---
type: "Bill"
title: "require a comment period for the attorney general's statement regarding initiated measures and initiated amendments."
description: "require a comment period for the attorney general's statement regarding initiated measures and initiated amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "South Dakota SB 123 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments", "Delayed Effective Date", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Diedrich", "Jamison", "Steinhauer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/856fb842-8e70-44a4-beb6-55a032df8b50"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22240"
source_hash: "793f11553ecf893d4935fc83167b1d6e05edfd96a55f5b0118bb85e8e98dc13e"
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 SB 123 (2021) — require a comment period for the attorney general's statement regarding initiated measures and initiated amendments.

## 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/22240/214139)
2. **123A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216848.pdf)
3. **123C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/218466.pdf)
4. **House Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22240/218549)
5. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22240/217185)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22240/219728)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **65–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 135 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-10** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 123A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 1
- **2021-02-16** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 267
- **2021-02-17** First read in House and referred to H.J. 304 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-25** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 123C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2021-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 3 H.J. 467
- **2021-03-04** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 415
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 541 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 468 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 S.J. 494 `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/856fb842-8e70-44a4-beb6-55a032df8b50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).