---
type: "Bill"
title: "reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze."
description: "reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "South Dakota SB 216 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Hoghouse-Vehicle Bill"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f71a70c7-82f2-4501-9b10-083dbb2dc1da"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26256"
source_hash: "d5fb7c4183ab33cf8cca9763687e608b558ff5649a79c8edcfecad14c81d25ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota SB 216 (2025) — reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26256/280867)
2. **216A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281665.pdf)
3. **216B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/282299.pdf)
4. **216C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/282923.pdf)
5. **216J** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/284340.pdf)
6. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26256/284376)
7. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26256/283157)
8. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26256/282710)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26256/284483)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Reconsidered — **46–23** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **53–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **35–34** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-05** First Reading Senate S.J. 178
- **2025-02-06** Referred to S.J. 195 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-20** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 216A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 216B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1
- **2025-02-25** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 382 Amendment 216C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 5 S.J. 383
- **2025-02-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 410 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-05** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 4 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 477
- **2025-03-10** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 34 H.J. 506
- **2025-03-10** Intent to reconsider , Passed, H.J. 506
- **2025-03-10** House of Representatives Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 46, NAYS 23 H.J. 508
- **2025-03-10** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 509 Amendment 216J `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 16 H.J. 509
- **2025-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 6 S.J. 509
- **2025-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 521 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 539 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 530 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 533 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f71a70c7-82f2-4501-9b10-083dbb2dc1da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).