---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the population requirement for appointment of coroners."
description: "revise the population requirement for appointment of coroners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "South Dakota SB 168 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolin", "Jensen (Kevin)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4c67d0b-2688-4987-9722-818036d958db"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22174"
source_hash: "2f9d2ee0ec8ac864ebff60b53d2bb9c742c20ad44c43beb399d767830ac0e245"
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 168 (2021) — revise the population requirement for appointment of coroners.

## 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/22174/215411)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22174/219327)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bolin — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 157 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-05** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-08** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 208 `passage`
- **2021-02-09** First Reading House H.J. 254
- **2021-02-10** Referred to H.J. 273 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-23** Local Government Deferred to another day , Passed,
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-02** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, 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/e4c67d0b-2688-4987-9722-818036d958db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).