---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify provisions regarding the State-Tribal Relations Committee."
description: "modify provisions regarding the State-Tribal Relations Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "South Dakota SB 97 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Clause", "Indian Tribes", "Legislature and Statutes", "Organization of the Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randolph", "Schoenbeck", "St. John"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ddbec0a-66a5-4ef1-94f0-dea092d77a37"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21854"
source_hash: "edb3c940a7eb64dc8b4960087c4f30933567818728b558da250f33203fafe371"
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 97 (2021) — modify provisions regarding the State-Tribal Relations Committee.

## 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/21854/212688)
2. **97A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217648.pdf)
3. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21854/218026)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21854/219784)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **43–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **30–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randolph — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 101 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-22** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 97A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-22** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 3
- **2021-02-24** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 5 S.J. 342
- **2021-02-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 399 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 43, NAYS 26 H.J. 498
- **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/6ddbec0a-66a5-4ef1-94f0-dea092d77a37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).