---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish a means for certain Department of Corrections inmates to earn credit against fines or costs ordered by the sentencing court."
description: "establish a means for certain Department of Corrections inmates to earn credit against fines or costs ordered by the sentencing court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "South Dakota SB 169 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Criminal Procedure", "Penal Institutions", "Probation and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Diedrich", "Duvall", "Goodwin", "Johnson (David)", "Olson", "Reed", "Rohl", "Rusch", "Smith (V. J.)", "St. John", "Steinhauer", "Tidemann", "Willadsen", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a38e6114-84a8-49ac-9083-1c0e66e6eb3b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22659"
source_hash: "e3f7be256348c9e12e6f9449b1e05d2c03f624767f3ccb3bf8d594a9c08e65ef"
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 169 (2022) — establish a means for certain Department of Corrections inmates to earn credit against fines or costs ordered by the sentencing court.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Do Pass — **62–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 139 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-15** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-15** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-17** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 295 `passage`
- **2022-02-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 404 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-25** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2022-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 3 H.J. 488 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 445 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 589 `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. 543 `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/a38e6114-84a8-49ac-9083-1c0e66e6eb3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).