---
type: "Bill"
title: "require the publication and review of an explanation of the open meeting laws of this state."
description: "require the publication and review of an explanation of the open meeting laws of this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "South Dakota SB 74 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Meetings", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bathke", "Baxter", "Crabtree", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Heermann", "Ismay", "Kull", "Ladner", "Larson", "Massie", "Mehlhaff", "Miskimins", "Muckey", "Nelson", "Perry", "Reed", "Reisch", "Roby", "Rohl", "Smith", "Uhre-Balk", "Vilhauer", "Voight", "Voita"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2541f41f-7f48-4367-8566-accca2a3eda9"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25472"
source_hash: "2da3e58b4a53797d9c93904af36bf94b925e7244e1e9862adb2b9cf3f5c2d487"
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 74 (2025) — require the publication and review of an explanation of the open meeting laws of this state.

## 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/25472/275232)
2. **74A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/275240.pdf)
3. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25472/276553)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25472/279896)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bathke — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Ladner — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Voight — primary (person)
- Voita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Senate S.J. 49
- **2025-01-17** Referred to S.J. 59 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-22** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 74A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-22** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2025-01-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-01-24** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 90
- **2025-01-27** First read in House and referred to H.J. 120 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-30** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 175
- **2025-02-04** Signed by the President S.J. 168 `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 207 `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-02-06 S.J. 192 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-02-13 S.J. 262 `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/2541f41f-7f48-4367-8566-accca2a3eda9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).