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Senate roundup: multiple bills pass, including driver-license fee increase and veterans‑cemetery expansion
Summary
The South Dakota Senate passed a package of bills on the floor covering driver‑license fee increases, tax refunds for seniors and disabled persons, an expansion of the state veterans cemetery, rural school sparsity funding, funding for sexual assault exam kits, and a set of economic‑development appropriation bills and oversight measures.
The South Dakota Senate on the floor passed multiple bills in a series of roll‑call votes and consent actions.
Key outcomes: SB 3 (driver license fee increase) passed by roll call; SB 44 (tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons) passed unanimously and with a two‑thirds vote; SB 52 (South Dakota State Veterans Cemetery expansion) passed by unanimous two‑thirds vote; SB 70 (increase to the maximum sparsity benefit for sparse school districts) passed by a majority vote; SB 99 (one‑time funding to purchase, store and distribute sexual assault examination kits) passed with a two‑thirds majority; and several economic development…
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