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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "revise the crime of witness tampering."
+description: "revise the crime of witness tampering."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 50"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 50 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e3f4832-bb73-46aa-952b-cfa83eaed19f"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24001"
+source_hash: "0164c56fd38df67443b7eadf61c61cb55ecbc52ecaba51f62056d93b6cfda52e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
+---
+
+# South Dakota SB 50 (2023) — revise the crime of witness tampering.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24001/242587)
+2. **50A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/243409.pdf)
+3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24001/245691)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24001/250457)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass Amended — **64–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Judiciary — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 14 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2023-01-19** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 50A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2023-01-24** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
+- **2023-01-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
+- **2023-01-26** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 128
+- **2023-01-30** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 137
+- **2023-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 180 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2023-02-22** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
+- **2023-02-23** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 361
+- **2023-02-24** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 374
+- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 5 H.J. 393
+- **2023-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 372 `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 446 `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-02 S.J. 409 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-09 S.J. 472 `executive-signature, executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e3f4832-bb73-46aa-952b-cfa83eaed19f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+