---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the amount of exempt proceeds when a homestead is sold or divided by court order."
description: "increase the amount of exempt proceeds when a homestead is sold or divided by court order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "South Dakota SB 88 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Auch", "Aylward", "Baxter", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Larson", "Manhart", "May", "Perry", "Pischke", "Schaefbauer", "Sjaarda"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf10abe-995b-4a63-b0c4-ace61123ad68"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25491"
source_hash: "47d12aa8d667549eeb80f55ffbf436f6a479bdf215d5050e2ab75ddd50514dfc"
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 88 (2025) — increase the amount of exempt proceeds when a homestead is sold or divided by court order.

## 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/25491/276653)
2. **88B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/277690.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25491/279312)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25491/284189)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Auch — primary (person)
- Aylward — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First Reading Senate S.J. 79
- **2025-01-27** Referred to S.J. 101 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-30** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 88B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2025-01-30** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 165
- **2025-02-05** First Reading House H.J. 202
- **2025-02-10** Referred to H.J. 239 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-05** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 10 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 10
- **2025-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0 H.J. 478
- **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/1bf10abe-995b-4a63-b0c4-ace61123ad68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).