---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend requirements for an official newspaper."
description: "amend requirements for an official newspaper."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "South Dakota SB 128 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government", "Notice and Publication"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ladner", "Rohl"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d50c42d6-c139-4a3b-9ec6-5221a7574c41"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26093"
source_hash: "93dad9523417ee855a3d444256ec4698e94dfe5580c38b8c464414deb618b852"
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 128 (2025) — amend requirements for an official newspaper.

## 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/26093/278772)
2. **128A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/280642.pdf)
3. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26093/280931)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26093/284021)

## Votes

- Motion to amend — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ladner — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 136 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-05** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 Amendment 128A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-05** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-07** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 210
- **2025-02-10** First read in House and referred to H.J. 239 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-04** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 462
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 473 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-10 S.J. 478 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 S.J. 539 `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/d50c42d6-c139-4a3b-9ec6-5221a7574c41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).