2026 South Dakota Ballot Measures
Criminal Justice
| Election Date | State | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 8, 2016 | South Dakota | Constitutional Amendment S: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to Expand Rights for Crime Victims | Passed |
| June 5, 2018 | South Dakota | Constitutional Amendment Y: An amendment to the South Dakota Constitution revising certain provisions relating to the rights of crime victims | Passed |
Economy and Fiscal
| Election Date | State | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 6, 2012 | South Dakota | Referred Law 14: An Act to Establish the Large Project Development Fund | Failed |
Education
| Election Date | State | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 6, 2018 | South Dakota | Initiated Measure 25: An initiated measure increasing the State tobacco tax and creating a postsecondary technical institute fund for the purposes of lowering student tuition and providing financial support to the State postsecondary technical institutes. | Failed |
Government Operations
| Election Date | State | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 4, 2008 | South Dakota | Initiated Measure 10: South Dakota Open and Clean Government Act | Failed |
| Nov. 6, 2012 | South Dakota | Constitutional Amendment N: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Repealing Certain Reimbursement Restrictions for Travel by Legislators to and from a Legislative Session | Failed |
Health and Health Care
| Election Date | State | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 4, 2008 | South Dakota | Initiated Measure 11: Reinstate Prohibition Against Abortion | Failed |
| Nov. 2, 2010 | South Dakota | Referred Law 12: An Act to Prohibit Smoking Tobacco or Carrying Lighted Tobacco Products in Certain Places and to Require Certain Persons to Inform Violators of the Prohibition | Passed |
| Nov. 2, 2010 | South Dakota | Initiated Measure 13: An Initiated Measure to Authorize the Possession, Use and Cultivation of Marijuana by and for Persons with Specified Debilitating Medical Conditions Registered with the Department of Health | Failed |
| Nov. 3, 2020 | South Dakota | Initiated Measure 26: Legalize Medical Marijuana | Passed |
| Nov. 5, 2024 | South Dakota | Amendment F: South Dakota Medicaid Work Requirement Amendment | Passed |
Housing and Property
| Election Date | State | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 3, 2026 | South Dakota | Amendment K: Creation of Unclaimed Property Trust Fund Amendment | Pending |
Infrastructure
| Election Date | State | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 2, 2010 | South Dakota | Constitutional Amendment L: An Amendment to Article XIII of the South Dakota Constitution Relating to the Trust Fund Created from the Proceeds of the State Cement Enterprise Sales | Failed |
| Nov. 6, 2012 | South Dakota | Constitutional Amendment O: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Changing the Method for Distributions from the Cement Plant Trust Fund | Passed |
| Nov. 6, 2012 | South Dakota | Referred Law 14: An Act to Establish the Large Project Development Fund | Failed |