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Votes at a glance: Senate adopts several concurrent resolutions and emergency appropriations; consent calendar passes

February 05, 2025 | 2025 Legislative SD, South Dakota


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Votes at a glance: Senate adopts several concurrent resolutions and emergency appropriations; consent calendar passes
The South Dakota Senate took up and recorded final action on a series of items with limited floor debate on Feb. 4, 2025.

- Senate Concurrent Resolution 602 (SCR 602), celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan, was adopted by voice and roll call; the secretary reported 35 yeas, 0 nays.

- Senate Concurrent Resolution 603 (SCR 603), supporting standardized academic credit or certification recognition for military service, was adopted by roll call, 35 yeas, 0 nays.

- Senate Concurrent Resolution 604 (SCR 604), supporting expansion of transportation services for veterans receiving medical care, was adopted by roll call; the secretary reported 34 yeas, 1 nay.

- House Concurrent Resolution 6001 (HCR 6001), honoring health care workers who died or risked their lives during the COVID‑19 pandemic, was concurred in by the Senate (35 yeas, 0 nays).

- The Senate passed consent-calendar bills (Senate Bills 84, 88, 89 and 90) in a single roll-call vote; the secretary recorded 35 yeas, 0 nays and the consent calendar was declared passed.

- House Bill 1033, an appropriation for costs related to emergencies and disasters, and House Bill 1034, an appropriation for wildfire suppression costs, each passed final reading with the two‑thirds majority required for appropriations and emergency clauses; both recorded 35 yeas, 0 nays on final passage.

Other procedural actions recorded on the floor included: Senator Melhoff moved to defer Senate Bill 60 to the fifteenth legislative day (motion adopted) and Senator Carr moved that Senate Bill 26 be referred from the Committee on Commerce and Energy to the Committee on Senate Appropriations (motion adopted). The Committee on Legislative Procedure reported the delivery of several enrolled bills to the governor and multiple bills were signed in open session (floor list of signed bills is part of the transcript record).

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