---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise public meeting requirements."
description: "revise public meeting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "South Dakota SB 162 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Meetings", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Blare", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Hoffman", "Perry", "Reisch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ff29d26-3fcf-49ea-ba47-669c529a037a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24033"
source_hash: "1249d4188cf7449067200815366868e1c586ba2575ced3dae1ba119df66c71f0"
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 162 (2023) — revise public meeting requirements.

## 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/24033/246795)
2. **162A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248831.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24033/249005)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24033/249596)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First Reading Senate S.J. 126
- **2023-01-30** Referred to S.J. 137 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-03** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 5 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 198
- **2023-02-07** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 214
- **2023-02-08** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 229 Amendment 162A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 230
- **2023-02-09** First read in House and referred to H.J. 274 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-14** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-15** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 307
- **2023-02-16** Signed by the President S.J. 293 `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 326 `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-21 S.J. 300 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-28 S.J. 364 `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/9ff29d26-3fcf-49ea-ba47-669c529a037a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).