---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide protection for actions assisting an impaired lawyer or judge."
description: "provide protection for actions assisting an impaired lawyer or judge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 95"
citation: "South Dakota SB 95 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidential Information", "Courts and Judiciary", "Mentally Ill Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Cwach", "Diedrich", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Haugaard", "Heinert", "Hoffman", "Johns", "Koth", "Mortenson", "Olson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Reed", "Rusch", "Schoenbeck", "Smith (Jamie)", "Steinhauer", "Stevens", "Symens", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70666db5-12a8-4b08-9bc2-7fba9db34f33"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22121"
source_hash: "6ac6ab8f58ef23fe158b8a3bece03ef30a1a5c5ad297e335d0e5dca23c90cd3c"
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 95 (2021) — provide protection for actions assisting an impaired lawyer or judge.

## 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/22121/212593)
2. **95A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/214619.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22121/219791)
4. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22121/214706)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22121/220107)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Cwach — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Haugaard — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Symens — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 95 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-01-28** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 2 Amendment 95A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 2
- **2021-01-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 2
- **2021-02-02** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 158 `passage`
- **2021-02-03** First Reading House H.J. 195
- **2021-02-04** Referred to H.J. 213 `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 495 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Title amended , Passed, H.J. 496
- **2021-03-09** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 460
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 550 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-11 S.J. 476 `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/70666db5-12a8-4b08-9bc2-7fba9db34f33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).