---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide for the organization of townships or fractions of townships."
description: "provide for the organization of townships or fractions of townships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1147"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1147 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Petitions", "Townships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chase", "Klumb"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6c59a45-1325-4452-96e1-e6f7113baaf7"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24243"
source_hash: "c1b8366a1d4ed5724495f192886dd2e6636a3ebcd47a9c6beaab93eb9492d303"
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 HB 1147 (2023) — provide for the organization of townships or fractions of townships.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24243/246524)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24243/250097)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chase — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 159 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-07** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 261 `passage`
- **2023-02-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 235 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-22** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 13 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 13
- **2023-02-23** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 329 `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 374 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 361 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-01 H.J. 420 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-07 H.J. 497 `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/e6c59a45-1325-4452-96e1-e6f7113baaf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).