---
type: "Bill"
title: "change the criteria for a petition to vacate a highway."
description: "change the criteria for a petition to vacate a highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "South Dakota SB 136 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Highways and Bridges", "Petitions", "Townships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cammack", "Chaffee", "Crabtree", "Goodwin", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hoffman", "Lesmeister", "Mulally", "Wiik", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a92069e-fd70-4772-bea6-ebe0714e99c1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22372"
source_hash: "4243e0969d70d9fca0189c01b857026e9467ffc6369bf6e6f78f497bd43ed0e9"
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 136 (2021) — change the criteria for a petition to vacate a highway.

## 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/22372/214642)
2. **136C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216676.pdf)
3. **Senate Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22372/216737)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22372/217737)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cammack — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 136 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-05** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 136C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-05** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1
- **2021-02-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 226
- **2021-02-10** First read in House and referred to H.J. 273 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-16** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-17** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 305 `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Signed by the President S.J. 297 `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 336 `passage`
- **2021-02-23** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-23 S.J. 328 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-25** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-25 S.J. 346 `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/6a92069e-fd70-4772-bea6-ebe0714e99c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).