---
type: "Bill"
title: "expand the access and investigatory authority of the state auditor."
description: "expand the access and investigatory authority of the state auditor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 60"
citation: "South Dakota SB 60 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Government Operations and Audit", "Public Fiscal Administration", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e7d78cb-8b2c-43f5-9d02-ca4c2eddc5fd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25667"
source_hash: "0160e60619e08770421fdf64a6de5a6f187b572b909a7438fb4dd17748630e1c"
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 60 (2025) — expand the access and investigatory authority of the state auditor.

## 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/25667/274652)
2. **60B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/277511.pdf)
3. **60E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/281062.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25667/281163)
5. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25667/277791)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25667/283448)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **16–17** (fail) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsidered — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First Reading Senate S.J. 14
- **2025-01-21** Referred to S.J. 63 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2025-01-27** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 60B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-27** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
- **2025-01-30** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 135
- **2025-02-03** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 151
- **2025-02-04** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 164
- **2025-02-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 16, NAYS 17 S.J. 184
- **2025-02-05** Intent to reconsider , Passed, S.J. 184
- **2025-02-06** Senate Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 192
- **2025-02-06** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 193 Amendment 60E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 194
- **2025-02-07** First Reading House H.J. 226
- **2025-02-10** Referred to H.J. 240 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-26** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 426
- **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. 529 `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/5e7d78cb-8b2c-43f5-9d02-ca4c2eddc5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).