---
type: "Bill"
title: "limit parole for violent offenders."
description: "limit parole for violent offenders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "South Dakota SB 146 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Penal Institutions", "Probation and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Castleberry", "Crabtree", "Deibert", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Fitzgerald", "Hansen", "Hoffman", "Mehlhaff", "Peterson (Sue)", "Schoenbeck", "Stalzer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea5d82ad-3b46-4628-b704-9cff50f74d5f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23895"
source_hash: "ac052bd7463d8c47a7d2a82e6e53b78b41a8406dd6b807c41ae1e19773190934"
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 146 (2023) — limit parole for violent offenders.

## 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/23895/246626)
2. **146B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249875.pdf)
3. **146C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/249916.pdf)
4. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23895/249947)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23895/250984)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–6** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **53–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 124 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-07** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 227 `passage`
- **2023-02-09** First read in House and referred to H.J. 274 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-22** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 146B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 146C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 6
- **2023-02-24** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 374
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 395
- **2023-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 17 H.J. 408
- **2023-03-02** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4 S.J. 411
- **2023-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 430 `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. 494 `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/ea5d82ad-3b46-4628-b704-9cff50f74d5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).