---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide flexibility for certain municipal budget provisions."
description: "provide flexibility for certain municipal budget provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "South Dakota SB 138 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hoffman", "Miskimins", "Olson", "Reed", "Schoenfish"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e53a524e-ea7a-4567-bb5b-60292a6bfd44"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22097"
source_hash: "89648643ddccdc024d45cdcb2b4d27bcb7014cc7c1cb996938858e2b0d852c8b"
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 138 (2021) — provide flexibility for certain municipal budget provisions.

## 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/22097/214646)
2. **138A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216634.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22097/216683)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22097/219318)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 134 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-03** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 186 Amendment 138A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 186
- **2021-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 226
- **2021-02-08** Referred to H.J. 238 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-02** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2021-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 483 `passage`
- **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/e53a524e-ea7a-4567-bb5b-60292a6bfd44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).