---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify when a motion for expungement of an arrest record may be made and to declare an emergency."
description: "modify when a motion for expungement of an arrest record may be made and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "South Dakota SB 83 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Public Records and Files"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Crabtree", "Diedrich", "Duba", "Foster", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johns", "Kolbeck (Jack)", "Nesiba", "Olson", "Otten (Ernie)", "Pischke", "Rohl", "Rusch", "Smith (V. J.)", "St. John", "Stalzer", "Stevens", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47616aa1-0443-4059-b5da-73e65948ac16"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23088"
source_hash: "2186bf833848bd08ed3c5d777056dc4e5e0a21aa0d00b3d327c043c1dd1034f9"
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 83 (2022) — modify when a motion for expungement of an arrest record may be made and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **83A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/229231.pdf)
2. **83B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/229469.pdf)
3. **83C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/229476.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Kolbeck (Jack) — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- St. John — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Wheeler — 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`
- **2022-01-25** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2022-01-25** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 Amendment 83A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 Amendment 83B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 Amendment 83C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2022-01-27** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 126
- **2022-01-31** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 141
- **2022-02-01** First Reading House H.J. 167
- **2022-02-15** Referred to H.J. 325 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-25** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0 H.J. 495
- **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. 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/47616aa1-0443-4059-b5da-73e65948ac16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).