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Read. Follow. Verify.South Dakota Bill 1256 requires administrative rules for capitol complex access and cardholder entry
Last action · February 19, 2026: TabledSponsors: Tim Goodwin and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
South Dakota HB 1256 requires the commissioner of the Bureau of Human Resources and Administration to issue formal rules governing public access to the state and to grant capitol access pass holders entry through all electronically accessible exterior doors.
The measure shifts administrative discretion into a mandatory requirement for issuing capitol access rules and ensures electronic card holders can enter all badge-accessible exterior doors.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
capitol access pass holders
Holders of a capitol access pass are guaranteed entry through all outside entrances into the capitol complex that feature electronic card readers.
Bureau of Human Resources and Administration
The bureau is mandated to promulgate administrative rules regulating public accessibility to the capitol complex.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Tabled in the House.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 19, 2026HouseTabled
- Feb 19, 2026HouseScheduled for hearing
- Feb 9, 2026HouseScheduled for hearing
- Feb 3, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst read in House and referred to
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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