---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize certain patriotic societies access to public schools."
description: "authorize certain patriotic societies access to public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "South Dakota SB 83 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "School Districts", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cammack", "Duvall", "Johnson", "Lesmeister", "Mickelson", "Nelson", "Rasmussen", "Reed", "Rounds", "Rusch", "Smith", "Stalzer", "Turbiville", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49df32a0-f171-4d7a-94cb-6596a1563db1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=83&Session=2018"
source_hash: "30ee0ee7df05b632a3c3dae839b2bba7252b55fac70d7327a6ada1b19bbf90ad"
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 83 (2018) — authorize certain patriotic societies access to public schools.

## 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=SB83P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=83)
2. **Senate Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB83SED.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Education&Bill=83)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB83ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=83)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **4–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **26–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **58–6** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **10–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cammack — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Mickelson — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Rasmussen — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 133 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-23** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 83ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-23** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-01-25** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-01** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-06** Education Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 83jc `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-06** Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3. S.J. 380 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-08** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 422
- **2018-02-12** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 9. S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 420 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-21** Education Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 4. H.J. 509 `committee-passage`
- **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 58, NAYS 6. H.J. 626 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 646
- **2018-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 689
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on March 06, 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/49df32a0-f171-4d7a-94cb-6596a1563db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).