Bethany Soye's Biography
- State House (SD) - District 9, Republican Majority Whip
Contact Information
Office
Capitol Building, Third Floor
500 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
Post Office Box 84124
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Full Name:
Bethany Soye
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Ryan
Birth Place:
Chadron, NE
Home City:
Sioux Falls, SD
JD, College of William and Mary, 2013-2017
Master's, Public Policy, College of William and Mary, 2013-2017
BS, Business Administration, North Central University, 2009-2013
Attended, General Studies, Ridgewater College, 2008-2009
Majority Whip, South Dakota State House of Representatives, 2025-present
Representative, South Dakota State House of Representatives, District 9, 2021-present
Candidate, South Dakota State House of Representatives, District 9, 2024
Vice Chair, Judiciary Committee
Member, State Affairs Committee
Vice Chair, Judiciary Committee, South Dakota State House of Representatives, 2025-present
Member, State Affairs Committee, South Dakota State House of Representatives, 2025-present
Former Member, Education Committee, South Dakota State House of Representatives
Compliance Analyst, MetaBank, 2018-2023
Research Analyst, Arb Journal, 2017-2019
Research Analyst, Associated Equipment Distributors, 2016-2017
Research Assistant, National Center for State Courts, 2014-2016
Judicial Extern, Supreme Court of Virginia, 2015-2016
Law Clerk, US Senator Ted Cruz, Senate Judiciary Committee, 2016
Legal Intern, United States Attorney's Office, 2015
Member, State Bar of South Dakota, 2020-present
Head Coach/ Board Member, Sioux Empire Fastpitch Softball Association Incorporated, 2018-2020
Small Group Leader, Awana, 2018
Assistant Oral Interp Coach, Sioux Falls School District, 2018
Reading Tutor, America Reads, 2017
At-Large Delegate, Republican Party of Virginia, 2016