---
type: "Bill"
title: "protect fairness in women's sports."
description: "protect fairness in women's sports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "South Dakota SB 46 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Athletics", "Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Higher Education", "Liability", "School Districts", "Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1973a187-615e-4711-a68f-32b5d6e18764"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22957"
source_hash: "a1e6b158686027460f39318c0f84aba56a9111dfc8a71da105f2f23a65a085c7"
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 46 (2022) — protect fairness in women's sports.

## Version chain

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

1. **46A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/226855.pdf)
2. **46C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/227902.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **50–17** (pass) · lower
- Table amendment — **65–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 16 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-14** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 46A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-14** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 S.J. 1
- **2022-01-19** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 76 Amendment 46C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-19** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 7 S.J. 77
- **2022-01-20** First read in House and referred to H.J. 47 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-26** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Deferred with pending amendment (Rule 5-17) , Passed, H.J. 149
- **2022-02-01** Table amendment , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2 H.J. 168
- **2022-02-01** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 17 H.J. 169
- **2022-02-02** Signed by the President S.J. 156 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 199 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-03 S.J. 172 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-04** Signed by the Governor on 2022-02-04 S.J. 178 `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/1973a187-615e-4711-a68f-32b5d6e18764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).