---
type: "Bill"
title: "require school districts to adopt a policy limiting the use of restraint and seclusion."
description: "require school districts to adopt a policy limiting the use of restraint and seclusion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "South Dakota SB 46 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "School Districts", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d480cb77-8aa4-4b83-b92a-82fffb10b948"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=46&Session=2018"
source_hash: "76ee2a3b8957077005f357cbf124d96a187eabf073150ff3af76a445435e4913"
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 46 (2018) — require school districts to adopt a policy limiting the use of restraint and seclusion.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB46CNF.htm&Session=2018&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=46)
2. **House Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB46HED.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Education&Bill=46)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB46P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=46)
4. **Senate Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB46SED.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Education&Bill=46)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB46ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=46)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **32–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **37–27** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **52–12** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **5–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2018 — **27–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 21 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-25** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 46ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1. S.J. 236 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3. S.J. 306 `passage`
- **2018-02-01** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 291 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 46ca `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-14** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 46cb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-14** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 448 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 501
- **2018-02-21** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 539
- **2018-02-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 565
- **2018-02-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 592
- **2018-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 611
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 37, NAYS 27. H.J. 625 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed S.J. 662
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 681
- **2018-03-07** Senate Conference Committee Report S.J. 746 Amendment cc46a
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report H.J. 734 Amendment Cc46a
- **2018-03-08** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 12. H.J. 742
- **2018-03-08** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 3. S.J. 759
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 777
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 790
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 S.J. 780 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 23, 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/d480cb77-8aa4-4b83-b92a-82fffb10b948`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).