Sales tax, property tax and mobile sports betting: Committees spar over tax relief bills

By: Makenzie Huber

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: February 6, 2026

Words: 774

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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State lawmakers on a budget committee endorsed a bill Friday at the Capitol in Pierre that would keep South Dakota’s sales tax at its reduced rate.

Shortly after, another committee rejected a rival bill that would have used an increased sales tax rate to lessen property taxes across the state, and advanced a bill that would ask voters to legalize mobile sports betting and capture tax revenue from that to reduce …

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