---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide a penalty for sexual contact with a minor by a person holding a position of authority."
description: "provide a penalty for sexual contact with a minor by a person holding a position of authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1096"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1096 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Minors", "Penalty", "Sexual Harassment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Bartels", "Barthel", "Bolin", "Chase", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Healy", "Heinert", "Hoffman", "Keintz", "Koth", "Mulally", "Overweg", "Perry", "Pourier", "Reed", "Smith (VJ)", "Stalzer", "Symens", "Thomason", "Tidemann", "Wiik", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd772b65-8e20-4f2a-92df-8e8e159136f5"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21955"
source_hash: "d35ea9ef81940d1c5b4d22f41b76bed1faff7dfd05e698e2199a3bcdc3a91b8e"
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 1096 (2021) — provide a penalty for sexual contact with a minor by a person holding a position of authority.

## 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/21955/213782)
2. **1096A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/215301.pdf)
3. **1096B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218527.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21955/218629)
5. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21955/218463)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21955/219916)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Keintz — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Symens — primary (person)
- Thomason — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** First read in House and referred to H.J. 139 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-24** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 1096A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2 H.J. 1
- **2021-02-25** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 424 Amendment 1096B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 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 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2021-03-08** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 434 `passage`
- **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/bd772b65-8e20-4f2a-92df-8e8e159136f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).