---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions related to news media coverage of high school activities."
description: "revise certain provisions related to news media coverage of high school activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "South Dakota SB 128 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Athletics", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c440d18-79ae-4a80-ae6a-75eb7e92826c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22201"
source_hash: "548324ab10a2cb0bf986662deb8ed900c4a96b5c6a6ab7866616d2b496ef4a5c"
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 128 (2021) — revise certain provisions related to news media coverage of high school activities.

## 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/22201/214489)
2. **128A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216433.pdf)
3. **128B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217660.pdf)
4. **128C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/219037.pdf)
5. **House Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22201/219141)
6. **Senate Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22201/217816)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22201/220098)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **66–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 133 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-04** Education Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 2 Amendment 128A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-18** Education Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 2 Amendment 128B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 2
- **2021-02-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 331
- **2021-02-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 383 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 128C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Amend the amendment , Passed,
- **2021-03-03** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2021-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-03-08** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 2 H.J. 508 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 461
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 550 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 S.J. 476 `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/6c440d18-79ae-4a80-ae6a-75eb7e92826c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).