---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions related to the establishment of an initial parole date."
description: "revise provisions related to the establishment of an initial parole date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "South Dakota SB 64 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Facilities and Parole", "Executive/Judiciary Request"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af1f13cf-9882-4dfc-856f-ef7aa42f6977"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25777"
source_hash: "ed7f021767bc6d8448bc1910eeaf4061d3b76de6dc408349f9e7b0a50c2cdc0d"
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 64 (2025) — revise provisions related to the establishment of an initial parole date.

## 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/25777/274656)
2. **64B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/275706.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25777/277931)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25777/284244)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (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`
- **2025-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-28** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 64B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2025-01-30** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 144
- **2025-02-03** First read in House and referred to H.J. 172 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-05** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 H.J. 9 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 6 H.J. 487
- **2025-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 502 `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 524 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-12 S.J. 517 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 S.J. 538 `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/af1f13cf-9882-4dfc-856f-ef7aa42f6977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).