---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the collection of certain search and rescue service costs."
description: "authorize the collection of certain search and rescue service costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "South Dakota SB 56 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frye-Mueller", "Goodwin", "Russell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3c2520e-f78f-4b33-a186-2331e8151750"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=56&Session=2020"
source_hash: "b6abb66d1ce804ed6c79c232b4c08ecc8083056f79d9753712398c5023809490"
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 56 (2020) — authorize the collection of certain search and rescue service costs.

## 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=SB56P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=56)
2. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB56S.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate&Bill=56)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB56ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=56)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- - 2020SB 56, SB 60, SB 61, SB 142, SB 148, SB 167, SB 61, SB 56, SB 60, SB 142, SB 148, SB 167 — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 56 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-29** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 115
- **2020-02-04** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 131
- **2020-02-05** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 146 Amendment 56D
- **2020-02-05** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 146 `passage`
- **2020-02-06** First Reading House
- **2020-02-27** Referred to House Local Government H.J. 422 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-03** Local Government Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1. H.J. 469 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 445
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 535
- **2020-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on March 10, 2020 S.J. 474 `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/a3c2520e-f78f-4b33-a186-2331e8151750`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).