---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions related to the automatic removal of certain charges or convictions from a defendant's public record."
description: "revise provisions related to the automatic removal of certain charges or convictions from a defendant's public record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "South Dakota SB 174 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Background Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23767e1f-4901-40ab-a944-44e025e8816d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22019"
source_hash: "21172c18ea938ed1eee174f7aa3e6bdc67b24322a8f28fb77d136b77ad10fbf5"
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 174 (2021) — revise provisions related to the automatic removal of certain charges or convictions from a defendant's public record.

## 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/22019/215660)
2. **174A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217125.pdf)
3. **174B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217461.pdf)
4. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22019/217512)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22019/218962)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Wheeler — 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`
- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-16** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 174A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 174B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 2
- **2021-02-18** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 297
- **2021-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 306
- **2021-02-23** First Reading House H.J. 357
- **2021-02-25** Referred to H.J. 400 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-01** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2021-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 460 `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/23767e1f-4901-40ab-a944-44e025e8816d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).