HB 1063 South Dakota House · 2025 Regular Session

revise the provisions for preparing a fiscal note for ballot questions.

HB 1063 updates the rules for creating fiscal notes on ballot questions in South Dakota, directly affecting the state's legislative and administrative processes. The bill modifies how costs and impacts of proposed ballot measures are calculated and presented to voters. Key provisions include changes to the methodology used by state officials to estimate financial effects of ballot initiatives. This revision aims to improve transparency and accuracy in fiscal documentation for public voting decisions.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Signed Mar 5, 2025

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Introduced → Enrolled · 4 edits · Feb 25, 2025

MODERATE

This bill updates how fiscal notes (budget impact estimates) are prepared and updated for ballot measures in South Dakota. It requires the Legislative Research Council to prepare initial fiscal notes for initiated measures and mandates updated fiscal notes if budget conditions change before an election. The bill also clarifies what information must appear on printed ballots for constitutional amendments and referred laws.

Scope change

The bill expands the requirement for fiscal notes to include initiated measures and amendments to the constitution, not just referred laws. It adds a requirement for updated fiscal notes when state budget conditions change before an election.

REQUIREMENT

Requires the Legislative Research Council to prepare fiscal notes for initiated measures and amendments to the South Dakota Constitution when they may impact state revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability.

Updates ballot requirements to include the most recent fiscal note prepared under the new section 2-9-32 or section 2 of this Act, in addition to the title, explanation, and recitation.

Requires fiscal notes and updated fiscal notes to include estimates of impact on prison or county jail population.

TIMELINE

Mandates that updated fiscal notes be prepared between July 1 and August 1 in the election year if the original fiscal note is no longer substantially accurate due to changes in state budget, law, or other factors.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2025 · House Feb 12, 2025

How they voted

35–0

Passed

Total votes 35

Feb 24, 2025

D Democratic3

3 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican32

32 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 5, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-05 H.J. 458

executive

Feb 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by the President S.J. 397

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by the Speaker H.J. 401

upper

Feb 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 362

upper

Feb 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Introduced

First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 267

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 269

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to H.J. 38

lower

23 primary · 0 co-sponsors