Today was supposed to be the last day of this year’s session of the South Dakota Legislature, commonly called Veto Day, but it was postponed over the weekend until tomorrow to avoid a major winter weather system forecasted to hit the region.
Legislative Research Council Interim Director John McCullough said Friday that with the National Weather Service saying some parts of South Dakota have a foot of snow by today, pushing Veto Day back a day was a prudent choice.
When lawmakers do meet finally, they won’t have much to do. Governor Kristi Noem didn’t issue any vetoes this year, the first time that’s happened since 1955, so all that’s needed is to meet and gavel the session closed.
Three legislative committees – the Joint Committee on Appropriations, the Executive Board, and the Session Planning Committee – had meetings scheduled for today, but those have also been pushed back to tomorrow.