---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify emergency commitments of severely mentally ill persons by appropriate regional facilities."
description: "clarify emergency commitments of severely mentally ill persons by appropriate regional facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "South Dakota SB 7 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Commitment", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Mentally Ill Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f564787-0ca0-4664-921c-d2acb47234a4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23789"
source_hash: "5ab034c2a19656b5f494ae212ea3500d6a3e889330a67d7e79d640117f907c73"
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 7 (2023) — clarify emergency commitments of severely mentally ill persons by appropriate regional facilities.

## 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/23789/241985)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23789/248343)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (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`
- **2023-01-24** 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** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 115 `passage`
- **2023-01-26** First read in House and referred to H.J. 161 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-01** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-02-02** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 213 `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Signed by the President S.J. 193 `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 239 `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-07 S.J. 213 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-13** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-13 S.J. 244 `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/3f564787-0ca0-4664-921c-d2acb47234a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).