---
type: "Bill"
title: "reduce the amount of time required before the removal of a city manager is effective."
description: "reduce the amount of time required before the removal of a city manager is effective."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "South Dakota SB 5 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Davis", "Jamison", "Johnson", "Kull", "Larson", "Mehlhaff", "Mills", "Moore", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Pinnow", "Pischke", "Randolph", "Reisch", "Rohl", "Sjaarda", "Stalzer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff563ce6-6ff4-4f8e-95d6-adfec03257b0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24470"
source_hash: "f61028dec25cfc56a8c0eef8ae4edcec400b6f591383dc95c22a389e65c72a15"
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 5 (2024) — reduce the amount of time required before the removal of a city manager is effective.

## 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/24470/256794)
2. **5A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260807.pdf)
3. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24470/260932)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24470/264479)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 21 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-19** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 5A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2024-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-23** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 149
- **2024-01-24** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0 S.J. 168
- **2024-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 178 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-01** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 238
- **2024-02-05** Signed by the President S.J. 261 `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 273 `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-07 S.J. 276 `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/ff563ce6-6ff4-4f8e-95d6-adfec03257b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).