---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify fees charged by the clerk of courts for certain copies of court records."
description: "modify fees charged by the clerk of courts for certain copies of court records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1011"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1011 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Fees", "Public Records and Files"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/325a71d1-dc21-464f-bb61-7976c5e3d933"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26586"
source_hash: "79d46b349727f983a0d255531c8a0ad93272cbd8ca638a1a9454eb32462a33bd"
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 HB 1011 (2026) — modify fees charged by the clerk of courts for certain copies of court records.

## 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/26586/291579)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26586/301435)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **55–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-21** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 115
- **2026-01-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 128
- **2026-01-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 12 H.J. 138 `passage`
- **2026-01-27** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 121 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 11 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 185 `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 240 `passage`
- **2026-02-06** Signed by the President S.J. 215 `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-09 H.J. 254 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-17** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-17 H.J. 326 `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/325a71d1-dc21-464f-bb61-7976c5e3d933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).