---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions pertaining to trusts."
description: "revise certain provisions pertaining to trusts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "South Dakota SB 65 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fiduciaries and Trusts", "Judicial Remedies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Barthel", "Bolin", "Borglum", "Castleberry", "Curd", "Diedrich", "Duhamel", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hansen", "Johns", "Lake", "Langer", "Maher", "Miskimins", "Monroe", "Novstrup", "Partridge", "Peterson (Kent)", "Qualm", "Rounds", "Rusch", "Schoenbeck", "Stalzer", "White", "Wiik", "Willadsen", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fe4a730-232a-41ef-a7bc-81f596a60302"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=65&Session=2020"
source_hash: "6aa077166484bef01d9d4e6ec4d7cfc465b777f82cd7f782041c2916ad861de1"
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 65 (2020) — revise certain provisions pertaining to trusts.

## 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=SB65P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=65)
2. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB65SJU.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=65)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB65ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=65)

## Votes

- - 2020SB 5, SB 65, SB 162, SB 176, SB 5, SB 65, SB 162, SB 176 — **65–1** (pass) · lower
- - 2020SB 65, SB 65 — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Borglum — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 62 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-11** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 65A `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 27, NAYS 3. S.J. 231 `passage`
- **2020-02-18** First Reading House H.J. 298
- **2020-02-26** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 411 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, 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`
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Governor on March 11, 2020 S.J. 493 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fe4a730-232a-41ef-a7bc-81f596a60302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).