---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify the membership of the Open Meeting Commission."
description: "clarify the membership of the Open Meeting Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "South Dakota SB 26 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Open Meetings", "State's Attorneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4704b427-a089-4aac-a529-7c01be5942a3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24893"
source_hash: "4be609b3a738ec707a882cce3b68249e8a0835a147f22ec9f79053b11435cb28"
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 26 (2024) — clarify the membership of the Open Meeting Commission.

## 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/24893/257767)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24893/264312)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 22 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-19** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-22** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 130
- **2024-01-23** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 150 `passage`
- **2024-01-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 165 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-01-31** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-01** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 227 `passage`
- **2024-02-02** Signed by the President S.J. 251 `passage`
- **2024-02-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 254 `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-06 S.J. 266 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-13** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-13 S.J. 304 `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/4704b427-a089-4aac-a529-7c01be5942a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).