---
type: "Bill"
title: "add questions about historical property to seller's disclosure statement."
description: "add questions about historical property to seller's disclosure statement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "South Dakota SB 171 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bathke", "Emery", "Larson", "Miskimins", "Muckey", "Perry", "Reed", "Smith", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff58a057-c9f9-463c-bf9e-865b04236854"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25927"
source_hash: "7193c38529343837981c383ea9e4337ea9283665d96aaae33c8be06c5badcc9d"
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 171 (2025) — add questions about historical property to seller's disclosure statement.

## 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/25927/279246)
2. **171A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/279290.pdf)
3. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25927/281094)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25927/283815)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bathke — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First Reading Senate S.J. 137
- **2025-02-03** Referred to S.J. 152 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-06** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 171A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-06** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-10** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 220
- **2025-02-11** First read in House and referred to H.J. 254 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-03** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 451
- **2025-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 455 `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/ff58a057-c9f9-463c-bf9e-865b04236854`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).