---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the seizure and holding of real property as evidence."
description: "provide for the seizure and holding of real property as evidence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 176"
citation: "South Dakota SB 176 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Evidence", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Bordeaux", "Borglum", "Duba", "Gosch", "Hansen", "Kolbeck", "Koth", "Monroe", "Nesiba", "Novstrup", "Partridge", "Perry", "Qualm", "Rasmussen", "Smith (Jamie)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27f28dce-f021-4fac-a297-69453a4c2a42"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=176&Session=2020"
source_hash: "34cb7f30c4261063834109d921de389337a6ff3af8a5ddd4465fc0aa7a61de83"
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 176 (2020) — provide for the seizure and holding of real property as evidence.

## 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=SB176P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=176)
2. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB176SJU.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=176)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB176ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=176)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- - 2020SB 5, SB 65, SB 162, SB 176, SB 5, SB 65, SB 162, SB 176 — **65–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rasmussen — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-18** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 176A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent, Passed
- **2020-02-21** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 306
- **2020-02-24** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 324 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** First Reading House H.J. 387
- **2020-02-26** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 411 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 1. H.J. 451 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 421
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 498
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2020 S.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 18, 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/27f28dce-f021-4fac-a297-69453a4c2a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).