---
type: "Bill"
title: "adopt the Uniform Power of Attorney Act."
description: "adopt the Uniform Power of Attorney Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "South Dakota SB 148 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agency", "Uniform Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curd", "Diedrich", "Johns", "Partridge", "White", "Wiik"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a085602-1ef3-48d5-a9f3-74a144afa07a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=148&Session=2020"
source_hash: "07a14acc7eae5fb29903c2f2fd4aa89d20db1793dd3d1228c28263eb9ae88c20"
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 148 (2020) — adopt the Uniform Power of Attorney Act.

## 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=SB148P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=148)
2. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB148HJU.html&Session=2020&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=148)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB148ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=148)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020HB 1058, SB 148, SB 181, HB 1058, SB 148, SB 181 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020SB 56, SB 60, SB 61, SB 142, SB 148, SB 167, SB 61, SB 56, SB 60, SB 142, SB 148, SB 167 — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curd — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 118 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-18** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent, Passed
- **2020-02-19** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 256 `passage`
- **2020-02-20** First Reading House H.J. 335
- **2020-02-26** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 411 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 148A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1. H.J. 469 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 451
- **2020-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 475
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 522 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 2020 S.J. 557 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a085602-1ef3-48d5-a9f3-74a144afa07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).