---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the calculation of suspended prison sentences."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the calculation of suspended prison sentences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1280"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1280 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Criminal Procedure", "Penal Institutions", "Probation and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Dennert", "Lake", "Lust", "Rusch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc41547b-f537-49d2-aceb-7302bb626acb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1280&Session=2018"
source_hash: "a25c08f3631e56a01bad74637b72a8a5517418f6255bbf2dd9cba23b09d9c920"
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 1280 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the calculation of suspended prison sentences.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1280P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1280)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1280ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1280)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018HB 1159, HB 1280 — **64–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018HB 1054, HB 1104, HB 1280, HB 1269, HB 1278 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Lust — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 283 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-12** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 396 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 1. H.J. 421 `passage`
- **2018-02-14** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 465 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-27** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 628 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-03-01** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 669 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 689
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 749
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on March 08, 2018 H.J. 747 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 22, 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/fc41547b-f537-49d2-aceb-7302bb626acb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).