---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish the burden of proof after a claim of immunity."
description: "establish the burden of proof after a claim of immunity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "South Dakota SB 195 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Criminal Procedure", "State's Attorneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Castleberry", "Hansen", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Stalzer", "Wiik"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b7fe055-ea4e-4b6c-bb15-24d83db36d03"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23466"
source_hash: "699d432ea53a463d761b0f0ed1eef950e005039cf5c4dce3b4f9127425f3d530"
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 195 (2022) — establish the burden of proof after a claim of immunity.

## Version chain

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

1. **195A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/233442.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **51–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **4–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 161 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-15** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 195A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 3
- **2022-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 7 S.J. 319
- **2022-02-23** First Reading House H.J. 430
- **2022-02-24** Referred to H.J. 468 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-28** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 51, NAYS 18 H.J. 522
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 457 `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. 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/3b7fe055-ea4e-4b6c-bb15-24d83db36d03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).