Senate votes: SB 208 deferred, SB 195 reconsideration fails; several House bills pass
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Summary
On the floor the Senate deferred Senate Bill 208, defeated a motion to reconsider Senate Bill 195, approved the consent calendar (three bills), and passed House Bill 12 01 authorizing limited pull-tab use by booster clubs. Several bills were signed in open session.
The South Dakota Senate handled a slate of procedural and final actions during the session. Senator Melhoff’s motion to defer Senate Bill 208 to Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, was adopted. The Senate also considered a motion by Senator Carr to reconsider the previous vote on Senate Bill 195; after a roll-call the motion failed (16 yeas, 17 nays, with 2 excused).
The consent calendar — three items reported out of committee without dissent — was put to a single roll-call and declared passed (34 yays, 1 excused). Later in the day the Senate considered House Bill 12 01, which clarifies authorization for booster clubs to operate bingo, raffles, and pull-tab machines (limits: third-party locations must hold a malt-beverage license; one machine per location; two machines per organization). After floor remarks by sponsors and opponents, the bill passed on final passage (19 yeas, 15 nays, 1 excused).
In open session the president signed several bills as required by the constitution, including Senate Bill 63 (establish State Office of Apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Regulation) and multiple House appropriation and administrative bills (House Bills 10 30; 10 43; 11 18; 11 37). The Senate then heard routine announcements about committee meetings and adjourned.
Actions recorded on the floor included the deferral of SB 208, the failed motion to reconsider SB 195, passage of the consent calendar, final passage of HB 12 01, and ceremonial signing of bills in open session.