---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the liability of the cost of jail confinement."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the liability of the cost of jail confinement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 155"
citation: "South Dakota SB 155 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Criminal Procedure", "Debtor and Creditor", "Law Enforcement", "Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Curd", "Ewing", "Lesmeister", "Maher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a74e6dc2-94c1-4f50-8266-061d5717128d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=155&Session=2018"
source_hash: "1136b9cfa9d6f90d298ea16bbacf222ea53cdd6ac6199f93448be0fe1e696066"
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 155 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the liability of the cost of jail confinement.

## 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=SB155HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=155)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB155P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=155)
3. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB155S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=155)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB155ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=155)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **5–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 82, SB 155 — **67–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 243 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-13** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. S.J. 459 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15** Deferred with pending amendment (Rule 5-17), Passed S.J. 489
- **2018-02-21** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 532 Amendment 155aa
- **2018-02-21** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 533 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 552 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-26** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 155ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 595 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 646 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 690
- **2018-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 749
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 S.J. 776 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 22, 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/a74e6dc2-94c1-4f50-8266-061d5717128d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).