---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding sex offender registration."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding sex offender registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "South Dakota SB 61 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Sex Offender"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39bbe3c3-f3d4-4a1a-8e70-2ec44ce26f7b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=61&Session=2018"
source_hash: "f00e3c6a957ef266a1efc0e875849e2f90f9064742e505fa6f5f12625fcff285"
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 61 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding sex offender registration.

## 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=SB61P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=61)
2. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB61SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=61)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB61ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=61)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018SB 64, SB 61 — **66–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 24 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-25** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 61wa `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 237 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 303 `passage`
- **2018-02-01** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 291 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-21** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 511 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 552 `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 588
- **2018-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 611
- **2018-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on February 27, 2018 S.J. 612 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the Governor on March 5, 2018 S.J. 708 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39bbe3c3-f3d4-4a1a-8e70-2ec44ce26f7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).