---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify a court's authority to commit a habitual juvenile offender to the Department of Corrections."
description: "modify a court's authority to commit a habitual juvenile offender to the Department of Corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "South Dakota SB 4 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Juvenile Justice", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deutsch", "Healy", "Otten (Ernie)", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Schoenfish", "Tobin", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c10f76e-334c-45e6-9881-0bff0a209326"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23733"
source_hash: "3ac121fcdfaa3ad321368ce033285651d1246b5112048ef2885d0b42c7096322"
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 4 (2023) — modify a court's authority to commit a habitual juvenile offender to the Department of Corrections.

## 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/23733/241960)
2. **4A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/245041.pdf)
3. **4B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248673.pdf)
4. **4E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250131.pdf)
5. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23733/250198)
6. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23733/248725)
7. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23733/248269)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23733/251126)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **18–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **62–7** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 14 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-26** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 4A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Judiciary Deferred to another day , Passed,
- **2023-02-02** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-02** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-06** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 17 S.J. 200 Amendment 4B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 6 S.J. 201
- **2023-02-07** First read in House and referred to H.J. 248 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-24** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 9 Amendment 4E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-24** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 H.J. 9
- **2023-02-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 7 H.J. 411
- **2023-03-02** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 410
- **2023-03-06** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 9 S.J. 423
- **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. 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/5c10f76e-334c-45e6-9881-0bff0a209326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).