---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the payor of autopsy costs in certain circumstances."
description: "revise the payor of autopsy costs in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "South Dakota SB 72 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Fees", "Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Deibert", "Hulse", "Ladner", "Perry", "Reed"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a74d329c-1bf7-447f-9d25-4e34f6d902ab"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25924"
source_hash: "e3a651a94b5aa4e307d798ac1f11f3882ce17251295abe42249fb7210385ab3c"
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 72 (2025) — revise the payor of autopsy costs in certain circumstances.

## 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/25924/275202)
2. **72A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/278406.pdf)
3. **72C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/278681.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25924/280583)
5. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25924/278560)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25924/282816)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **65–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion to amend — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Hulse — primary (person)
- Ladner — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** First Reading Senate S.J. 31
- **2025-01-17** Referred to S.J. 59 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-29** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 Amendment 72A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2025-01-29** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-03** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 153
- **2025-02-04** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 166 Amendment 72C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 166
- **2025-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 202
- **2025-02-10** Referred to H.J. 239 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-20** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 3 H.J. 365
- **2025-02-24** Signed by the President S.J. 363 `passage`
- **2025-02-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 401 `passage`
- **2025-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-26 S.J. 391 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-04 S.J. 428 `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/a74d329c-1bf7-447f-9d25-4e34f6d902ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).