---
type: "Bill"
title: "further limit applications for clemency for violent crime offenders sentenced to life imprisonment."
description: "further limit applications for clemency for violent crime offenders sentenced to life imprisonment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "South Dakota SB 9 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Facilities and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Crabtree", "Deibert", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Fitzgerald", "Hoffman", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kull", "Moore", "Mulally", "Perry", "Reed", "Reimer", "Rohl", "Schoenbeck", "Tobin", "Wiik", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac478a6b-8e93-47b1-91ad-8d646aa8af7d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24689"
source_hash: "9cd1a141decd2e4fd18d91ee160165b088a325a60c89aada2ca49b5d7dc94903"
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 9 (2024) — further limit applications for clemency for violent crime offenders sentenced to life imprisonment.

## 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/24689/257367)
2. **9A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/259868.pdf)
3. **9B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260934.pdf)
4. **9E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/262897.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24689/262955)
6. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24689/261878)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24689/266265)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **17–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **19–13** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## 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`
- **2024-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-23** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 9A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2 Amendment 9B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2024-01-25** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 15 S.J. 183 Amendment 9E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 13 S.J. 183
- **2024-01-29** First read in House and referred to H.J. 188 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-21** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 6 H.J. 380
- **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/ac478a6b-8e93-47b1-91ad-8d646aa8af7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).