New South Dakota laws taking effect January 1, 2026
2 laws take effect January 1, 2026.
Of the 452 bills enacted since 2025, 446 have an effective date and 6 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 3:27 a.m. EDT.
Elections (2)
HB 1130 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
provide permissible dates for municipal and school district elections.
How we got this date
This Act is effective beginning January 1, 2026.
HB 1208 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter.
How we got this date
This Act is effective beginning January 1, 2026.
Enacted, but not yet dated (6)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HB 1064Contingentprovide for the sale of producer-raised meat and meat food products directly to consumers pending legalization under federal law.Attorney general certifies to code counsel that the sale of any meat or meat food product is legalized under federal law
- HB 1144Contingentadopt the dietitian licensure compact.Compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh Member State
- HB 1146Contingentadopt the physician assistant licensure compact.Compact takes effect when enacted into law in the seventh Participating State
- HB 1148Contingentadopt the respiratory care interstate compact.Compact statute enacted into law in the seventh Member State
- HB 1149Contingentadopt the athletic trainer licensure compact.Compact statute enacted into law in the seventh Member State
- SB 63Contingentestablish the state office of apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Regulation.United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship formally recognizes the state apprenticeship agency established by this Act