---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify the expenditures that are recoverable as disbursements by a prevailing party in a civil action or a special proceeding."
description: "modify the expenditures that are recoverable as disbursements by a prevailing party in a civil action or a special proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1069"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1069 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Court Costs", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6489a4b-8d70-4510-b48d-c105a8f40205"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21808"
source_hash: "4c304b2d5ede32822e51016f8a73e0c3bfe8f4468b58f8d05e855b7c27898d5f"
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 HB 1069 (2021) — modify the expenditures that are recoverable as disbursements by a prevailing party in a civil action or a special proceeding.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21808/212083)
2. **1069A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216939.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21808/217053)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21808/218059)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **65–5** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading House H.J. 52
- **2021-01-21** Referred to H.J. 59 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-25** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 5 H.J. 132 `passage`
- **2021-01-27** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 125 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-09** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 1069A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 2
- **2021-02-11** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 251
- **2021-02-16** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 268
- **2021-02-18** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 323
- **2021-02-22** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1 H.J. 327
- **2021-02-23** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 354 `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 344 `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-25 H.J. 398 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-03** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-03 H.J. 478 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6489a4b-8d70-4510-b48d-c105a8f40205`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).