---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize community response teams to recommend alternative community-based resources for children alleged to be delinquent and children alleged to be in need of supervision prior to adjudication."
description: "authorize community response teams to recommend alternative community-based resources for children alleged to be delinquent and children alleged to be in need of supervision prior to adjudication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "South Dakota SB 6 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Justice", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deutsch", "Healy", "Otten (Ernie)", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Schoenfish", "Stevens", "Tobin", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa5aef72-d8a0-4050-a8f3-5e00cb0ed742"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23736"
source_hash: "9db4ecfaca7b99669d3c449b77711244e54f42ecd2192845ed54f9e9e69bcad5"
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 6 (2023) — authorize community response teams to recommend alternative community-based resources for children alleged to be delinquent and children alleged to be in need of supervision prior to adjudication.

## 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/23736/241962)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23736/250406)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Stevens — 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`
- **2023-01-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-12** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-01-12** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0 S.J. 45 `passage`
- **2023-01-17** First read in House and referred to H.J. 45 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-24** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 9 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 9
- **2023-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **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/fa5aef72-d8a0-4050-a8f3-5e00cb0ed742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).