The 2017 South Dakota legislature did not have historic numbers of bills this year, but still dealt with lots of issues.
Representative Mike Stevens of Yankton says many new legislators had to learn on the job……

Stevens says besides the budget issue, they worked through a number of significant issues…..

Stevens says they had to scrape together a modest budget increase in the final hours of the session…..

Lawmakers return to Pierre on March 27th for the final day of the session.