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A bill to set up a task force to study Indian Child Welfare in South Dakota has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 191 provides for 17 representatives from tribes and state agencies to hold at least eight meetings before November 2024. Their mission is to look for best practices in strengthening Native families so that children can remain in their homes.
A Senate committee is advancing a House proposal to cut the overall sales tax—with a major caveat.
A bill to establish a Center for American Exceptionalism at Black Hills State University was killed twice in the House. Because it involved an appropriation, the bill needed two-thirds of the House to vote yes, and it failed in a first vote and again in a reconsideration.
The Joint Appropriations Committee has approved $13 million for the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF). That proposed funding next goes to the House floor for consideration.
The South Dakota House has passed two large spending bills. One is for planning a new women’s prison in Rapid City and the other—planning and purchasing land for a new men’s facility in the Sioux Falls area.
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