---
type: "Bill"
title: "expand the eligibility for a small estate probate."
description: "expand the eligibility for a small estate probate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1085"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1085 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Probate Code"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johns", "Mortenson", "Nesiba", "Rusch", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8530806f-0910-4e64-8a64-0edeb3600210"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22687"
source_hash: "0d962b0fea9f0fecdf963f3511f4965501f772b2e0d1a268db799ae1ed596209"
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 HB 1085 (2022) — expand the eligibility for a small estate probate.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johns — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** First read in House and referred to H.J. 46 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-26** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2022-01-27** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 148 `passage`
- **2022-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 140 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-08** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-10** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 234 `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 288 `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Signed by the President S.J. 262 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-16 H.J. 334 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-23** Signed by the Governor on 2022-02-23 H.J. 428 `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/8530806f-0910-4e64-8a64-0edeb3600210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).