Back to South Dakota

HB1325 • 2026

prohibit the Board of Regents and institutions under its control from requiring certain students to reside in on-campus housing or purchase meal plans.

prohibit the Board of Regents and institutions under its control from requiring certain students to reside in on-campus housing or purchase meal plans.

Education Housing
Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Jordan
Last action
2026-02-11
Official status
Scheduled for hearing
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

prohibit the Board of Regents and institutions under its control from requiring certain students to reside in on-campus housing or purchase meal plans.

prohibit the Board of Regents and institutions under its control from requiring certain students to reside in on-campus housing or purchase meal plans.

What This Bill Does

  • prohibit the Board of Regents and institutions under its control from requiring certain students to reside in on-campus housing or purchase meal plans.
  • Official keyword topics: Education Higher Education Students Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4771/Detail">Jordan</a> (prime) and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4770/Detail">Jensen (Phil)</a>

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-11 House Education

    Deferred to the 41st legislative day

  2. 2026-02-11 House Education

    Scheduled for hearing

  3. 2026-02-05 House of Representatives

    Referred to House Education

  4. 2026-02-04 House of Representatives

    First Reading House

Official Summary Text

prohibit the Board of Regents and institutions under its control from requiring certain students to reside in on-campus housing or purchase meal plans.
Official keyword topics:
Education
Higher Education
Students
Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4771/Detail">Jordan</a> (prime) and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4770/Detail">Jensen (Phil)</a>

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
26.467.10 101st Legislative Session 1325

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1325

Introduced by: Representative Jordan

Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
An Act to prohibit the Board of Regents and institutions under its control from 1
requiring certain students to reside in on -campus housing or purchase meal 2
plans. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 4
Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 13-53: 5
Neither the Board of Regents nor any institution under its control may require that 6
a postsecondary student live in on -campus housing, or purchase a meal plan or meal 7
voucher, beyond the student's first year of attendance at an institution. 8