---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for a statewide resource information system."
description: "provide for a statewide resource information system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "South Dakota SB 8 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diedrich", "Ewing", "Haugaard", "Hunhoff", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johns", "Kennedy", "Langer", "Otten (Herman)", "Reed", "Soholt", "Solano", "Stalzer", "Wismer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29c8cdbf-1666-49b1-b825-377de633ac96"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=8&Session=2019"
source_hash: "360085a62e02cbc4666bde44aaadbb70a3257d9519a2870e29ef13dc7a6c3145"
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 8 (2019) — provide for a statewide resource information system.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment 8ja** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd8ja.htm)
2. **Amendment 8ka** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd8ka.htm)
3. **Amendment 8kb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd8kb.htm)
4. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB8CNF.htm&Session=2019&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=8)
5. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB8H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=8)
6. **Joint Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB8JAP.htm&Session=2019&Version=Joint Appropriations&Bill=8)
7. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB8P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=8)
8. **Senate State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB8SST.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=8)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB8ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=8)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019 — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019 — **47–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **50–14** (pass) · lower
- Referred as Amended to - 2019 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **14–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Haugaard — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 22 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-23** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 8ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-08** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 8kb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-08** State Affairs Title amended, Passed Amendment 8kta
- **2019-02-08** State Affairs Referred as Amended to Joint Committee on Appropriations, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 313
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-25** Joint Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 8ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 4. S.J. 516 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1. S.J. 552 `passage`
- **2019-03-04** First read in House and committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 603 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 638 Amendment 8ta
- **2019-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 14. H.J. 638 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed S.J. 659
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 695
- **2019-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report S.J. 700 Amendment Cc8a
- **2019-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 3. S.J. 712
- **2019-03-12** Placed on calendar, Passed H.J. 731
- **2019-03-12** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report H.J. 729 Amendment Cc8a
- **2019-03-12** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 12. H.J. 732
- **2019-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 716
- **2019-03-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 756
- **2019-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 13, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 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/29c8cdbf-1666-49b1-b825-377de633ac96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).