Gov. Rhoden Signs Bill to Reduce Property Taxes for Veterans

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