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Votes at a glance: key Senate actions on Feb. 11, 2025
Summary
Roll-call outcomes and short descriptions for major items considered by the South Dakota Senate on Feb. 11, including concurrences, consent calendar items, and select House bills.
Pierre, S.D. — Below are the key roll-call results and brief descriptions of other bills and motions taken by the South Dakota Senate on Feb. 11, 2025. All outcomes are recorded from the Senate roll calls.
HCR 6005 (concurred): House concurrent resolution encouraging school districts to develop policies limiting cell-phone use during instructional time. Motion to concur carried 31 yeas, 3 nays, 1 excused.
HCR 6007 (concurred): House concurrent resolution recognizing emergency medical services personnel and supporting EMS as an essential public service. Motion to concur carried 34 yeas, 0 nays, 1 excused.
Consent calendar: The consent calendar (including Senate Bills 129, 131 and 174) passed on a single roll-call vote; clerk recorded 34 yeas, 0 nays, 1 excused and the items were declared passed.
Senate Bill 46 (boat-fee deposit clarification): Final passage carried 33 yeas, 1 nay, 1 excused. Sponsor said the bill clarifies where certain boat registration and replacement-fee monies are deposited and does not create new fees.
House Bill 1047 (rural recruitment reimbursement appropriation): Final passage recorded 34 yeas, 1 excused (two-thirds required and achieved); bill would appropriate funds to reimburse health-care practitioners who complied with rural recruitment assistance program requirements.
Several first-reading or committee procedural items were also recorded (withdrawals, sponsor changes, notices of bills deferred to future legislative days). The president signed multiple bills in open session and read titles as required by the state constitution; the secretary recorded those actions on the transcript.
Why it matters: These items represent a mix of symbolic resolutions, administrative clarifications, and appropriations affecting state policy and services. The consent calendar clears routine items; separately debated bills show where the chamber did or did not reach supermajority thresholds.
