---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding open meeting requirements."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding open meeting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "South Dakota SB 91 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Municipal Government", "Open Meetings", "Public Officers and Employees", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Heinert", "Novstrup", "Reed", "Ring", "Soholt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9aac25e-1f4c-4963-b89f-78a6be30f502"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=91&Session=2019"
source_hash: "373876df75f1687e587b1d86e1045382e0c87c86cacc5ef87e5d5ffdcccc306c"
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 91 (2019) — revise certain provisions regarding open meeting requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 91ja** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd91ja.htm)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB91P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=91)
3. **Senate State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB91SST.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=91)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB91ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=91)

## Votes

- Concurred in Resolution as Amended - 2019HCR 1001, HB 1043, SB 113, SB 155, HB 1044, HB 1075, SB 91 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 165 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-06** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 91ja `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-06** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. S.J. 274 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-08** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 0. S.J. 319 `passage`
- **2019-02-11** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 355 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-04** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. H.J. 597 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-03-05** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 632
- **2019-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 666 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 647
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 701
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 672 `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/c9aac25e-1f4c-4963-b89f-78a6be30f502`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).