---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions relating to child support."
description: "revise certain provisions relating to child support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "South Dakota SB 139 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Parent and Child"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennert", "DiSanto", "Jensen (Phil)", "Karr", "Marty", "Nelson", "Pischke", "Russell", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Wiese"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5b6f586-7391-4731-afa2-213c1561e6cb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=139&Session=2018"
source_hash: "fa1b902ca5e145d8a960a7a7607e99b79bb50fa311070dfc86677091836f1e04"
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 139 (2018) — revise certain provisions relating to child support.

## 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=SB139P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=139)
2. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB139SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=139)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB139ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=139)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 10, SB 114, SB 106, SB 139, SB 167 — **65–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 114, SB 126, SB 147, HB 1027, SB 139 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dennert — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 227 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-30** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 139ca `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 264 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-01** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 332 `passage`
- **2018-02-02** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 315 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-23** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 569 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-23** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 602 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 623
- **2018-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 653
- **2018-03-01** Delivered to the Governor on March 01, 2018 S.J. 660 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the Governor on March 6, 2018 S.J. 738 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5b6f586-7391-4731-afa2-213c1561e6cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).