---
type: "Bill"
title: "permit a government agency to qualify as a victim for purposes of restitution in criminal cases."
description: "permit a government agency to qualify as a victim for purposes of restitution in criminal cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "South Dakota SB 7 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Criminal Procedure", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Health Care", "Public Welfare and Assistance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65ee532a-d922-40fe-9332-00cbf612ecc9"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21880"
source_hash: "2d41808b9e6b23334ca3febf35ad8517d6e2f4e136a0ca4a3a43009f45b701a2"
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 7 (2021) — permit a government agency to qualify as a victim for purposes of restitution in criminal cases.

## 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/21880/209960)
2. **7B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/211396.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21880/212463)
4. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21880/211737)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21880/215853)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **67–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 15 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-01-19** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 2 Amendment 7B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 2
- **2021-01-21** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 90
- **2021-01-21** Senate Title amended , Passed, S.J. 90
- **2021-01-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 109 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-28** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-02-01** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 167
- **2021-02-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 2 H.J. 182 `passage`
- **2021-02-03** Signed by the President S.J. 174 `passage`
- **2021-02-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 218 `passage`
- **2021-02-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-02-05 S.J. 199 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-10** Signed by the Governor on 2021-02-10 S.J. 232 `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/65ee532a-d922-40fe-9332-00cbf612ecc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).