---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding remote notarization."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding remote notarization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 193"
citation: "South Dakota SB 193 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oaths and Acknowledgments", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wheeler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08cae343-f2a7-409a-8c60-bbde94beab68"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22446"
source_hash: "e17a3c62c22515012a014f59566d61a2c7c29bf87ef4444a5d87845c68a9a1a9"
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 193 (2021) — revise certain provisions regarding remote notarization.

## 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/22446/216284)
2. **193C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217281.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22446/217844)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22446/219343)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 170 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** 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. 3 Amendment 193C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 3
- **2021-02-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 332
- **2021-02-24** First Reading House H.J. 383
- **2021-02-25** Referred to H.J. 400 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-01** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 456
- **2021-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 8 H.J. 486
- **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/08cae343-f2a7-409a-8c60-bbde94beab68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).