---
type: "Bill"
title: "amend provisions pertaining to the public availability of information contained in certain records."
description: "amend provisions pertaining to the public availability of information contained in certain records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1084"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1084 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Public Records and Files"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8228a4d1-8280-4d27-bcc0-d17f61262d53"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26820"
source_hash: "f12cd87756d62b570770a039aec908c0ae0520277fdc116f9f0e5b1afebccd2a"
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 1084 (2026) — amend provisions pertaining to the public availability of information contained in certain 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/26820/294984)
2. **1084A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/297481.pdf)
3. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26820/297565)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26820/305253)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **53–14** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **12–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** First Reading House H.J. 43
- **2026-01-22** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 113 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-26** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 6 Amendment 1084A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1 H.J. 6
- **2026-01-28** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 14 H.J. 167
- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 143 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 1 S.J. 34 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 3 S.J. 416
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 477 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 448 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-04 H.J. 497 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 H.J. 534 `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/8228a4d1-8280-4d27-bcc0-d17f61262d53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).