---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding the crime of rape and provide a penalty therefor."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding the crime of rape and provide a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "South Dakota SB 91 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Sex Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Castleberry", "Davis", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Fitzgerald", "Hoffman", "Koth", "Larson", "Mehlhaff", "Perry", "Pourier", "Reed", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Stalzer", "Tobin", "Wittman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03c0d0f4-53b2-4da9-a266-5800976a47ab"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23829"
source_hash: "2ca14df58f895f9d7dd132cb8c793be24bb10e56effa42ab08a2b0d8367c7aba"
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 91 (2023) — revise certain provisions regarding the crime of rape and provide a penalty therefor.

## 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/23829/245436)
2. **91A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248547.pdf)
3. **91C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/250797.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23829/251143)
5. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23829/248819)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23829/251243)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **66–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Castleberry — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Wittman — 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`
- **2023-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-07** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 Amendment 91A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2023-02-13** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 249
- **2023-02-14** First read in House and referred to H.J. 292 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-01** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 467
- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 479 Amendment 91C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 2 H.J. 480
- **2023-03-07** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 451
- **2023-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 458 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 517 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 S.J. 467 `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/03c0d0f4-53b2-4da9-a266-5800976a47ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).