---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for a refund of property taxes in previous years for qualifying veterans and surviving spouses."
description: "provide for a refund of property taxes in previous years for qualifying veterans and surviving spouses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "South Dakota SB 12 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Tax", "Tax Exemptions and Refunds", "Taxation", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Aylward", "Bahmuller", "Baxter", "Crabtree", "Davis", "Deibert", "Goodwin", "Hughes", "Hulse", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jordan", "Kull", "Moore", "Nelson", "Otten", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Reed", "Reisch", "Roby", "Rohl", "Shubeck", "Vilhauer", "Voight", "Walburg", "Wipf", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62dc00cf-3336-48b4-9615-486b220a097e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26403"
source_hash: "573720ee26d28b0a50e18ec054766384c0cbe9d29c20b2105e9dba7064a67ff7"
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 12 (2026) — provide for a refund of property taxes in previous years for qualifying veterans and surviving spouses.

## 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/26403/291591)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26403/301400)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andera — primary (person)
- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bahmuller — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Otten — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Shubeck — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Voight — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)
- Wipf — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Taxation S.J. 17 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-16** Taxation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-16** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2026-01-21** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 75 `passage`
- **2026-01-22** First read in House and referred to House Taxation H.J. 114 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-03** Taxation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-04** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 223 `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Signed by the President S.J. 203 `passage`
- **2026-02-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 251 `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-09 S.J. 219 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-11** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-11 S.J. 240 `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/62dc00cf-3336-48b4-9615-486b220a097e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).