South Dakota 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 5 D · 3 R cosponsors

SB 194 — classify nicotine products as tobacco products, to increase tax rates on cigarettes and tobacco products, to create the healthcare workforce development fund, and to make an appropriation therefor.

Last action — Taxation Tabled , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 11

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Taxation Tabled , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 11

  2. Scheduled for hearing

  3. Referred to S.J. 195

  4. First Reading Senate S.J. 165

Sponsors

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8 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 97 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (8)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (97)

97 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 - 2020

Failed 8 Yea · 27 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 52200
Republican 1500
Democratic 2000
Total 82700
% of votes cast 23%77%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Blare — Yea
Bolin — Nay
Cammack — Nay
Castleberry — Nay
Curd — Nay
Ewing — Nay
Heinert — Yea
Jensen (Phil) — Nay
Kennedy — Yea
Klumb — Nay
Lake — Nay
Langer — Nay
Maher — Nay
Monroe — Nay
Nesiba — Yea
Partridge — Nay
Rusch — Nay
Russell — Nay
Schoenbeck — Nay
Soholt — Nay
Stalzer — Nay
Steinhauer — Nay
Sutton — Nay
White — Nay
Wiik — Nay
Wismer — Yea
Youngberg — Nay
Jamie Smith Democratic Yea
Red Dawn Foster Democratic Yea
Al Novstrup Republican Nay
Ernie Otten Republican Nay
Helene Duhamel Republican Nay
Jack Kolbeck Republican Nay
Kyle Schoenfish Republican Yea
Lana Greenfield Republican Nay

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Subjects

taxation healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 194?
SB 194 is sponsored by Nicole Uhre-Balk (Democratic), Jamie Smith (Democratic), Carl Perry (Republican), Erik Muckey (Democratic), Leslie Heinemann (Republican), Erin Healy (Democratic), Eric Emery (Democratic), and Paul Miskimins (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 194?
This bill died with 2025 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 194?
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