---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain requirements for contesting certificates of assessment."
description: "revise certain requirements for contesting certificates of assessment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "South Dakota SB 41 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52517ace-ced2-4007-ae3e-b84c62591004"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21836"
source_hash: "be24d7dc54bb89d1ba826c66f46cb279d4d27c4c5d73fc7867755e0004de9e73"
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 41 (2021) — revise certain requirements for contesting certificates of assessment.

## 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/21836/210414)
2. **41A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/212086.pdf)
3. **Senate Taxation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21836/212132)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21836/216424)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taxation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 18 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-01-20** Taxation Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 41A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Taxation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2021-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 2
- **2021-01-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 96 `passage`
- **2021-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 120 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-02** Taxation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 196 `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Signed by the President S.J. 218 `passage`
- **2021-02-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 257 `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-10 S.J. 235 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-18** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-18 S.J. 286 `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/52517ace-ced2-4007-ae3e-b84c62591004`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).