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HB1256 • 2026

require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders.

require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders.

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Sponsor
Goodwin
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Tabled
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders.

require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders.

What This Bill Does

  • require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders.
  • Official keyword topics: Promulgation of Rules Public Property, Purchases and Contracts Official sponsor note: Representative <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a> (prime) and Senator <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4835/Detail">Zikmund</a>

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Amendments

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1256A

None

Filed

Plain English: 1256A 101st Legislative Session 1256 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Bill 1256 Introduced by: Representative Goodwin Underscores indicate new language.

  • 1256A 101st Legislative Session 1256 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Bill 1256 Introduced by: Representative Goodwin Underscores indicate new language.
  • Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
  • AMENDMENT 1256A FOR THE INTRODUCED BILL An Act to require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex 1 building and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders.
  • 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3 Section 1.
1256B

None

Filed

Plain English: 1256B 101st Legislative Session 1256 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Bill 1256 Introduced by: Representative Goodwin Underscores indicate new language.

  • 1256B 101st Legislative Session 1256 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Bill 1256 Introduced by: Representative Goodwin Underscores indicate new language.
  • Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
  • AMENDMENT 1256B FOR THE INTRODUCED BILL An Act to require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex 1 building and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders.
  • 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3 Section 1.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 House State Affairs

    Scheduled for hearing

  2. 2026-02-19 House State Affairs

    Tabled

  3. 2026-02-09 House State Affairs

    Scheduled for hearing

  4. 2026-02-03 House of Representatives

    First read in House and referred to House State Affairs

Official Summary Text

require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders.
Official keyword topics:
Promulgation of Rules
Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
Official sponsor note: Representative <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a> (prime) and Senator <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4835/Detail">Zikmund</a>

Current Bill Text

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26.910.9 101st Legislative Session 1256

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1256

Introduced by: Representative Goodwin

Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
An Act to require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex 1
and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
Section 1. That § 5-15-34 be AMENDED: 4
5-15-34. The commissioner of human resources and administration the Bureau of 5
Human Resources and Administration may promulgate such rules, pursuant to chapter 1-6
26 as may be necessary to promote the, regarding the capitol complex and grounds, which 7
are necessary to: 8
(1) Promote health, safety, and general welfare, to prohibit; 9
(2) Prohibit public intoxication, disturbances, and disorderly assemblies, to keep; 10
(3) Keep the peace, and to declare what; and 11
(4) Declare that which constitutes a nuisance within the buildings of the capitol 12
complex and the capitol grounds. 13
These rules may include the regulation of hours of general public accessibility to 14
buildings within the capitol complex and the regulation of obstruction, speed limits, and 15
parking on the streets and alleys within the capitol grounds. 16
Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 5-15: 17
The commissioner of the Bureau of Human Resources and Administration shall: 18
(1) Promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, regulating general public accessibility 19
to the buildings within the capitol complex; and 20
(2) Permit the holder of a capitol access pass to access all outside entrances into the 21
Capitol complex, which are accessible by electronic access card. 22