---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises."
description: "revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "South Dakota SB 4 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Leased Property", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Pischke", "Roby", "Rohl", "Vilhauer", "Wipf"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0735c00b-f2ec-4ad3-b9ce-7e158e4a5512"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26321"
source_hash: "d071a634c739856a3eba6c2e1ff0676919c48cdef1405a1b6698af88e181af24"
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 4 (2026) — revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises.

## 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/26321/291294)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26321/300759)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Wipf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-01-20** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-01-21** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 75 `passage`
- **2026-01-22** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 114 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-02** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-03** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2 H.J. 208 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Signed by the President S.J. 186 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 229 `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-05 S.J. 197 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-12 S.J. 256 `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/0735c00b-f2ec-4ad3-b9ce-7e158e4a5512`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).