South Dakota rental housing laws
What South Dakota has enacted on rental housing, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. South Dakota is one of 42 states that enacted a rental housing law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
- Bills in scope
- 3bills in scope
- Past committee
- 1past committee
- Most recent action
- 12 February 2026most recent action
Rental housing laws enacted in South Dakota
One rental housing law enacted in the South Dakota Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
- SB 4revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises.Took effect 1 July 2026
What it requires: Lessors of residential premises must return security deposits to tenants within twenty-one days after tenancy termination and receipt of mailing address, or provide a written statement showing specific reasons for withholding. Lessors may withhold only amounts reasonably necessary to remedy tenant defaults in rent or other agreed funds, or to restore premises to their initial condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Upon request, lessors must provide itemized accounting within forty-five days.
Security deposits
Rental housing bills in South Dakota
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
1Enacted
2Introduced or inactive
3 bills in scope
Introduced or inactive
2
What it would do: Clarifies that landlords may require reliable supporting documentation from tenants claiming disability-related need for assistance animals, with specific requirements for the documentation including issuance within one year by a licensed health care provider with personal knowledge of the tenant.
What it would do: Authorizes hotels, campgrounds, and RV parks to eject occupants who fail to check out or pay by scheduled checkout time after providing 24-hour written notice. Establishes Class 1 misdemeanor penalty for refusing to depart and allows civil action for wrongful ejection.
Bill titles link to the South Dakota Legislature's own page.
What counts as rental housing legislation
In scope: Rent caps and stabilization; eviction procedure; fees, screening and rent pricing; security deposits; habitability and repairs; and short-term rentals.
Questions
Does South Dakota have a rental housing law?
Yes. South Dakota enacted 1 rental housing law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them SB 4. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
When do South Dakota's rental housing laws take effect?
SB 4 on 1 July 2026.
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Rental housing bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Rental housing legislation in other jurisdictions
51 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- New Jersey209
- New York197
- Connecticut99
- Massachusetts86
- Virginia72
- Texas64
- Arizona59
- Maryland59
- Montana59
- Rhode Island54
- Illinois52
- California44
- Hawaii39
- Michigan38
- Florida36
- Oregon32
- Pennsylvania31
- Congress30
- Georgia28
- Kentucky28
- Indiana27
- Washington26
- Wisconsin26
- Maine25
- Missouri25
- Iowa24
- Minnesota22
- Vermont22
- Colorado21
- South Carolina19
- Kansas17
- Nebraska17
- New Hampshire17
- Oklahoma16
- Delaware15
- New Mexico15
- Tennessee15
- North Carolina14
- West Virginia14
- Nevada12
- Utah12
- Ohio11
- Idaho10
- Mississippi10
- District of Columbia9
- Louisiana9
- North Dakota8
- Arkansas5
- Alaska3
- Puerto Rico2
- Wyoming1
Know when South Dakota's rental housing law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.