---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the base salary for certain judges."
description: "increase the base salary for certain judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "South Dakota SB 139 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Public Officers and Employees", "State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diedrich", "Haugaard", "Peterson (Kent)", "Schoenbeck", "Smith (Jamie)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49a15c3b-a8e4-4eaa-8e77-5f3d5bf5d228"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22386"
source_hash: "e637f2922f70350c26da6f4801c093f46d669a78a5df4c47f160adde714573cb"
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 139 (2021) — increase the base salary for certain judges.

## 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/22386/214668)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22386/219772)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **62–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Haugaard — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — 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`
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-03** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 333 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-24** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 355 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** First read in House and referred to H.J. 438 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 7 H.J. 499 `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/49a15c3b-a8e4-4eaa-8e77-5f3d5bf5d228`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).