---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land."
description: "revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "South Dakota SB 40 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural Land", "Civil Forfeiture", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Foreign Persons", "Penalty", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db94eff6-c293-45f8-a13d-0caca6241ebb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26744"
source_hash: "81552101a7fc5746dcfe9d7b4ea81592e93b85b8649fe0d5b03e267099c65abb"
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 40 (2026) — revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

## 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/26744/292840)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26744/306331)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-15** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-15** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2026-01-16** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 60 `passage`
- **2026-01-20** First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 53 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-03-03** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 H.J. 35 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2 H.J. 515 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the President S.J. 485 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 S.J. 510 `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/db94eff6-c293-45f8-a13d-0caca6241ebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).