---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow an expedited process for local intergovernmental legal disputes."
description: "allow an expedited process for local intergovernmental legal disputes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1191"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1191 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Local Government Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Dennert", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Duhamel", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Gross", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Phil)", "Johns", "Koth", "May", "Mortenson", "Odenbach", "Overweg", "Perry", "Peterson (Kent)", "Rusch", "Soye", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Stevens", "Weisgram", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54fd6713-6ac0-4224-a620-63f966a78a11"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22068"
source_hash: "067fd20f488ba29b16e8d75701a4d2ab41298df5569e36566ad7dd1f91e59192"
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 1191 (2021) — allow an expedited process for local intergovernmental legal disputes.

## 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/22068/214976)
2. **1191A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218563.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22068/219029)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22068/220114)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Soye — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First Reading House H.J. 165
- **2021-02-02** Referred to H.J. 179 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-10** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2021-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 285 `passage`
- **2021-02-16** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 260 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 1191A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** 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** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 535
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 550 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 H.J. 554 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 478 `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/54fd6713-6ac0-4224-a620-63f966a78a11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).