---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify the authority of the Government Operations and Audit Committee to issue a subpoena."
description: "clarify the authority of the Government Operations and Audit Committee to issue a subpoena."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 125"
citation: "South Dakota SB 125 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature and Statutes", "Subpoena"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bartels", "Bartling", "Cronin", "Curd", "Ewing", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hawley", "Heinert", "Hunhoff", "Langer", "Maher", "Mickelson", "Novstrup", "Peters", "Peterson (Kent)", "Qualm", "Rhoden", "Steinhauer", "Sutton", "Tidemann"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b33ae03-d9a0-4a2b-9b09-a7510d1a2f79"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=125&Session=2018"
source_hash: "bb133bcc85c4f7b01bad88145cf2b3a6476db4cf24614d1a6261b2938d699bd1"
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 125 (2018) — clarify the authority of the Government Operations and Audit Committee to issue a subpoena.

## Version chain

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

1. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB125CNF.htm&Session=2018&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=125)
2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB125H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=125)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB125P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=125)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB125ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=125)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **59–5** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **50–15** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **19–16** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **32–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Mickelson — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 224 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-07** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. S.J. 397 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 422
- **2018-02-12** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3. S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 420 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 594 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 634 Amendment 125dd
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 5. H.J. 634 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed S.J. 663
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 681
- **2018-03-07** Senate Conference Committee Report S.J. 736 Amendment Cc125a
- **2018-03-07** Senate Conference Committee report not adopted, appoint Conference Committee, Passed S.J. 745
- **2018-03-07** Senate Conference Committee appointments S.J. 745
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report H.J. 718 Amendment Cc125a
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 736
- **2018-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report H.J. 779 Amendment Cc125b
- **2018-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 15. H.J. 781
- **2018-03-09** Senate Conference Committee Report S.J. 776 Amendment cc125b
- **2018-03-09** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 16. S.J. 784
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 788
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 791
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 S.J. 790 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 23, 2018 S.J. 793 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b33ae03-d9a0-4a2b-9b09-a7510d1a2f79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).