---
type: "Bill"
title: "exempt records regarding jail inmate disciplinary matters from public inspection and copying."
description: "exempt records regarding jail inmate disciplinary matters from public inspection and copying."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "South Dakota SB 53 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Public Records and Files"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Blare", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Duhamel", "Fitzgerald", "Johnson", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Schoenbeck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77aac6f2-d793-4b26-8e1a-505ee99828d9"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23572"
source_hash: "6ae27b66c03ce7fdefaba984aa9234aa3e81176fada4a2291ee8d18d9a2516cf"
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 53 (2023) — exempt records regarding jail inmate disciplinary matters from public inspection and copying.

## 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/23572/242917)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23572/251078)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **30–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 29 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-01-17** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 61 `passage`
- **2023-01-19** First read in House and referred to H.J. 61 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-01** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-03-02** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 459
- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 8 H.J. 474 `passage`
- **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/77aac6f2-d793-4b26-8e1a-505ee99828d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).