---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend certain provisions pertaining to the South Dakota Retirement System to comply with federal law."
description: "amend certain provisions pertaining to the South Dakota Retirement System to comply with federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "South Dakota SB 68 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Public Officers and Employees", "Retirement System"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42b0c9b1-2603-4cf3-a684-408c91cb456d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24944"
source_hash: "9af32fa31dfaffad39baa029729d913e627d61b145b459cb0029c78d5c85fa24"
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 68 (2024) — amend certain provisions pertaining to the South Dakota Retirement System to comply with federal law.

## 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/24944/258478)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24944/265163)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Retirement Laws — primary (organization)

## 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`
- **2024-01-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-24** Retirement Laws Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-29** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 0 S.J. 191 `passage`
- **2024-01-30** First read in House and referred to H.J. 199 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2024-02-06** Retirement Laws Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0 H.J. 295 `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Signed by the President S.J. 301 `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 323 `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-14 S.J. 325 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-21** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-21 S.J. 370 `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/42b0c9b1-2603-4cf3-a684-408c91cb456d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).