PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Here’s a look at some of the events scheduled at the state Capitol for Monday, March 31, the 38th and final scheduled day of the 2025 session of the South Dakota Legislature.
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Joint Committee on Appropriati
ons, 10 a.m. CT in room 362.
House of Representatives, 1 p.m. CT, consideration of governor's veto of House Bill 1169, an attempt to modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment, so that signatures would need to be gathered from every county. The veto letter from Gov. Larry Rhoden can be found here.
Senate, 1 p.m. CT, consideration of any vetoes of governor.
Thirteen bills remained on the governor's desk as of Friday morning for his decisions whether to have them become law or receive a veto intended to block the Legislature's passage. A two-thirds majority in each legislative chamber is necessary to override a governor's veto. On Friday afternoon, his office announced that he had signed eight of those remaining bills.
Executive Board, 3 p.m. CT, room 414. ...read more read less