---
type: "Bill"
title: "update certain provisions regarding the Department of Corrections and the authority of the Secretary of Corrections."
description: "update certain provisions regarding the Department of Corrections and the authority of the Secretary of Corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "South Dakota SB 52 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Penal Institutions", "Probation and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58198b49-c4a8-4d4d-9f98-87478008dff9"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23950"
source_hash: "69572cb120e2a8863d86e4e180f4be49b90aaeeccf91282688c22ad00bcac97f"
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 52 (2023) — update certain provisions regarding the Department of Corrections and the authority of the Secretary 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/23950/242614)
2. **52B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/243225.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23950/243280)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23950/250082)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (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`
- **2023-01-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-12** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 52B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-12** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2023-01-12** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-01-17** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 56
- **2023-01-18** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 61
- **2023-01-19** First read in House and referred to H.J. 61 `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 Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 2 H.J. 361
- **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/58198b49-c4a8-4d4d-9f98-87478008dff9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).