---
type: "Bill"
title: "create an exception to the minimum difference in age between adoptive parent and child and to declare an emergency."
description: "create an exception to the minimum difference in age between adoptive parent and child and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "South Dakota SB 74 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Emergency Clause", "Parent and Child"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bolin", "Carson", "Curd", "Ewing", "Frerichs", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Haugaard", "Holmes", "Howard", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kaiser", "Klumb", "Kolbeck", "Langer", "Latterell", "Mickelson", "Monroe", "Netherton", "Qualm", "Rhoden", "Rusch", "Schoenfish", "Solano", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Tidemann", "Wiik", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61cd4f84-0a76-45b4-a38d-f57e0bc36f83"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=74&Session=2018"
source_hash: "606fa6df87bc2d7780ae787149b03011c6ac63a9c82bdd34a8f537e3d8b25e4a"
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 74 (2018) — create an exception to the minimum difference in age between adoptive parent and child and to declare an emergency.

## 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=SB74P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=74)
2. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB74S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=74)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB74ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=74)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **64–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Haugaard — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Latterell — primary (person)
- Mickelson — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Netherton — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 96 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Referred to Senate Health and Human Services, Passed S.J. 117 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-22** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 169 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-23** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 207 Amendment 74ja
- **2018-01-23** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 207 `passage`
- **2018-01-23** Senate Title amended, Passed S.J. 207 Amendment 74jta
- **2018-01-24** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 181 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-05** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 326 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 362
- **2018-02-07** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 382
- **2018-02-08** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 391
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 413
- **2018-02-13** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 430
- **2018-02-14** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 462
- **2018-02-15** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 480
- **2018-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 500 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Signed by the President S.J. 541
- **2018-02-22** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 565
- **2018-02-23** Delivered to the Governor on February 23, 2018 S.J. 577 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-27** Signed by the Governor on February 27, 2018 S.J. 608 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61cd4f84-0a76-45b4-a38d-f57e0bc36f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).