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1

  5. Referred to H.J. 467

  6. First Reading House H.J. 430

  7. Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 14 S.J. 310

  8. Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 310 Amendment 159B

  9. Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 293

  10. Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1

  11. Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 159A

  12. Scheduled for hearing

  13. First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 129

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 103 not signed on · 29 voted No

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (103)

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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 Amended

Failed 25 Yea · 43 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 161800
Republican 72502
Democratic 2000
Total 254302
% of votes cast 36%61%0%3%
How each member voted (70)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bartels — Nay
Barthel — Yea
Blare — Nay
Bordeaux — Yea
Chaffee — Yea
Chase — Nay
Cwach — Yea
Dennert — Nay
Deutsch — Yea
Drury — Nay
Duba — Yea
Finck — Nay
Gross — Yea
Haugaard — Nay
Hoffman (Charlie) — Yea
Keintz — Yea
Koth — Nay
Lesmeister — Yea
Mills — Nay
Milstead — Nay
Olson — Yea
Peterson (Kent) — Nay
Schneider — Nay
Thomason — Yea
Tidemann — Nay
Vasgaard — Nay
Weis — Nay
Wiese — Yea
Willadsen — Yea
Wink — Yea
York — Nay
Johnson (Chris) — Nay
St. John — Yea
Erin Healy Democratic Yea
Jamie Smith Democratic Yea
Aaron Aylward Republican Yea
Arch Beal Republican Nay
Bethany Soye Republican Nay
Carl Perry Republican Nay
Chris Karr Republican Nay
Ernie Otten Republican Nay
Greg Jamison Republican Not Voting
Jon Hansen Republican Yea
Kevin Jensen Republican Nay
Lana Greenfield Republican Nay
Liz May Republican Nay
Marty Overweg Republican Nay
Mary Fitzgerald Republican Nay
Mike Derby Republican Nay
Mike Stevens Republican Nay
Mike Weisgram Republican Yea
Paul Miskimins Republican Nay
Peri Pourier Republican Yea
Phil Jensen Republican Nay
Rebecca Reimer Republican Nay
Sam Marty Republican Nay
Scott Odenbach Republican Nay
Spencer Gosch Republican Nay
Sue Peterson Republican Nay
Sydney Davis Republican Not Voting
Taffy Howard Republican Nay
Taylor Rehfeldt Republican Nay
Tim Goodwin Republican Nay
Tim Reed Republican Yea
Tina Mulally Republican Nay
Tom Pischke Republican Yea
Tony Randolph Republican Yea
Trish Ladner Republican Nay
Will Mortenson Republican Nay

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Do Pass Amended

Passed 8 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 5302
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 8302
% of votes cast 62%23%0%15%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Barthel — Yea
Cwach — Yea
St. John — Yea
Aaron Aylward Republican Yea
Bethany Soye Republican Nay
Jon Hansen Republican Yea
Mike Stevens Republican Nay
Peri Pourier Republican Yea
Rebecca Reimer Republican Not Voting
Scott Odenbach Republican Nay
Sue Peterson Republican Not Voting
Taylor Rehfeldt Republican Yea
Tom Pischke Republican Yea

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Do Pass Amended

Passed 21 Yea · 14 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 171100
Republican 3300
Democratic 1000
Total 211400
% of votes cast 60%40%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Bolin — Nay
Breitling — Yea
Cammack — Nay
Castleberry — Nay
Curd — Yea
Diedrich — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Frye-Mueller — Nay
Greenfield (Brock) — Nay
Heinert — Yea
Hunhoff — Yea
Johns — Yea
Klumb — Nay
Kolbeck (Jack) — Yea
Maher — Nay
Nesiba — Yea
Otten (Herman) — Yea
Rusch — Yea
Schoenbeck — Yea
Smith (V. J.) — Yea
Stalzer — Nay
Steinhauer — Yea
Sutton — Nay
Symens — Nay
Tobin — Yea
Wheeler — Yea
Wiik — Nay
Johnson (Chris) — Yea
Red Dawn Foster Democratic Yea
Al Novstrup Republican Nay
Casey Crabtree Republican Nay
Helene Duhamel Republican Yea
Kyle Schoenfish Republican Yea
Larry Zikmund Republican Nay
Michael Rohl Republican Yea

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Do Pass Amended

Passed 6 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4100
Republican 2000
Total 6100
% of votes cast 86%14%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Diedrich — Yea
Johns — Yea
Stalzer — Nay
Wheeler — Yea
Rusch — Yea
Helene Duhamel Republican Yea
Michael Rohl Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 159?
SB 159 is sponsored by Johns and Aaron Aylward (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 159?
This bill died with 2022 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 159?
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