---
type: "Bill"
title: "update the edition of the guidebook used for measuring damages to trees or plants."
description: "update the edition of the guidebook used for measuring damages to trees or plants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "South Dakota SB 84 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Game", "Fish", "Parks and Forestry", "Hoghouse-Vehicle Bill", "Judicial Remedies", "Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deibert", "Diedrich", "Drury", "Duhamel", "Johnson", "Larson", "Moore", "Perry", "Rohl", "Stalzer", "Stevens", "Wittman", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3744fa99-6c5e-4c74-a62f-b0047efffadd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24677"
source_hash: "8dceec0b9398ffec0586fda9fcff396c414332028f104c1eef6767594d8859ba"
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 84 (2024) — update the edition of the guidebook used for measuring damages to trees or plants.

## 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/24677/259651)
2. **84C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/264002.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24677/264237)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24677/266222)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deibert — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Drury — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 86 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-01** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 84C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Amend the amendment , Passed,
- **2024-02-01** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2024-02-01** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 257
- **2024-02-06** First read in House and referred to H.J. 261 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-21** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 375
- **2024-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 407 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-27 S.J. 422 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-05 S.J. 482 `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/3744fa99-6c5e-4c74-a62f-b0047efffadd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).