---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the county zoning and appeals process."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the county zoning and appeals process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "South Dakota SB 157 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Planning", "Zoning and Housing Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5411d2bf-1ace-4032-a5d9-e61adc20416d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=157&Session=2020"
source_hash: "674941e31d48c409c7e4aa64168c45902e7fdb37428582fdab053e86bc115f6f"
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 157 (2020) — revise certain provisions regarding the county zoning and appeals process.

## 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=SB157P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=157)
2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB157H.html&Session=2020&Version=House&Bill=157)
3. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB157S.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate&Bill=157)
4. **Senate State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB157SST.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate State Affairs&Bill=157)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB157ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=157)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **45–22** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2020 — **21–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend - 2020 — **41–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 141 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-19** State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 157A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-19** State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 3. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 310 Amendment 157C
- **2020-02-21** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 24, NAYS 11. S.J. 311 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** First Reading House H.J. 360
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 423 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-04** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 41, NAYS 26. H.J. 518 Amendment 157H
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 45, NAYS 22. H.J. 519 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 7. S.J. 486
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 524
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 620
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 540 `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/5411d2bf-1ace-4032-a5d9-e61adc20416d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).