---
type: "Bill"
title: "require that counties provide written notice to township supervisors of conditional use applications and appeals."
description: "require that counties provide written notice to township supervisors of conditional use applications and appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "South Dakota SB 237 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Planning", "Zoning and Housing Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Overweg", "Van Diepen", "Walburg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/353e092f-a595-41cc-885a-3359fa7243df"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27218"
source_hash: "ba0c8405d53bccec5c499732148d9a6249349e55804c478b3040915360161b7a"
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 237 (2026) — require that counties provide written notice to township supervisors of conditional use applications and appeals.

## 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/27218/301296)
2. **237B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/303570.pdf)
3. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27218/303795)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27218/305651)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Van Diepen — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Senate S.J. 180
- **2026-02-05** Referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 199 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-18** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 237B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1
- **2026-02-20** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 8 S.J. 345
- **2026-02-23** First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 416 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-26** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0 H.J. 477
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 448 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 516 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 477 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 529 `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/353e092f-a595-41cc-885a-3359fa7243df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).