---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding criminal record expungement."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding criminal record expungement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "South Dakota SB 185 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Crimes", "Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Cronin", "Gosch", "Haverly", "Heinert", "Hunhoff", "Johns", "Kennedy", "Kolbeck", "Langer", "Maher", "Netherton", "Partridge", "Rozum", "Rusch", "Stevens", "Wiik", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3a2f4cf-70b5-4b63-b0b4-4bcd625f21a3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=185&Session=2018"
source_hash: "9e768d9eeced41882fe756f73b4db6d2730b0d6362665580a44d6e44d881c010"
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 185 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding criminal record expungement.

## 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=SB185HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=185)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB185P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=185)
3. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB185S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=185)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB185ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=185)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **63–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Netherton — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Rozum — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 294 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-06** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-08** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 416 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 436 Amendment 185wb
- **2018-02-12** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 436 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 420 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-23** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 185kb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-23** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 570 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 1. H.J. 632 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 665
- **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`
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Governor on March 8, 2018 S.J. 756 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3a2f4cf-70b5-4b63-b0b4-4bcd625f21a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).