It might just be a bill and only a bill, but these drafted pieces of legislation could become laws and affect your life in various ways. Those effects could be positive, or in some cases, pretty negative. It's your duty as an activist to keep informed and ready to act.
On this page, we cover bills and measures we're tracking during the South Dakota Legislative Session. Tap through, learn more, and email your questions to southdakota@aclu.org.
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South Dakota lawmakers are back, back, back again with an attempt to ban drag shows and stifle our First Amendment rights.
House BIll 1244 would require the creation of an informational video and other materials describing the state's abortion law and medical care for a pregnant woman experiencing life-threatening or health-...
House Bill 1257 would require age verification by websites containing material harmful to minors.
House Bill 1244 would provide a process to withdraw a signature from a petition for an initiated measure, constitutional amendment, or a referendum on a law in certain situations and to declare an emergency...
Senate Bill 119 would permit the use of tribal identification cards when registering to vote.
Senate Bill 210 would establish an individual's right to make autonomous decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, and to repeal provisions related to abortion.