---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify provisions related to filing a petition to refer an ordinance or resolution."
description: "clarify provisions related to filing a petition to refer an ordinance or resolution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "South Dakota SB 138 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Counties", "Petitions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duhamel", "Reed"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba5c470a-c486-464b-bbdd-4e6bbfa332cd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23272"
source_hash: "11fc8c58d26feb2b05776f6ab8e9875dfdb900766e9441c395a6da14a6b28e97"
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 138 (2022) — clarify provisions related to filing a petition to refer an ordinance or resolution.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 130 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-02** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-03** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 173 `passage`
- **2022-02-04** First read in House and referred to H.J. 212 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-10** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 283 `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Signed by the President S.J. 262 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 353 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-17 S.J. 292 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** Signed by the Governor on 2022-02-24 S.J. 376 `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/ba5c470a-c486-464b-bbdd-4e6bbfa332cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).