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S.D. Joint Appropriations Advances Bill to Chill Free Speech & Rights to Protest

Today, South Dakota’s Joint Committee on Appropriations voted to advance Senate Bill 189, legislation that threatens freedom of speech and the right to protest.

March 6, 2019

Noem's Keystone XL Pipeline Legislation May Threaten Free Speech & the Right to Protest

The ACLU of South Dakota is concerned about this package of legislation. It is clear that Noem is taking aim at protests that could occur around the pipeline.

March 4, 2019

South Dakota Senate rejects bill to shorten absentee voting time

ACLU of South Dakota commends decision to kill bill that would limit absentee voting

February 27, 2019

Senate tables bill to study alternatives to tough-on-crime approaches to drug addiction

The ACLU of South Dakota supported Senate Concurrent Resolution 7, legislation that would have created a task force to study and make legislative proposals regarding alternatives to incarceration for those convicted of the crime of ingestion of controlled substances.

February 26, 2019

ACLU of South Dakota commends decision to kill anti-transgender sports bill

The ACLU of South Dakota opposed House Bill 1225, legislation that would have restricted participation in high school athletic activities to the gender listed on a person’s birth certificate.

February 25, 2019

ACLU of South Dakota commends decision to kill House Bill 1108

The ACLU of South Dakota opposed House Bill 1108, legislation that would have banned instruction on gender dysphoria and would have codified discrimination against transgender youth.

February 22, 2019