---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions related to the discharge of a defendant restored to competency."
description: "revise provisions related to the discharge of a defendant restored to competency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "South Dakota SB 72 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Mentally Ill Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chase", "Duba", "Emery", "Hunhoff", "Johnson", "Moore", "Mulder", "Nelson", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Rohl", "Stevens", "Tobin", "Wheeler", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62a1d769-b2b7-4689-afb6-0248ca5ff845"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23808"
source_hash: "1abc9788842e3289e247435e61e9fdf88a16f0431d9fd8d18534d1a4310efc6c"
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 72 (2023) — revise provisions related to the discharge of a defendant restored to competency.

## 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/23808/244330)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23808/250407)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chase — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulder — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 67 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-26** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2023-01-30** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 137 `passage`
- **2023-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 180 `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/62a1d769-b2b7-4689-afb6-0248ca5ff845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).