---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding official meetings conducted by teleconference."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding official meetings conducted by teleconference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1127"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1127 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Meetings", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Cwach", "Duvall", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Hoffman", "Koth", "Olson", "Reed", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f79555be-0845-42e7-b41e-bc639c670b20"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22096"
source_hash: "c849a70dd5431442edb334e8f4a223a09c6836772c4e23692d0bbb20d415846d"
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 1127 (2021) — revise certain provisions regarding official meetings conducted by teleconference.

## 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/22096/214519)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22096/219748)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Cwach — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in House and referred to H.J. 154 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-04** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-05** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 229
- **2021-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 18 H.J. 242 `passage`
- **2021-02-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 225 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 420 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 450 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 527 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 H.J. 530 `executive-receipt`
- **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/f79555be-0845-42e7-b41e-bc639c670b20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).