---
type: "Bill"
title: "repeal the Visitation Grant Advisory Group."
description: "repeal the Visitation Grant Advisory Group."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "South Dakota SB 61 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Domestic Relations", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7836a5ad-c374-4752-82a4-b449ace09d45"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24752"
source_hash: "dddab839ff28465298fce77b1f796ca49ca17af1cdc728d416010aa5c2e975d0"
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 61 (2024) — repeal the Visitation Grant Advisory Group.

## 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/24752/258471)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24752/266584)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (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. 20 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2024-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-18** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-19** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 119 `passage`
- **2024-01-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 145 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-23** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 399 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 435 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 432 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-29 S.J. 455 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-07 S.J. 512 `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/7836a5ad-c374-4752-82a4-b449ace09d45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).