authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase and exchange certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility, to construct a prison facility in Minnehaha County for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.
SB 2 authorizes South Dakota's Department of Corrections to purchase land, design, and build a new prison facility in Minnehaha County for state inmates. It allows the department to contract for construction, appropriate state funds for the project, and transfer money to a dedicated incarceration construction fund. The bill declares an emergency to expedite the project's timeline. This directly affects state prisoners committed to the Department of Corrections and Minnehaha County residents near the proposed facility.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Sep 2025
Senate Passage
Sep 2025
House Passage
Sep 2025
Signed into Law
Sep 2025
Introduced Sep 23, 2025
Signed Sep 23, 2025
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Introduced
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Enrolled
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Sep 23, 2025
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled for signature, with minor formatting updates to the header and page numbering. The substantive policy content regarding prison construction, property exchanges, funding, and restrictions on detainee types remained unchanged from the introduced version.
Scope change
No substantive change in scope or applicability; only formatting and procedural updates to reflect the bill's final enrolled status.
TECHNICAL
Header text updated from 'First Special Session of the 100th Legislature' to '100th First Special Legislative Session' and added 'ENROLLED' designation to indicate final passage.
Page numbering and formatting adjusted to reflect the enrolled version, including removal of draft session markers and addition of executive office certification language.
Added standard enrolled bill certification language including signatures for the Governor, Secretary of the Senate, and Secretary of State.
Floor votes · House Sep 23, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
1
Sep 23, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 2025-09-23
executive
Sep 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 12
upper
Sep 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President S.J. 14
upper
Sep 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 51, NAYS 18 H.J. 11
upper
Sep 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 11 S.J. 13
upper
Sep 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Select Committee on Prison Legislation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 2 J.J. 2
upper
Sep 23, 2025
Introduced
First read in Senate and referred to Joint Select Committee on Prison Legislation S.J. 12
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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