---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise and clarify certain processes for emergency detainment related to drug and alcohol abuse."
description: "revise and clarify certain processes for emergency detainment related to drug and alcohol abuse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "South Dakota SB 136 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Drugs", "Law Enforcement", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Kolbeck (Jack)", "Smith (V. J.)", "Steinhauer", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4642df9-9642-4e37-8462-5e0ec55f681b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23309"
source_hash: "b7b655c58363ae37c433eff8d0baaef140e6aac6c8154876d0b9f4e95848e8dd"
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 136 (2022) — revise and clarify certain processes for emergency detainment related to drug and alcohol abuse.

## 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 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Jack) — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 129 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-09** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-14** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 240 `passage`
- **2022-02-15** First read in House and referred to H.J. 324 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-01** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 1 H.J. 520 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 589 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 457 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-07 S.J. 462 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 S.J. 542 `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/d4642df9-9642-4e37-8462-5e0ec55f681b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).