Edmunds County Tribune -

2022 Legislative Session Wrap-up

The 97th State Legislative Session is officially wrapped up! Veto day was March 28, and it resulted in no Governor veto overrides. This year, we had a very high volume of bills, 553 policy bills, and 246 of them passed.

The Governor vetoed four of those legislative passed bills. After more analysis and dialogue over the next year, some or all may be back with improved language updates to implement the best policy for the state of South Dakota.

Veto day did offer the opportunity to re-visit long term care funding in South Dakota. SB213 was proposed. In...