---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding trusts."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding trusts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "South Dakota SB 51 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial Remedies", "Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Cronin", "Curd", "Diedrich", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Hansen", "Johns", "Lake", "Langer", "Maher", "Monroe", "Olson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Partridge", "Peterson (Kent)", "Qualm", "Rounds", "Rusch", "Schoenbeck", "Schoenfish", "Solano", "White", "Wiik", "Willadsen", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3996b42c-9014-4427-bb4a-d959374db722"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=51&Session=2019"
source_hash: "94c81545253fb2c6a36a444f027c24a6db6bd6f719ff10a535d34e134df91645"
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 51 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding trusts.

## 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=SB51P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=51)
2. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB51S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=51)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB51ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=51)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 97 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-24** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 160 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 193 Amendment 51ka
- **2019-01-25** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 193 `passage`
- **2019-01-28** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 221 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-06** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 304 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 330 `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Signed by the President S.J. 320
- **2019-02-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 363
- **2019-02-12** Delivered to the Governor on February 12, 2019 S.J. 343 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-19** Signed by the Governor on Febrary 14, 2019 S.J. 396 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3996b42c-9014-4427-bb4a-d959374db722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).