The South Dakota state house and senate have released committee assignments for the upcoming 2025 Legislative session.
On the senate side District 1 state senator Michael Rohl has been assigned to Agriculture, Local Government and the Rules Review Committee where he will serve as co-chair. District 3 senator Carl Perry has been assigned to Commerce and Energy, Health and Human Services, Legislative Procedures and he will vice-chair state affairs. District 23’s Mark Lapka will serve on Government Operations and Audit, Joint Appropriations and Vice Chair Appropriations.
On the House side District 1’s Logan Manhart will serve on Education and Health and Human Services. Chris Reder has been assigned to Military and Veteran’s Affairs, Taxation and Transportation. Distrcit 3’s Brandei Schaefbauer has been assigned to Health and Human Services and State Affairs. Al Novstrop has been assigned to Appropriations, and Joint Appropriations.
Districit 23’s Spencer Gosch has been named to State Affairs and will vice chair Ag and Natural Resources. Scott Moore has been assigned to Appropriations and will vice chair Government Operations and Audit.
The full list of committee assignments can be seen below:
Legislative Committees (** denotes Chair, * denotes Vice Chair):
Agriculture and Natural Resources: Tom Pischke**, Kevin Jensen *, Sydney Davis, Helene Duhamel, Sam Marty, Mike Rohl, Curt Voight
Appropriations: Ernie Otten**, Mark Lapka*, John Carley, Red Dawn Foster, Taffy Howard, Paul Miskimins, Glen Vilhauer, Mykala Voita, Larry Zikmund
Commerce and Energy: Casey Crabtree**, Sue Peterson*, Arch Beal, Randy Deibert, Joy Hohn, Chris Karr, Steve Kolbeck, Liz Larson, Carl Perry
Education: Kyle Schoenfish**, Curt Voight*, Sam Marty, Lauren Nelson, Sue Peterson, Stephanie Sauder, Jamie Smith
Government Operations and Audit: Taffy Howard**, Ernie Otten*, Chris Karr, Mark Lapka, David Wheeler
Health and Human Services: Kevin Jensen**, Sydney Davis*, Tamara Grove, Carl Perry, Tim Reed, Jamie Smith, Curt Voight
Judiciary: David Wheeler**, Amber Hulse*, Greg Blanc, Helene Duhamel, Tamara Grove, Jim Mehlhaff, Tom Pischke
Legislative Procedure: Chris Karr**, Jim Mehlhaff*, Randy Deibert, Liz Larson, Carl Perry, Sue Peterson, Tom Pischke
Local Government: Tim Reed**, Helene Duhamel*, Lauren Nelson, Mike Rohl, Kyle Schoenfish, Jamie Smith, David Wheeler
Military and Veterans Affairs: Larry Zikmund**, Sam Marty*, Greg Blanc, Joy Hohn, Taffy Howard
Retirement Laws: Randy Deibert**, Glen Vilhauer*, Red Dawn Foster, Steve Kolbeck, Jamie Smith
State Affairs: Jim Mehlhaff**, Carl Perry*, Arch Beal, Randy Deibert, Kevin Jensen, Chris Karr, Liz Larson, Sue Peterson, Tom Pischke
Taxation: Steve Kolbeck**, Joy Hohn*, Greg Blanc, Casey Crabtree, Sydney Davis, Tamara Grove, Amber Hulse
Transportation: Randy Deibert**, Arch Beal*, Joy Hohn, Liz Larson, Stephanie Sauder, Kyle Schoenfish, David Wheeler
Interim Committees (** denotes Chair or co-Chair):
Joint Appropriations: Ernie Otten**(co-Chair), Mark Lapka, John Carley, Red Dawn Foster, Taffy Howard, Paul Miskimins, Glen Vilhauer, Mykala Voita, Larry Zikmund
Rules Review: Taffy Howard, Liz Larson, Jim Mehlhaff State-Tribal Relations: Mike Rohl**(co-Chair), Red Dawn Foster, Tamara Grove, Sam Marty, Jamie Smith
