---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the offenses for which an order for interception of communications may be granted."
description: "revise the offenses for which an order for interception of communications may be granted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "South Dakota SB 71 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Interception of Communications", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duhamel", "Hammock", "Milstead"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4628f0a1-127e-4964-b68c-32eafb715aa7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=71&Session=2020"
source_hash: "9927b007db610115a368fc162ebc6dcf1c225469e5abe6df400580a364a90150"
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 71 (2020) — revise the offenses for which an order for interception of communications may be granted.

## 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=SB71P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=71)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB71ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=71)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Hammock — primary (person)
- Milstead — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 75 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-30** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 2. S.J. 134 `passage`
- **2020-02-05** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 171 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 522 `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/4628f0a1-127e-4964-b68c-32eafb715aa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).