---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the consideration of joint physical custody of a minor."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the consideration of joint physical custody of a minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "South Dakota SB 167 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Minors", "Parent and Child"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Dennert", "DiSanto", "Frye-Mueller", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kaiser", "Karr", "Livermont", "Marty", "May", "Nelson", "Pischke", "Russell", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Wiese"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df82d144-7d24-4fdb-a48a-da30b20bff15"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=167&Session=2018"
source_hash: "0835e13faf7127683c4ecd917489200f68ce97ce41df5a1b52a188b942b091db"
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 167 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding the consideration of joint physical custody of a minor.

## 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=SB167P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=167)
2. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB167SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=167)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB167ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=167)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 10, SB 114, SB 106, SB 139, SB 167 — **65–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- May — 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.

- **2018-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 246 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-01** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 167ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 314 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 366
- **2018-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, 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 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. 603 `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/df82d144-7d24-4fdb-a48a-da30b20bff15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).