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SD HCR6010
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/29/2026
Primary Sponsor
Tony Randolph
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AI Summary
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South Dakota House Concurrent Resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide
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Argues the decision conflicts with the Constitution by misinterpreting the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause and undermining state authority to regulate marriage
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Cites South Dakota's 2006 voter initiative defining marriage as only between one man and one woman, which the resolution claims was improperly overridden
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Contends the decision was illegitimate because Justices Ginsburg and Kagan had officiated same-sex weddings and should have recused themselves under 28 U.S.C. § 455
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Calls on the Supreme Court to revisit and overturn the precedent at the first available opportunity to correct what the resolution characterizes as judicial overreach
Legislative Description
Urging the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
House Concurrent Resolution
Last Action
Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 2.
2/11/2026