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Prison oversight measure fails after extended Senate debate on task force scope
Summary
Senate Bill 124 — to create a legislative incarceration task force and keep prison planning options alive — failed on the floor 15–20 after lengthy debate over membership, scope and whether the executive branch would participate.
Senate Bill 124, which would have created a legislative task force to review incarceration capacity, sentencing and recidivism and to maintain options for future prison construction, failed in the South Dakota Senate on a roll-call vote, 15 yeas to 20 nays.
Sponsor Senator Jensen argued the task force would provide legislative oversight and keep planning options open after committee work and a DLR study. "We really need to keep alive a path forward so we can...keep the prison discussion alive," Senator Jensen said on the floor,…
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