---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions pertaining to municipal government."
description: "revise certain provisions pertaining to municipal government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "South Dakota SB 165 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney's Fees", "Court Costs", "Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed", "Roby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03822f19-cdec-488e-b9a6-c20a73f1ebd9"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26935"
source_hash: "8e61684ae84c5033b44fb35a63274764c6457c7576e7f39d8b21c0a7bcb13b4b"
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 165 (2026) — revise certain provisions pertaining to municipal government.

## 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/26935/299243)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26935/304398)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 140 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-11** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-12** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 261 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 334 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-19** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 50, NAYS 17 H.J. 397 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 365 `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 435 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-25 S.J. 395 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-04 S.J. 452 `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/03822f19-cdec-488e-b9a6-c20a73f1ebd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).