---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the definition of sexual contact for purposes of sexual contact with a child under eighteen by a person in a position of authority."
description: "revise the definition of sexual contact for purposes of sexual contact with a child under eighteen by a person in a position of authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "South Dakota SB 81 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Sex Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duhamel", "Reed"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75e41e66-89f6-40e3-bc19-63e8e30d25fe"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23117"
source_hash: "73bf39c529353360f8545e4596f3a674b832d5cdabe3f933c556e8553f552354"
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 81 (2022) — revise the definition of sexual contact for purposes of sexual contact with a child under eighteen by a person in a position of authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **81A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/235233.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report adopted — **67–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **7–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **64–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 58 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-20** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 90
- **2022-01-24** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 97 `passage`
- **2022-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 117 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-28** Judiciary Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2022-03-02** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2022-03-02** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 6 H.J. 1 Amendment 81A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Amend the amendment , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2022-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 H.J. 1
- **2022-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 4 H.J. 602
- **2022-03-08** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee , Passed, S.J. 486
- **2022-03-08** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 633
- **2022-03-08** Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1
- **2022-03-09** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 2 H.J. 644
- **2022-03-09** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 499
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 684 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 538 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-10 S.J. 539 `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/75e41e66-89f6-40e3-bc19-63e8e30d25fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).