limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit.

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limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit.

limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit.

What This Bill Does

• limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit.
• Official keyword topics: Construction Standards Local Government Generally Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4814/Detail">Rohl</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4741/Detail">Crabtree</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4763/Detail">Howard</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4769/Detail">Jensen (Kevin)</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4787/Detail">Mehlhaff</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4829/Detail">Voita</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4734/Detail">Aylward</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4755/Detail">Greenfield</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4799/Detail">Overweg</a>

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Official Summary Text

limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit.
Official keyword topics:
Construction Standards
Local Government Generally
Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4814/Detail">Rohl</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4741/Detail">Crabtree</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4763/Detail">Howard</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4769/Detail">Jensen (Kevin)</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4787/Detail">Mehlhaff</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4829/Detail">Voita</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4734/Detail">Aylward</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4755/Detail">Greenfield</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4799/Detail">Overweg</a>

Current Bill Text

26.34.25 101st Legislative Session 3

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 3
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to limit the types of residential improvements for which counties,
municipalities, and townships may require a permit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 11-10:
Notwithstanding any authority granted to a county, municipality, or township to
prescribe building codes or standards or to issue building permits, a county, municipality,
or township may not require a building permit for the repair or substantially simila r
replacement of any of the following existing exterior parts of a detached single -family
owner-occupied residential structure:
(1) Door, if the dimensions remain the same;
(2) Downspout;
(3) Fascia,
(4) Fencing panel or post;
(5) Gutter;
(6) Siding, if nonstructural;
(7) Soffit; and
(8) Window, if the dimensions remain the same.
Nothing in this section relieves a homeowner from compliance with any other
applicable building code or ordinance.
A county, municipality, or township may require building permits for repairs
pursuant to this section or substantially similar replacements for exterior parts of any
designated historical property as authorized under chapter 1-19B.
26.34.25 2 3
SB3 ENROLLED
An Act to limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and
townships may require a permit.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

Senate as Bill No. 3

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. 3
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