---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise a provision related to service of process for boards of county commissioners."
description: "revise a provision related to service of process for boards of county commissioners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1320"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1320 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Counties", "Service of Process"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxter", "Jordan", "Pischke", "Randolph"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b06688a-5e20-47ba-8621-8b25c43d2a6d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27208"
source_hash: "2db4752aa9426a13312844b1ae3f447901f6f75ffa429e41215bbbb146f6dac6"
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 1320 (2026) — revise a provision related to service of process for boards of county commissioners.

## 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/27208/301291)
2. **1320A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/302335.pdf)
3. **1320D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/306068.pdf)
4. **House Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27208/302506)
5. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27208/306222)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27208/306637)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **64–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **44–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baxter — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading House H.J. 220
- **2026-02-05** Referred to House Local Government H.J. 237 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-10** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1320A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 3
- **2026-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 44, NAYS 18 H.J. 318
- **2026-02-17** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 272 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-04** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1320D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
- **2026-03-04** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-03-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 492
- **2026-03-10** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 3 H.J. 549
- **2026-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 560 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 H.J. 574 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 578 `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/2b06688a-5e20-47ba-8621-8b25c43d2a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).