---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions related to forensic medical examinations."
description: "revise provisions related to forensic medical examinations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "South Dakota SB 123 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Sex Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed", "Rehfeldt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d63eaf8-7442-4e74-bb70-cff7bf8dbf0a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26118"
source_hash: "a053f44f4692b8776ada10fc2e5ec13ff22087a3c2a84e010e0a9b9fe6a1b581"
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 123 (2025) — revise provisions related to forensic medical examinations.

## 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/26118/278531)
2. **123B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/282141.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26118/282515)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26118/283399)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First Reading Senate S.J. 127
- **2025-01-30** Referred to S.J. 142 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-12** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-18** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 280
- **2025-02-19** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 299 Amendment 123B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 299
- **2025-02-20** First read in House and referred to H.J. 344 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-26** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 424
- **2025-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 425 `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 455 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-05 S.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 528 `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/8d63eaf8-7442-4e74-bb70-cff7bf8dbf0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).