---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify and modernize cremation requirements and procedures."
description: "clarify and modernize cremation requirements and procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "South Dakota SB 141 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Fees", "Licensure", "Professions and Occupations", "Promulgation of Rules", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Heermann"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22d833de-4b04-4d13-8f29-b4f857e4cd6f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23631"
source_hash: "61cb7d5f38e472ef080f29a33f3b1f60ba9e62f2655be72bcd70eb6bbc516f60"
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 141 (2023) — clarify and modernize cremation requirements and procedures.

## 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/23631/246578)
2. **141A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248129.pdf)
3. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23631/248436)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23631/251080)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 123 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-03** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 141A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-07** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 215
- **2023-02-08** First Reading House H.J. 260
- **2023-02-09** Referred to H.J. 275 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-02** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 475
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 506 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 S.J. 461 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 S.J. 495 `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/22d833de-4b04-4d13-8f29-b4f857e4cd6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).