SD Legislature Reconvenes to Consider 2 Vetoes

Lawmakers fail to override vetoes of lab-grown meat ban and in-home care regulations

The South Dakota House of Representatives on Feb. 10, 2026. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)South Dakota lawmakers failed Monday to reach the two-thirds majority needed to override Gov. Larry Rhoden’s vetoes of a lab-grown meat ban and regulations on non-medical home care providers. The lab-grown meat bill would have classified the products as adulterated food, effectively banning their sale in the state. Rhoden argued in his v…

SD Legislature reconvenes to consider 2 vetoes

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SD lawmakers fail to override vetoes of lab-grown meat ban and in-home care regulations

PIERRE — South Dakota lawmakers failed Monday, March 30, to reach the two-thirds majority needed to override Gov. Larry Rhoden’s vetoes of a lab-grown meat ban and regulations on non-medical home care providers. The lab-grown meat bill would have classified the products as adulterated food, effectively banning their sale in the state. Rhoden argued in his veto message last month that South Dakota should not ban products simply because some peopl…

Veto overrides unlikely as South Dakota lawmakers return to Capitol

PIERRE — It’s Veto Day in South Dakota.State lawmakers return to the Capitol Monday for the final day of South Dakota’s 101st Legislative Session, where they’ll consider whether to override a pair of vetoes issued by Gov. Larry Rhoden. A proposed ban on lab-grown protein sales in the state and new regulations for in-home non-medical care providers had passed in the Legislature, but failed to earn the Republican governor’s support.The Dakota Scou…