---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain requirements regarding the review of initiated amendments to the Constitution and to declare an emergency."
description: "revise certain requirements regarding the review of initiated amendments to the Constitution and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 86"
citation: "South Dakota SB 86 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Constitutional Amendments", "Emergency Clause", "Legislature and Statutes", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gosch", "Mortenson", "Peterson (Kent)", "Schoenbeck"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd792f31-2817-4971-82b8-79ae0dd9bc91"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21906"
source_hash: "a037a78fd0f9f91120d7351b8d3387dc8477e8caf7a472b64e80f6201968efd3"
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 86 (2021) — revise certain requirements regarding the review of initiated amendments to the Constitution and to declare an emergency.

## 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/21906/212224)
2. **86A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/212567.pdf)
3. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21906/216762)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21906/219019)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **58–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gosch — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 88 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-05** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 86A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-05** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1
- **2021-02-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 229
- **2021-02-10** First read in House and referred to H.J. 272 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2021-03-01** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 9 H.J. 471 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 422 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 527 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 S.J. 460 `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/cd792f31-2817-4971-82b8-79ae0dd9bc91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).