revise a provision related to the transportation of an inmate upon discharge from a correctional facility.

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revise a provision related to the transportation of an inmate upon discharge from a correctional facility.

revise a provision related to the transportation of an inmate upon discharge from a correctional facility.

What This Bill Does

• revise a provision related to the transportation of an inmate upon discharge from a correctional facility.
• Official keyword topics: Correctional Facilities and Parole Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4821/Detail">Smith</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4805/Detail">Randolph</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4759/Detail">Healy</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4791/Detail">Muckey</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4824/Detail">Uhre-Balk</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4834/Detail">Wittman</a>

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Official Summary Text

revise a provision related to the transportation of an inmate upon discharge from a correctional facility.
Official keyword topics:
Correctional Facilities and Parole
Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4821/Detail">Smith</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4805/Detail">Randolph</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4759/Detail">Healy</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4791/Detail">Muckey</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4824/Detail">Uhre-Balk</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4834/Detail">Wittman</a>

Current Bill Text

26.152.11 101st Legislative Session 139

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 139
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to revise a provision related to the transportation of an inmate
upon discharge from a correctional facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 24-5-3 be AMENDED:
24-5-3. Upon discharge of an inmate from a correctional facility, whether by
parole, suspended sentence, or final discharge, a correctional facility official must provide
the inmate with the following, if not already provided:
(1) Suitable clothing;
(2) A sum of money to be determined by the secretary of corrections; and
(3) Transportation to one of the following locations:
(a) The county where the inmate resided at the time of the offense that resulted
in imprisonment;
(b) The county where the inmate received sentence; or
(c) A location equivalent in distance to either subsection (a) or (b), whichever
is lesser in mileage.
26.152.11 2 139
SB139 ENROLLED
An Act to revise a provision related to the transportation of an inmate upon discharge from a
correctional facility.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

Senate as Bill No. 139

Secretary of the Senate

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

Senate Bill No. 139
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,

2026 at ____________M.

By
for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By
Asst. Secretary of State