---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify the discovery procedures and powers and to modify the administration of the Government Operations and Audit Committee."
description: "clarify the discovery procedures and powers and to modify the administration of the Government Operations and Audit Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 176"
citation: "South Dakota SB 176 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations and Audit", "Legislative Oversight", "Legislature and Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deibert", "Emery", "May", "Moore", "Muckey", "Otten", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Reed", "Wheeler", "Wittman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5af19459-ed34-4ae9-b497-630001654337"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25833"
source_hash: "b93f3625af96188b149d08e273f2ddfeb9123276721209107cf3726c01131a44"
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 176 (2025) — clarify the discovery procedures and powers and to modify the administration of the Government Operations and Audit Committee.

## 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/25833/279269)
2. **176A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281188.pdf)
3. **176C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/282007.pdf)
4. **176E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283304.pdf)
5. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25833/283311)
6. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25833/282107)
7. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25833/281580)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25833/284178)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **58–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deibert — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Otten — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Wittman — 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`
- **2025-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-10** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 176A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-10** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-12** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 255
- **2025-02-13** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 269 Amendment 176C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 269
- **2025-02-18** First Reading House H.J. 306
- **2025-02-19** Referred to H.J. 324 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-26** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 176E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-26** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2025-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 12 H.J. 452
- **2025-03-06** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 467
- **2025-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 502 `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 524 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 530 `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/5af19459-ed34-4ae9-b497-630001654337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).