South Dakota Special Session Adjourns

The one-day special session of the Legislature adjourned September 23. Lawmakers passed legislation to fund a 1,500-bed, $650 million replacement for the state penitentiary building that opened its doors prior to statehood. The new men’s prison will be the most expensive capital project ever funded by the state’s taxpayers. Both chambers needed a two-third majority to approve the bill. The bill passed the House 51-18 and the Senate 24-11 before it was signed by Gov. Larry Rhoden later in the evening.

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