Legislature ditches ‘Crossover Day’ tradition to honor colleague, raise cancer awareness

Assistant Senate Majority Leader Mike Diedrich remains sidelined

PIERRE — Each February, during the seventh week of the South Dakota legislative session, state lawmakers wear black.

It’s a light-hearted tradition recognizing what’s known as “Crossover Day,” the deadline for proposed bills to get passed out of their chamber of origin. In other words, if a Senate bill isn’t sent to the House by the end of Crossover Day,…