---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for parole eligibility for certain inmates."
description: "provide for parole eligibility for certain inmates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1109"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1109 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Penal Institutions", "Probation and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Brunner", "Campbell", "Cronin", "Curd", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Kennedy", "Lesmeister", "Maher", "Marty", "May", "Partridge", "Peters", "Rhoden", "Rozum", "Rusch", "Tidemann", "Turbiville", "Wiik"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8979e4c7-ca0f-4696-a6c2-608cda1cd918"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1109&Session=2018"
source_hash: "f7b62d918e093dd779a900b5e6aff0251ac9eb361d2d652138f872edad8e3014"
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 1109 (2018) — provide for parole eligibility for certain inmates.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1109HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1109)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1109P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1109)
3. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1109S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=1109)
4. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1109SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=1109)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1109ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1109)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **31–3** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **58–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **48–17** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Not Pass as amended - 2018 — **4–3** (pass) · legislature
- Deferred to the 41st legislative day - 2018 — **4–3** (pass) · legislature
- Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6 - 2018 — **32–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **3–4** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Brunner — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Rozum — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-19** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 114 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1109oa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-02** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-12** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1. H.J. 396 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 17. H.J. 460 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 484 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-03-01** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1109ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Failed, YEAS 3, NAYS 4. `committee-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3. S.J. 659
- **2018-03-01** Recalled from committee (Rule 7-7), Passed S.J. 667
- **2018-03-01** Judiciary Reconsidered, Passed
- **2018-03-01** Judiciary Do Not Pass as amended, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3. S.J. 681
- **2018-03-06** Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2. S.J. 717
- **2018-03-06** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 726 Amendment 1109je
- **2018-03-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3. S.J. 726 `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate Title amended, Passed S.J. 727 Amendment 1109jta
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 9. H.J. 731
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 777
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 H.J. 778 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 21, 2018 H.J. 795 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8979e4c7-ca0f-4696-a6c2-608cda1cd918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).