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South Dakota HouseSB 40

revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

Passed 65–2Bipartisan

What it does: Lets the attorney general fine up to 10 percent of a land interest's value for not filing with the state a copy of a federal foreign-ownership report; subjects a violating minority owner's inherited farmland share to forfeiture plus an equal-value penalty. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Do Pass

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The tally

Yes 65 · No 2 · Not voting 3

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats500
Republicans6023

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted yes. 2 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (70)

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.