---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the daily maximum award for the alternative care program administered by the Unified Judicial System."
description: "increase the daily maximum award for the alternative care program administered by the Unified Judicial System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "South Dakota SB 89 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Blare", "Breitling", "Davis", "DeGroot", "Diedrich", "Duba", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Hunhoff", "Johnson", "Koth", "Kull", "Larson", "Moore", "Nelson", "Nesiba", "Novstrup", "Olson", "Perry", "Rehfeldt", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Stalzer", "Tordsen", "Wiik", "Wittman", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0103dc9b-81bd-4be2-8df4-2dd183fc1668"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24037"
source_hash: "de16b8d0693075710d362ba49aa02f4515320c0c85d5d44401882b8c8ec12f53"
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 89 (2023) — increase the daily maximum award for the alternative care program administered by the Unified Judicial System.

## 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/24037/245384)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24037/251097)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred to — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **66–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Breitling — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- DeGroot — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Tordsen — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 102 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-31** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to , Passed, S.J. 291 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 320 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** First read in House and referred to H.J. 360 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-01** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 467
- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 2 H.J. 477 `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. 495 `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/0103dc9b-81bd-4be2-8df4-2dd183fc1668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).