---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow the governing body of a municipality to change the use of municipally owned parkland by ordinance."
description: "allow the governing body of a municipality to change the use of municipally owned parkland by ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "South Dakota SB 97 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bathke", "Heermann", "Larson", "Reed", "Roby", "Weems"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/711c6550-7a44-4b3a-85fe-015ac9bdab59"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25452"
source_hash: "9ac52297494fedf84fc24c52d66352081e85fc837e3667372bf45bc085a1af41"
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 97 (2025) — allow the governing body of a municipality to change the use of municipally owned parkland by ordinance.

## 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/25452/277099)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25452/282815)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **47–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bathke — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Weems — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First Reading Senate S.J. 89
- **2025-01-27** Referred to S.J. 101 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-05** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-06** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 196
- **2025-02-07** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 211 `passage`
- **2025-02-10** First read in House and referred to H.J. 239 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-20** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 21 H.J. 366 `passage`
- **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/711c6550-7a44-4b3a-85fe-015ac9bdab59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).