---
type: "Bill"
title: "create a pilot program in the Unified Judicial System for risk and lethality assessments for certain persons accused of assault or protection order violations."
description: "create a pilot program in the Unified Judicial System for risk and lethality assessments for certain persons accused of assault or protection order violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "South Dakota SB 103 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Criminal Procedure", "Domestic Relations", "Sunset Clause"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlint", "Fitzgerald", "Perry", "Reed", "Schoenbeck", "Stalzer", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8425e553-e1cb-4a3f-a2ff-d349f7586614"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24194"
source_hash: "33d733767623b6acc7dac20b430023b49c9d4042706f61ad83739a416d2b4af1"
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 103 (2023) — create a pilot program in the Unified Judicial System for risk and lethality assessments for certain persons accused of assault or protection order violations.

## 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/24194/245984)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24194/250628)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arlint — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 114 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-09** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-13** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 247
- **2023-02-14** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 263 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** First read in House and referred to H.J. 307 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2023-02-27** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 4 H.J. 401 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Signed by the President S.J. 397 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 467 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-06 S.J. 422 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-09 S.J. 475 `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/8425e553-e1cb-4a3f-a2ff-d349f7586614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).