---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the penalty for protection order violations."
description: "increase the penalty for protection order violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1081"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1081 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Penalty", "Protection Order"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Barthel", "Castleberry", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Duba", "Goodwin", "Healy", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Milstead", "Olson", "Otten (Herman)", "Reed", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Tidemann", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0cca634-4db0-4d15-a717-1fc33d109721"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21791"
source_hash: "30d3c7fe6bca8b70d00e51ab5015e17d03d07b2eda2ee21a5d7ec2c8094126a9"
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 1081 (2021) — increase the penalty for protection order violations.

## 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/21791/212634)
2. **1081A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/212835.pdf)
3. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21791/218461)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21791/219978)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **49–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **4–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Milstead — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 109 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-24** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 1081A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 4 H.J. 1
- **2021-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 17 H.J. 424
- **2021-03-01** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 365 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 443
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 H.J. 547 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 H.J. 570 `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/e0cca634-4db0-4d15-a717-1fc33d109721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).