---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the qualifications to serve as a trustee of a county road district."
description: "revise the qualifications to serve as a trustee of a county road district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "South Dakota SB 161 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Bridges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johns", "Odenbach"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c28e1d3-e498-4eb7-a9a4-251ce61380a0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22291"
source_hash: "8df4604c3e75f1482e10484ad147e397517d234b4be25086fe76cb23eb6c91dc"
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 161 (2021) — revise the qualifications to serve as a trustee of a county road district.

## 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/22291/214865)
2. **161A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217640.pdf)
3. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22291/217708)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22291/219325)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johns — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 143 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-17** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 161A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-17** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 304 `passage`
- **2021-02-23** First Reading House H.J. 357
- **2021-02-25** Referred to H.J. 400 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-02** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **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/8c28e1d3-e498-4eb7-a9a4-251ce61380a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).