---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify the process for civil forfeiture."
description: "modify the process for civil forfeiture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "South Dakota SB 164 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Forfeiture", "Criminal Procedure", "Hoghouse", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Castleberry", "Diedrich", "Heinert", "Johns", "May", "Olson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Pischke", "Rohl", "Rusch", "Soye", "Symens", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd6b777a-1f7e-4034-9dfb-f6226a4f1b7c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22067"
source_hash: "a1b3294f7dc0c4b0edcde6b7decd193adba58a5f83bad58b8bf30e99f6856c4c"
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 164 (2021) — modify the process for civil forfeiture.

## 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/22067/214975)
2. **164B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217784.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22067/217841)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22067/219775)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **54–15** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Soye — primary (person)
- Symens — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 142 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-18** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 2 Amendment 164B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0 S.J. 3
- **2021-02-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 332
- **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 10, NAYS 1 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 15 H.J. 500
- **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/fd6b777a-1f7e-4034-9dfb-f6226a4f1b7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).