---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify the authority of the Board of Internal Control."
description: "modify the authority of the Board of Internal Control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "South Dakota SB 61 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Government Operations and Audit", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66809a4e-23d5-428d-ba11-667312b3d9a9"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25668"
source_hash: "252a772de7babdbbcb616f68dce0356a9b46f0e5b530ad37b227e5b8f98d9245"
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 61 (2025) — modify the authority of the Board of Internal Control.

## 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/25668/274653)
2. **61E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/279628.pdf)
3. **61F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283183.pdf)
4. **61G** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/283239.pdf)
5. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25668/283641)
6. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25668/283208)
7. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25668/279805)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25668/284096)

## Votes

- Reconsidered — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **60–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2025-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-03** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 61E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-03** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0
- **2025-02-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1 S.J. 184
- **2025-02-06** First Reading House H.J. 214
- **2025-02-10** Referred to H.J. 240 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-26** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 H.J. 1
- **2025-02-26** State Affairs Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1
- **2025-02-26** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 61F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-26** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 H.J. 1
- **2025-03-03** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 440 Amendment 61G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 9 H.J. 442
- **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`
- **2025-03-13** 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/66809a4e-23d5-428d-ba11-667312b3d9a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).