---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish procedures for the investigation of certain missing and murdered indigenous persons."
description: "establish procedures for the investigation of certain missing and murdered indigenous persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "South Dakota SB 164 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Indian Tribes", "Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordeaux", "Borglum", "Dennert", "DiSanto", "Duba", "Foster", "Frye-Mueller", "Healy", "Heinert", "Howard", "Jensen (Phil)", "Latterell", "Lesmeister", "McCleerey", "Monroe", "Mulally", "Olson", "Perry", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Russell", "Schoenfish", "Smith (Jamie)", "Solano", "St John", "Steinhauer", "Sullivan", "Wiese", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4805839-66c4-4abe-8f37-3b1fb2d4fdc7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=164&Session=2019"
source_hash: "2601fd042f778584f65b72fa04127ab20364bf940585599385c6108a3ce23528"
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 164 (2019) — establish procedures for the investigation of certain missing and murdered indigenous persons.

## 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=SB164P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=164)
2. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB164S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=164)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB164ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=164)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Latterell — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- St John — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 228 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-12** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 363 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 391 Amendment 164ka
- **2019-02-14** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0. S.J. 391 `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Senate Title amended, Passed S.J. 392 Amendment 164kta
- **2019-02-19** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 432 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-06** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 651 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 0. H.J. 699 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 675
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 710
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 679 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 21, 2019 S.J. 733 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4805839-66c4-4abe-8f37-3b1fb2d4fdc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).