South Dakota legislators finished the main run of the 2022 session last week by passing the budget as the final bill.

Representative Mike Stevens of Yankton says deadlines help….

Stevens says they had to make some adjustments to make sure all state employees were covered by the six percent raise..

Stevens says with over five hundred seventy bill introduced, they had a full slate from start to finish….

The final day or days of the session will start on March 28th.