---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify the meeting place and notice requirements for county commission meetings."
description: "modify the meeting place and notice requirements for county commission meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "South Dakota SB 142 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Notice and Publication", "Open Meetings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Crabtree", "Duhamel", "Hoffman", "Olson", "Reed", "Rusch", "Steinhauer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab5e984-b590-4a8f-917d-66a9c3175db3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22359"
source_hash: "9f9e820fc5894f642df0717409ad3d02c6429eb007f59a6a657944bae2c6a1fb"
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 142 (2021) — modify the meeting place and notice requirements for county commission meetings.

## 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/22359/214692)
2. **142A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/215877.pdf)
3. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22359/216295)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22359/219319)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rusch — 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. 134 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-03** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 142A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-05** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 202
- **2021-02-08** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 210
- **2021-02-09** First Reading House H.J. 254
- **2021-02-10** Referred to H.J. 273 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-02** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, 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/3ab5e984-b590-4a8f-917d-66a9c3175db3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).