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South Dakota
Every state legislature publishes its work in public. This is South Dakota’s: who sits in it today, which of its cities we can already watch live, and what arrives next.
Who speaks for South Dakota in Washington
John Thune (R)US Senator for South Dakota
SenateMike Rounds (R)US Senator for South Dakota
SenateDusty Johnson (R)US Representative for South Dakota
HouseThe legislature, today
105
current state legislators
70
House seats · 65 Republican · 5 Democratic
35
Senate seats · 32 Republican · 3 Democratic
Roster refreshed 2026-08-30.
The bills, this session
666
bills tracked, every one with a page here
66
became law · 9.9%
0
vetoed by the Governor
provide for prescribed burning of state-owned land by a person owning adjoining land and to declare an emergency.HB 1001 · introduced Dec 19, 2025
Signed by the Governorrevise the daily meal allowance for wildland fire employees and fire suppression forces in certain circumstances.HB 1002 · introduced Dec 19, 2025
Signed by the Governoramend provisions pertaining to the required criminal background investigation of certain school employees.HB 1003 · introduced Dec 19, 2025
Signed by the Governorcreate a taskforce to study the creation of Indian medicaid managed care entities in the state.HB 1006 · introduced Dec 26, 2025
Signed by the Governoramend the definition of law enforcement officer to include tribal law enforcement officers.HB 1007 · introduced Dec 26, 2025
Signed by the Governormodify fees charged by the clerk of courts for certain copies of court records.HB 1011 · introduced Dec 26, 2025
Signed by the Governorrevise and repeal provisions allowing probation for contempt of a custody or visitation decree.HB 1012 · introduced Dec 26, 2025
Signed by the Governorclarify the purposes permitted for certain offenders to operate a motor vehicle.HB 1013 · introduced Dec 26, 2025
Signed by the GovernorFind any of the 666 billskeyword, stage, and year filters
openStraight from the legislature’s own records, collected by us with no one in between. Statuses appear exactly as the state writes them.
Who sits in it
House · 70 members
Aaron Aylward (R) · 6Al Novstrup (R) · 3Amber Arlint (R) · 12Bethany Soye (R) · 9Bobbi Andera (R) · 10Brandei Schaefbauer (R) · 3Brian Mulder (R) · 11Chris Kassin (R) · 17Curt Massie (R) · 33David Kull (R) · 2Drew Peterson (R) · 19Dylan Jordan (R) · 4Eric Emery (D) · 26AErik Muckey (D) · 15Erin Healy (D) · 10Greg Jamison (R) · 12Heather Baxter (R) · 34Les Heinemann (R) · 25Jack Kolbeck (R) · 13Jana Hunt (R) · 28AJeff Bathke (R) · 20Jessica Bahmuller (R) · 19Jim Halverson (R) · 21John Hughes (R) · 13
Show all 70 House members
John Shubeck (R) · 16John Sjaarda (R) · 2Jon Hansen (R) · 25Josephine Garcia (R) · 5Julie Auch (R) · 18Kadyn Wittman (D) · 15Kaley Nolz (R) · 20Karla Lems (R) · 16Kathy Rice (R) · 29Kent Roe (R) · 4Keri Weems (R) · 11Kevin Van Diepen (R) · 22Lana Greenfield (R) · 22Liz May (R) · 27Logan Manhart (R) · 1Marty Overweg (R) · 21Mary Fitzgerald (R) · 31Matt Roby (R) · 5Mellissa Heermann (R) · 7Mike Stevens (R) · 18Mike Derby (R) · 34Mike Weisgram (R) · 24Nick Fosness (R) · 1Nicole Uhre-Balk (D) · 32Peri Pourier (R) · 27Phil Jensen (R) · 33Rebecca Reimer (R) · 26BRoger DeGroot (R) · 7Scott Moore (R) · 23Scott Odenbach (R) · 31Spencer Gosch (R) · 23Steve Duffy (R) · 32Taylor Rehfeldt (R) · 14Terri Jorgenson (R) · 29Tesa Schwans (R) · 9Tim Czmowski (R) · 6Tim Goodwin (R) · 30Tim Reisch (R) · 8Tim Walburg (R) · 8Tina Mulally (R) · 35Tony Kayser (R) · 14Tony Randolph (R) · 35Travis Ismay (R) · 28BTrish Ladner (R) · 30Will Mortenson (R) · 24William Shorma (R) · 17
Senate · 35 members
Amber Hulse (R) · 30Arch Beal (R) · 12Brandon Wipf (R) · 22Carl Perry (R) · 3Casey Crabtree (R) · 8Chris Karr (R) · 11Curt Voight (R) · 33Ernie Otten (R) · 6Glen Vilhauer (R) · 5Greg Blanc (R) · 35Helene Duhamel (R) · 32Jamie Smith (D) · 15Jim Mehlhaff (R) · 24John Carley (R) · 29Joy Hohn (R) · 9Kevin Jensen (R) · 16Kyle Schoenfish (R) · 19Larry Zikmund (R) · 14Lauren Nelson (R) · 18Liz Larson (D) · 10Mark Lapka (R) · 23Michael Rohl (R) · 1MyKala Voita (R) · 21Paul Miskimins (R) · 20
Every current member, from the Open States roster. Each name opens their own page with official links and, where sponsor records map reliably to members, the bills they sponsored.
City coverage
South Dakota’s big cities publish their council work in ways we cannot read automatically yet, so their pages take longer to build. The state picture above is real today. Set your location in setup and this state moves up the list.
Roster from Open States (the open civic-data project), archived on our side. City feeds probed against official Legistar endpoints. Coverage tiers are labeled, never implied.