Chris Karr

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026.

revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.

appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools.

transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency.

require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor.

require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor.

make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations.

create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund.

regulate the retail sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor.

amend provisions pertaining to the processing of absentee ballots and to declare an emergency.

revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage.

revise provisions relating to industrial hemp.

modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs.

create the capitol restoration fund and to transfer moneys thereto.

protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

safeguard the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provide a civil penalty therefor.

authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar.

create a taskforce to study the creation of Indian medicaid managed care entities in the state.

allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.

make an appropriation for the economic development prosperity of South Dakota.