---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding child custody and visitation and the enforcement of those provisions."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding child custody and visitation and the enforcement of those provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "South Dakota SB 165 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Domestic Relations", "Parent and Child"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennert", "DiSanto", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kaiser", "Marty", "Nelson", "Pischke", "Russell", "Stalzer", "Wiese"]
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/503aaeb6-639f-45f3-af6f-da3978d473b1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=165&Session=2018"
source_hash: "f3df5fb180d03cf49d144b46d3b0d57566b8ec5b7b23881c54ff4765e28d2c1d"
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 165 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding child custody and visitation and the enforcement of those provisions.

## 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=SB165HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=165)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB165P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=165)
3. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB165SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=165)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB165ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=165)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **64–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dennert — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wiese — 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. 245 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-01** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 165ka `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. 392 `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 165fa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-23** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 165ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-23** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 569 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 632 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 664
- **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/503aaeb6-639f-45f3-af6f-da3978d473b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).