Title 2 — LEGISLATURE AND STATUTES

The Legislature, in making the 2021 redistricting, determines, as a matter of policy, that the following principles are of primary significance: (1) Adherence to standards of population deviance as established by judicial precedent and to standards of population deviance as presc…

The state shall be divided into thirty-five senatorial districts, as specified in § 2-2-43.1 , and the Senate shall consist of thirty-five members. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1 , § 2, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1 , § 4, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1 , § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2015, ch 56 (HJR 1005), eff. May 1, 2015; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1 , § 11, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

The senatorial districts are as follows: (1) District No. 1: (a) Day and Marshall counties; (b) The portion of Brown County consisting of precincts VTD-precinct 14 Oneota-Brnrd-Wstprt-GrlndTwp-WestprtCty, VTD-precinct 17 Highland-NewHope-WarnerTwp-Warner, VTD-precinct 18 Gem-WRon…

The state shall be divided into thirty-five representative districts, which shall be the same as the senatorial districts provided in § 2-2-43.1 , and the House of Representatives shall consist of seventy members. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1 , § 4, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS…

Each senatorial district as provided for in § 2-2-43.1 is entitled to one senator. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1 , § 5, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1 , § 6, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

Each representative district as provided for in § 2-2-44 is entitled to two representatives. However, in order to protect minority voting rights, District No. 26 and District No. 28 shall each consist of two single-member house districts as provided in §§ 2-2-47.1 and

Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1 , § 7, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1 , § 12, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

26. District No. 26 shall consist of two single-member house districts as follows: (1) District No. 26A: (a) Mellette and Todd counties; (b) The portion of Jones County consisting of precinct VTD-precinct 1; and (c) The portion of Jones County in VTD-5, the blocks of: 46075091600…

Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1 , § 8, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1 , § 13, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

28. District No. 28 shall consist of two single-member house districts as follows: (1) District No. 28A: (a) Corson, Dewey, and Ziebach counties; and (b) The portion of Perkins County consisting of precincts VTD-precinct 6, VTD-precinct 7, VTD-precinct 8, VTD-precinct 9, VTD-prec…

The Legislature finds that, for the purposes of §§ 2-2-41 to 2-2-51 , inclusive, the ideal population of a senatorial district, based on the official 2020 federal census, is 25,333 people. For a house district, the ideal population, based on the official 2020 federal census, is 1…

For the purposes of §§ 2-2-41 to 2-2-51 , inclusive, voting district (VTD) boundaries are those boundaries in existence on April 1, 2020, and utilized by the 2020 federal census. Source: SL 2011 (SS), ch 1 , § 10, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021 (1SS), ch 1 , § 9, eff. Feb. 9, 2022.

If any area of this state is omitted from the provisions of § 2-2-43.1 , the county auditor of the county containing the area shall attach the area to the district that surrounds it or, if the area is contiguous to two or more districts, the county auditor shall attach it to the …

2-2-10 2-2-10 to 2-2-13. Repealed by SL 1981, ch 14 , § 10. 2-2-14 2-2-14 to 2-2-22. Repealed by SL 1991 (1st SS) ch 1, § 9. 2-2-23 2-2-23 to 2-2-31. Repealed by SL 2001 (SS) ch 2, § 9. 2-2-32 2-2-32 to 2-2-40. Repealed by SL 2011 (SS), ch 1 , § 12, eff. Jan. 23, 2012. 2-2-41 Leg…