---
type: "Bill"
title: "require fiscal notes for certain initiated measures and initiated amendments to the Constitution."
description: "require fiscal notes for certain initiated measures and initiated amendments to the Constitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "South Dakota SB 9 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Initiative and Referendum", "Legislature and Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolin", "Otten (Ernie)", "Peterson (Kent)", "Reed", "Soli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/731fa913-8d9b-416d-a7b6-e126eeaea0c2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=9&Session=2018"
source_hash: "dc088fee7f01358e92431ecf8967d5226ee5fb8db19bf10aaa125520f0abed2f"
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 9 (2018) — require fiscal notes for certain initiated measures and initiated amendments to the Constitution.

## 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=SB9P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=9)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB9ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=9)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **58–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **8–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **29–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bolin — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Soli — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-17** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2. S.J. 114 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-18** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 6. S.J. 138 `passage`
- **2018-01-19** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 115 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 2. H.J. 568 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 611
- **2018-02-27** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 620
- **2018-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 9. H.J. 651 `passage`
- **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/731fa913-8d9b-416d-a7b6-e126eeaea0c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).