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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "revise requirements to relocate a county seat."
+description: "revise requirements to relocate a county seat."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 56"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 56 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Counties", "Petitions", "Voting"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maher"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-02-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4e68275-c4e5-4a33-b302-8d51944c297f"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23701"
+source_hash: "9a0919b03e10cca3571f6e56304735dbe0b9db9d4ad0e188059d6083732ea10e"
+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 56 (2023) — revise requirements to relocate a county seat.
+
+## 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/23701/242986)
+2. **56A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/244822.pdf)
+3. **56F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/245171.pdf)
+4. **56G** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248741.pdf)
+5. **House Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23701/249121)
+6. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23701/245890)
+7. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23701/244991)
+8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23701/249721)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass Amended — **31–4** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concurred in amendments — **29–4** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **68–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 29 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2023-01-20** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 56A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-01-20** Amend the amendment , Passed,
+- **2023-01-20** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
+- **2023-01-24** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 104 Amendment 56F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-01-24** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 4 S.J. 104
+- **2023-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 104 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2023-02-09** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 56G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-09** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0
+- **2023-02-09** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
+- **2023-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 2 H.J. 293
+- **2023-02-16** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4 S.J. 291
+- **2023-02-21** Signed by the President S.J. 310 `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 367 `passage`
+- **2023-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-27 S.J. 347 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-28 S.J. 364 `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/d4e68275-c4e5-4a33-b302-8d51944c297f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
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