Scott Odenbach is a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 31. He assumed office on January 12, 2021. His current term ends on January 12, 2027. House Republicans elected Odenbach state House majority leader, effective January 14, 2025. Odenbach was born in Eureka, South Dakota, in 1972. He received a bachelor's degree from South Dakota State University in 1995 and a J.D. from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2001. As of May 2025, Odenbach owned Odenbach Law Office and was the managing broker of real estate firm, Liberty Tree Properties. Before entering state politics, Odenbach served on the Spearfish School Board from 2017 to 2020. He was elected to the state House in 2020. He was one of two representatives elected, the two of which defeated incumbent Dayle Hammock in the Republican primary. In South Dakota, two representatives are elected to each House district. Mary Fitzgerald and Odenbach were each elected to House District 31 in the general election. Following the June 2024 Republican primary, The South Dakota Searchlight's Joshua Haiar wrote, "[Odenbach] and others within a faction of the South Dakota Republican Party say it’s being run by politicians who are not as conservative as the party’s base of supporters. Their efforts to change that contributed to 14 losses by incumbent Republican legislators in Tuesday’s primary election. Odenbach’s political action committee spent $58,000 ahead of the primary in support of some winning candidates." In November 2024, Haiar also wrote of the faction to which Odenbach belonged: "The leadership election in Pierre marked a consolidation of power for the faction, which has pushed for a more conservative agenda, including bills to regulate minors’ access to online pornography, curtail a controversial carbon capture pipeline, and cap property taxes."