---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish the crime of torture of a human trafficking victim and provide a penalty therefor."
description: "establish the crime of torture of a human trafficking victim and provide a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "South Dakota SB 148 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assault", "Crimes", "Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Castleberry", "Crabtree", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Duhamel", "Reed", "Reimer", "Steinhauer", "Symens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d2c625b-355c-4c35-b47a-392e607cfcf8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22219"
source_hash: "437e881dd4142232a6ae06bab21dd6161ea29eb38479ac12a826ce0502aa48ec"
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 148 (2021) — establish the crime of torture of a human trafficking victim and provide a penalty therefor.

## 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/22219/214720)
2. **148A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217469.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22219/217842)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22219/219732)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Certified uncontested, placed on consent — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Symens — 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`
- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-16** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 S.J. 2 Amendment 148A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-18** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 5
- **2021-02-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 331
- **2021-02-24** First Reading House H.J. 383
- **2021-02-25** Referred to H.J. 400 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 495 `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`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-10 S.J. 472 `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/3d2c625b-355c-4c35-b47a-392e607cfcf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).