Gov. Rhoden Signs Bill to Reduce Property Taxes for Veterans


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 11, 2026

Contact: Josie Harms

 

Gov. Rhoden Signs Bill to Reduce Property Taxes for Veterans

Signs Eight other Bills

 

PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Larry Rhoden signed SB 12, a bill to provide for a refund of property taxes in previous years for qualifying veterans and surviving spouses.

 

He signed SB 12 at a private signing ceremony with the bill’s prime sponsor, Senator Ernie Otten, and South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Jeremiah Schneider. You can find a photo from that signing here.

 

He also signed the following eight bills into law:

 

  • SB 4 revises procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises;
  • SB 8 permits a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray;
  • SB 9 revises provisions regarding notices to the one-call notification center;
  • SB 22 clarifies when certification of values is transmitted to the county;
  • SB 38 modifies the annual fee imposed on certain concentrated animal feeding operations;
  • HB 1016 modifies provisions related to the controlled substances schedule and declares an emergency;
  • HB 1054 repeals the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network; and
  • HB 1055 updates the official code of laws.

 

Governor Rhoden has signed 22 bills into law and vetoed one this legislative session.

 

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