---
type: "Bill"
title: "enhance the penalty for attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officer."
description: "enhance the penalty for attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "South Dakota SB 48 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3676dfa6-91ef-4704-a47b-4cc47415f0c2"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23999"
source_hash: "4c3c5e1420f029753b32404d898e05618b2fce9b420a79992be62dc016b1b336"
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 48 (2023) — enhance the penalty for attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officer.

## 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/23999/242582)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23999/250087)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## 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`
- **2023-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-24** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-01-25** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 115
- **2023-01-26** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 122
- **2023-01-30** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 139 `passage`
- **2023-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 180 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-22** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 2 H.J. 361 `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 340 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 395 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-01 S.J. 387 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-07 S.J. 442 `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/3676dfa6-91ef-4704-a47b-4cc47415f0c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).