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+type: "Bill"
+title: "clarify the meaning of teleconference for purposes of open meeting requirements."
+description: "clarify the meaning of teleconference for purposes of open meeting requirements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1059"
+citation: "South Dakota HB 1059 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Open Meetings", "State Affairs and Government", "Telecommunications"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Deibert", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Greenfield", "Heermann", "Kull", "Ladner", "Moore", "Muckey", "Perry", "Reed", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Uhre-Balk", "Venhuizen"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/523de2d9-17cf-4f1f-8840-333da46cd679"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25720"
+source_hash: "8f193bf6dd2013a63caa04ac2c4ac3a0611efd4180cfab4691bd1ed189b6df8f"
+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 HB 1059 (2025) — clarify the meaning of teleconference for purposes of open meeting requirements.
+
+## 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/25720/275329)
+2. **1059B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/276558.pdf)
+3. **House Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25720/276810)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25720/283835)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass Amended — **12–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Deibert — primary (person)
+- Emery — primary (person)
+- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
+- Greenfield — primary (person)
+- Heermann — primary (person)
+- Kull — primary (person)
+- Ladner — primary (person)
+- Moore — primary (person)
+- Muckey — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Reed — primary (person)
+- Reimer — primary (person)
+- Reisch — primary (person)
+- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
+- Venhuizen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** First read in House and referred to H.J. 29 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2025-01-23** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1059B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2025-01-23** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1
+- **2025-01-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 123
+- **2025-01-28** First Reading Senate S.J. 112
+- **2025-02-03** Referred to S.J. 153 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
+- **2025-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 434
+- **2025-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 470 `passage`
+- **2025-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 474 `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-10 H.J. 492 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 554 `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/523de2d9-17cf-4f1f-8840-333da46cd679`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+