---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the use of electronic communication in the involuntary commitment process and to declare an emergency."
description: "provide for the use of electronic communication in the involuntary commitment process and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "South Dakota SB 1 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Mentally Ill Persons", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duba", "Otten (Herman)", "Soholt", "St John", "Stalzer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c4bb03f-6471-46c3-882a-ef03d5907c75"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1&Session=2020"
source_hash: "81519a6e528b1d12b0569027f1c1d7f3331cb54eaf45b40f17e45640b5ebc355"
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 1 (2020) — provide for the use of electronic communication in the involuntary commitment process and to declare an emergency.

## 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=SB1P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB1ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duba — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- St John — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-27** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 102 `passage`
- **2020-01-29** First Reading House H.J. 85
- **2020-01-30** Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 107 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-03** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent, Passed
- **2020-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 490 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 470
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2020 S.J. 488 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 530 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c4bb03f-6471-46c3-882a-ef03d5907c75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).