---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise and repeal certain provisions relating to the South Dakota Retirement System."
description: "revise and repeal certain provisions relating to the South Dakota Retirement System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "South Dakota SB 31 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Public Officers and Employees", "Retirement System"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d110c3b-829d-43ad-92c2-bc7261fc5915"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=31&Session=2020"
source_hash: "30e08f78abedaa562bd28b7d1be0618bcb2c35920b48eb2579d37231299d09cd"
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 31 (2020) — revise and repeal certain provisions relating to the South Dakota Retirement System.

## 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=SB31P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=31)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB31ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=31)

## Votes

- - 2020SB 13, SB 28, SB 31, SB 32, SB 13, SB 28, SB 31, SB 32 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020HB 1181, SB 31, SB 32, SB 34, HB 1181, SB 31, SB 32, SB 34 — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Retirement Laws — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First Reading Senate S.J. 14
- **2020-01-15** Referred to Senate Retirement Laws S.J. 17 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-22** Retirement Laws Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-01-24** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 76 `passage`
- **2020-01-27** First Reading House H.J. 64
- **2020-01-28** Referred to House Retirement Laws H.J. 77 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-12** Retirement Laws Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-12** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-18** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0. H.J. 297 `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Signed by the President S.J. 259
- **2020-02-20** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 340
- **2020-02-21** Delivered to the Governor on February 21, 2020 S.J. 302 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-27** Signed by the Governor on February 26, 2020 S.J. 363 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d110c3b-829d-43ad-92c2-bc7261fc5915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).