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+type: "Bill"
+title: "establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in child molestation cases."
+description: "establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in child molestation cases."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 98"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 98 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes", "Evidence", "Sex Offenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Drury", "Duba", "Fitzgerald", "Larson", "Reed", "Wittman"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-01-18"
+last_action: "2024-03-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91a9cfca-fee9-435c-9d21-08c7cd518836"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24988"
+source_hash: "c11e1b5251f344e024387babe2f1ff6dfd2398fe5381be2f8dac83c33cc3963a"
+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 98 (2024) — establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in child molestation cases.
+
+## 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/24988/260543)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24988/266635)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **44–25** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **31–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Drury — primary (person)
+- Duba — primary (person)
+- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
+- Larson — primary (person)
+- Reed — primary (person)
+- Wittman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-18** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 107 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2024-02-06** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-07** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 2 S.J. 280 `passage`
+- **2024-02-08** First read in House and referred to H.J. 294 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2024-02-21** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
+- **2024-02-22** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 375
+- **2024-02-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 389
+- **2024-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 44, NAYS 25 H.J. 404 `passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 435 `passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 432 `passage`
+- **2024-02-29** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-29 S.J. 455 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-07 S.J. 512 `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/91a9cfca-fee9-435c-9d21-08c7cd518836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+