---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions regarding an objection to a custody or visitation order."
description: "revise provisions regarding an objection to a custody or visitation order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "South Dakota SB 140 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Parent and Child"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennert", "DiSanto", "Jensen (Phil)", "Karr", "Marty", "Nelson", "Pischke", "Russell", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d31dba7d-7990-4028-873e-e196ddc854f5"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=140&Session=2018"
source_hash: "4d349346cc2b389143c60ef3d92052e6a7a5a66baa7452629439aff0928e8b05"
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 140 (2018) — revise provisions regarding an objection to a custody or visitation order.

## 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=SB140HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=140)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB140P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=140)
3. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB140SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=140)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB140ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=140)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018SB 7, SB 154, SB 19, SB 99, SB 140 — **64–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **35–0** (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)

## 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`
- **2018-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-01** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 140ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 313 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 366
- **2018-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 391 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 371 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-23** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 140ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-23** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 570 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-23** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 618 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 663
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 704
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 712
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 07, 2018 S.J. 736 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 9, 2018 S.J. 792 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d31dba7d-7990-4028-873e-e196ddc854f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).