---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the crime of witness tampering."
description: "revise the crime of witness tampering."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "South Dakota SB 50 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e3f4832-bb73-46aa-952b-cfa83eaed19f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24001"
source_hash: "0164c56fd38df67443b7eadf61c61cb55ecbc52ecaba51f62056d93b6cfda52e"
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 50 (2023) — revise the crime of witness tampering.

## 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/24001/242587)
2. **50A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/243409.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24001/245691)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24001/250457)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **64–5** (pass) · lower

## 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
- **2023-01-19** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 50A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-24** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2023-01-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-01-26** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 128
- **2023-01-30** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 137
- **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** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 361
- **2023-02-24** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 374
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 5 H.J. 393
- **2023-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 372 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 446 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-02 S.J. 409 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-09 S.J. 472 `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/0e3f4832-bb73-46aa-952b-cfa83eaed19f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).