| 01 30, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Watertown Man Convicted in 2024 Officer Involved Shooting IncidentSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Watertown man has been convicted of three charges in connection with an officer involved shooting that occurred Dec. 5, 2024 in the parking lot of the Yankton High School.
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| 01 29, 2026 | State Senate Approves Attorney General Jackley Bill to Enhance Penalties for Use of Controlled Substances in PrisonsSouth Dakota State Senators Thursday approved Attorney General Marty Jackley’s bill that enhances the penalties for ingestion, possession, possession with intent to deliver, and delivery of a controlled substance in a state correctional facility.
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| 01 27, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Files Argument for South Dakota Jurisdiction Over Mayday Health in New York Federal CourtSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces he will personally appear in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Thursday to argue that South Dakota state court, not New York federal court, should rule on whether Mayday Health’s advertisements in South Dakota are untruthful and deceptive including whether it has the right to advertise the sale of abortion pills in South Dakota that the State Legislature has banned.
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| 01 26, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces 11 Indictments in Connection With Suspected Prison Drug Overdose DeathSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that 11 people, including seven prison inmates, three private citizens, and one person who was contracted by the state at the time, have been indicted in connection with a November 2025 drug overdose death of an inmate at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield.
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| 01 23, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Presents $41.7 Million Budget to State Legislative Appropriations CommitteeSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley Friday presented the office’s proposed $41.7 million fiscal year 2027 budget which includes funds for the Appellate, Criminal, and Civil Attorney Divisions, the Consumer Protection Division, the Division of Criminal Investigation, the State Forensic Lab, and Law Enforcement Training to the Legislative Appropriations Committee.
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| 01 23, 2026 | Aberdeen Man Sentenced to Prison on Three Counts of Computer-Generated Child PornographySouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that an Aberdeen man has been sentenced to prison after he became the first person charged under a new 2024 South Dakota law that made computer-generated child pornography a crime.
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| 01 23, 2026 | State Senate Approves Attorney General Jackley Bill Designed to Protect Children from Online PredatorsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s bill that would give the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) another tool to identify where child pornographic materials are being disseminated within the state unanimously passed the State Senate Friday.
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| 01 22, 2026 | Full Senate Approves Six of Attorney General Jackley’s Legislative BillsSix of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s legislative bills, ranging from government transparency to election integrity to protection from illegal drugs and the theft of personal genetic data, received final approval from the State Senate Thursday.
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| 01 21, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley’s Legislative Bills on Election Integrity, Open Meeting Transparency Receive Senate Committee ApprovalSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s legislative bills that would strengthen election integrity and open meeting transparency received unanimous approval Wednesday from the Senate State Affairs Committee.
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| 01 20, 2026 | State Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Approves Attorney General Jackley’s Legislative Bills to Protect Children and PrivacyState Senate Judiciary Committee members unanimously approved three more of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s legislative bills Tuesday morning, sending them to the full Senate for further consideration.
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| 01 16, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley’s Bills on AI Pornography And Digital Currency Receive Final State Senate ApprovalSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s two bills that protect citizens from AI-generated pornography and allows for the seizure of cryptocurrency as part of criminal investigations were both unanimously approved by the full State Senate Friday afternoon.
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| 01 15, 2026 | Friday Court Hearing on Attorney General Jackley’s Injunction On Abortion Deceptive Advertising Postponed Over State’s ObjectionFriday’s scheduled court hearing on South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s motion to stop Mayday Health from deceptively advertising the sale of abortion pills and abortion services in South Dakota has been postponed at the request of Mayday Health.
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| 01 15, 2026 | Senate Committee Approves Three Bills Sponsored by Attorney General JackleySouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley thanks the State Senate Judiciary Committee for passing three of his legislative bills during a hearing Thursday (today) at the State Capitol.
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| 01 14, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Former SDSU Equestrian Coach Indicted for Using State Resources for Personal UseSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the former equestrian coach at South Dakota State University has been indicted on one felony count of Grand Theft for using SDSU and taxpayer resources for her personal use.
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| 01 13, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley, State’s Attorney Cotton Announce Wagner Man Arrested In Vehicle DeathSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Charles Mix County State’s Attorney Steve Cotton announce that a Wagner man has been arrested in connection with a fatal vehicle-related incident that occurred Saturday night near Wagner.
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| 01 13, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases Official Opinion On Use of Campaign Funds for Childcare or Security ExpensesSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has issued an official opinion stating that childcare and security expenses directly incurred due to campaign activity or holding office are permissible expenditures from a candidate’s campaign fund under current law and subject to statutory restrictions.
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| 01 09, 2026 | Court Hearing on Attorney General Jackley’s Injunction On Abortion Deceptive Advertising Moved to Friday, Jan. 16, in PierreNext week’s court hearing on South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s motion to stop Mayday Health from deceptively advertising the sale of abortion pills and abortion services in South Dakota has been rescheduled.
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| 01 08, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Aberdeen Man Indicted on 85 Criminal Counts When Committed as a State EmployeeSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces an Aberdeen man has now been indicted on 85 total felony and misdemeanor counts that include Solicitation of Second Degree Rape, Possession of Child Pornography, Dissemination of Image or Recording – Victim Seventeen Years of Age or Under, and Unlawful Use of a Computer System while he was a former employee of the State Driver Licensing Office in Aberdeen.
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| 01 07, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces AG Bills Officially Filed South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the 10 legislative bills he will propose in this year’s session have now been officially filed by the state Legislative Research Council.
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| 01 06, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Proposes Legislation To Strengthen State’s Digital Cryptocurrency InvestigationsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley plans to introduce legislation in the 2026 South Dakota Legislature that would allow law enforcement to seize digital Cryptocurrency accounts that are part of criminal investigations.
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| 01 06, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Former State Employee Arraigned On Five Counts of Falsifying Investigative ReportsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Spearfish woman has been arraigned on four felony counts and one misdemeanor count of falsifying investigative reports while an employee of the South Dakota Department of Social Services’ Child Protective Services.
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| 01 05, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Introduces Bills Designed To Protect Children, ConsumersLegislation aimed at protecting children from internet crimes and human trafficking, along with safeguarding consumers’ genetic privacy, will be among two bills Attorney General Marty Jackley introduces during the 2026 legislative session.
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| 01 03, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Issues Statement in Support Of President Trump’s Capture of Venezuela Leader MaduroSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has issued the following statement in support of President Trump’s action in Venezuela Saturday:
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