---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise and reorganize certain provisions regarding the assessment of property for the purposes of taxation."
description: "revise and reorganize certain provisions regarding the assessment of property for the purposes of taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "South Dakota SB 70 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaffee", "Duvall", "Tidemann"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36d50aae-c3d1-4fcb-8ff2-cbdebae833d7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/12272"
source_hash: "630ffbda6e1dc8209d7ca18592891187b9e70c327c6ac36b6c122b4ff46b9dc6"
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 70 (2021) — revise and reorganize certain provisions regarding the assessment of property for the purposes of taxation.

## 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/12272/210781)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/12272/219359)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **62–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)

## 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`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-01-27** Taxation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2021-01-28** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 136 `passage`
- **2021-02-01** First Reading House H.J. 166
- **2021-02-08** Referred to H.J. 238 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-02** Taxation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 4 H.J. 488 `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/36d50aae-c3d1-4fcb-8ff2-cbdebae833d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).