---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify cross-references regarding powers of attorney."
description: "clarify cross-references regarding powers of attorney."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "South Dakota SB 79 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agency", "Technical/Cleanup Changes", "Uniform Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johns", "Odenbach"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/791543fd-10b7-4004-b9a8-396b8e085129"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22945"
source_hash: "c03b5db4cb02f8ee431333737189b97816514ac271ad4ab95811932e91fb1aa6"
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 79 (2022) — clarify cross-references regarding powers of attorney.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johns — primary (person)
- Odenbach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 46 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-20** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-01-21** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 5 S.J. 91 `passage`
- **2022-01-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 105 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-25** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, 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. 544 `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/791543fd-10b7-4004-b9a8-396b8e085129`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).