South Dakota legislation · 101st Legislature (2026)
South Dakota SB6: reduce the duration of an individual's reemployment benefits.
Status: Failed, February 19, 2026
What the bill says
An Act to reduce the duration of an individual's reemployment benefits.
From the introduced text, December 19, 2025:
An Act to reduce the duration of an individual's reemployment benefits. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota: Section 1. That § 61-6-8 be AMENDED: 61-6-8. Unless the provisions of §§ 61-6-49 to 61-6-64, inclusive, apply, an individual's maximum benefit amount is an amount equal to one-third of the individual's total base period wages in covered employment not to exceed [DELETED: twenty-six] [ADDED: twelve] times the individual's weekly benefit amount. If that amount is not a multiple of one dollar, it is lowered to the next lower multiple of one dollar. Trade readjustment payments may allow an individual to receive benefits in excess of [DELETED: twenty-six] [ADDED: twelve] weeks if the individual is in training approved by the secretary under the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by section 2501 of P.L. 97-35--August 13, 1981, and then only as long as necessary to complete the training. If the benefit year of an individual ends within an extended benefit period, the number of weeks of extended benefits that the individual would, but for this section, be entitled to in that extended benefit period is reduced by the number of weeks for which the individual received any amounts as trade readjustment allowances within that benefit year, multiplied by the individual's weekly benefit amount for extended benefits. Underscores …
Sponsors
- Michael Rohl (R, SD-001) · primary sponsor
- Jessica Bahmuller (R, HD-019)
- Heather Baxter (R, HD-034)
- Casey Crabtree (R, SD-008)
- Taffy Howard (R, 34)
- Logan Manhart (R, HD-001)
- Scott Moore (R, HD-023)
- Glen Vilhauer (R, SD-005)
- Larry Zikmund (R, 14)
Latest actions
- : Tabled
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : Recalled
- : Deferred to the 41st legislative day
- : Motion to amend
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : First read in Senate and referred to Commerce and Energy
Votes
- Tabled (February 19, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Recalled (February 17, 2026): 6 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 22, 2026): 32 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Deferred to the 41st legislative day (January 22, 2026): 8 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Reemployment Assistance
Common questions
- What is SB6?
- SB6 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (101st Legislature (2026)): reduce the duration of an individual's reemployment benefits.
- What does SB6 do?
- In its own words: An Act to reduce the duration of an individual's reemployment benefits.
- What is the status of SB6?
- Failed as of February 19, 2026. Latest action: Tabled (February 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB6?
- Michael Rohl (R, SD-001), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB6?
- On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26345
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