---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions regarding the acceptance of gifts by municipalities."
description: "revise provisions regarding the acceptance of gifts by municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1165"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1165 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaffee", "Ewing", "Otten (Herman)", "Reed", "Stalzer", "Wismer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b88f57a1-d773-4d3e-9786-f870d2187e39"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1165&Session=2020"
source_hash: "dbf2846a407cab531b2feb38c43bf52d1504497ae221c05088f34c0b35feadeb"
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 HB 1165 (2020) — revise provisions regarding the acceptance of gifts by municipalities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1165P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1165)
2. **House Local Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1165HLO.html&Session=2020&Version=House Local Government&Bill=1165)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1165ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1165)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020HB 1009, HB 1011, HB 1165, SB 8, SB 62, HB 1009, HB 1011, SB 8, SB 62, HB 1165 — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020HB 1113, HB 1114, HB 1165, HB 1113, HB 1114, HB 1165 — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 98
- **2020-02-04** Referred to House Local Government H.J. 117 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-11** Local Government Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1165B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Local Government Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-13** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 278 `passage`
- **2020-02-18** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 238 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-21** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-24** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 322 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 392
- **2020-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 375
- **2020-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on March 02, 2020 H.J. 436 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Governor on March 04, 2020 H.J. 480 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b88f57a1-d773-4d3e-9786-f870d2187e39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).