---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions related to the restoration to competency of criminal defendants."
description: "revise provisions related to the restoration to competency of criminal defendants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "South Dakota SB 46 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Competency", "Criminal Procedure", "Developmentally Disabled Persons", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Mentally Ill Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7ac9410-a57e-4bb9-9259-d37fefc38a1a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=46&Session=2020"
source_hash: "f3f67a48855d8b2251d3b85ffd8b921f0ebee480a2a0abbaf57926f2ad6cd4bc"
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 46 (2020) — revise provisions related to the restoration to competency of criminal defendants.

## 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=SB46P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=46)
2. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB46SJU.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=46)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB46ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=46)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **64–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **28–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — 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 Judiciary S.J. 17 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-11** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 46A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 46B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 3. S.J. 230 `passage`
- **2020-02-18** First Reading House H.J. 298
- **2020-02-26** Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 410 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-05** Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 2. H.J. 523 `passage`
- **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 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/b7ac9410-a57e-4bb9-9259-d37fefc38a1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).