---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for purchasing, storing, and distributing sexual assault kits."
description: "make an appropriation for purchasing, storing, and distributing sexual assault kits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "South Dakota SB 99 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Health Care", "Law Enforcement", "Sex Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlint", "Davis", "Deibert", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Grove", "Healy", "Heermann", "Kull", "Larson", "May", "Muckey", "Perry", "Pourier", "Reed", "Rehfeldt", "Smith", "Stevens", "Uhre-Balk", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2da125f3-e758-4199-ace2-90914e13afd3"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25973"
source_hash: "99be436ba1bba7947601133ec263d84cf827fc4a4573b944ba75b814bb53be25"
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 99 (2025) — make an appropriation for purchasing, storing, and distributing sexual assault kits.

## 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/25973/277117)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25973/283282)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Referred to — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **30–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arlint — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 100 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2025-02-06** Referred to , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2025-02-21** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2025-02-21** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 5 S.J. 357 `passage`
- **2025-02-25** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 385 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 1 H.J. 413 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 411 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 443 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-05 S.J. 450 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 S.J. 528 `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/2da125f3-e758-4199-ace2-90914e13afd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).