---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding sex offender registration statutes."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding sex offender registration statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "South Dakota SB 47 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Sex Offenders"]
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/342802fb-a0b8-479d-9a43-336972aafc87"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=47&Session=2020"
source_hash: "00dd0ab014157ce6720acd100ce137397e97f54c0a01cb665e8f13088e785efc"
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 47 (2020) — revise certain provisions regarding sex offender registration statutes.

## 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=SB47P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=47)
2. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB47SJU.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=47)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB47ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=47)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — 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`
- **2020-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-21** Judiciary Deferred to another day, Passed
- **2020-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-30** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 47A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 4. S.J. 147 `passage`
- **2020-02-06** First Reading House
- **2020-02-26** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 410 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 521 `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/342802fb-a0b8-479d-9a43-336972aafc87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).