---
type: "Bill"
title: "publish voter-approved initiated constitutional amendments and initiated measures in the session laws."
description: "publish voter-approved initiated constitutional amendments and initiated measures in the session laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "South Dakota SB 2 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Measures", "Code Commission", "Session Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d81b4c7f-393b-437c-88e3-03ad060ad599"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22558"
source_hash: "65cd80862a127a4844721c12454e29a5c84428b5a860f057f90e1ec4f1b1b526"
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 2 (2022) — publish voter-approved initiated constitutional amendments and initiated measures in the session laws.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 15 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-18** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-01-19** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 76 `passage`
- **2022-01-20** First Reading House H.J. 47
- **2022-01-21** Referred to H.J. 57 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-23** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2022-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 3 H.J. 468 `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Signed by the President S.J. 400 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 495 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-01 S.J. 423 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-08 S.J. 489 `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/d81b4c7f-393b-437c-88e3-03ad060ad599`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).