---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an identifiable individual, and provide penalties therefor."
description: "revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an identifiable individual, and provide penalties therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "South Dakota SB 41 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8106a7dd-5ccb-421d-8720-57d84bc068b5"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26753"
source_hash: "350ec2f02b22b13371e94357eafe1ed0b86e77574670761975788a580e31d374"
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 41 (2026) — revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an identifiable individual, and provide penalties therefor.

## 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/26753/292841)
2. **41A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/305736.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26753/306120)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26753/306427)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **60–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-15** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-16** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 61 `passage`
- **2026-01-20** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 53 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 3 H.J. 31 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** House of Representatives Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 490 Amendment 41A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 6 H.J. 491
- **2026-03-05** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 478
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 505 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-11 S.J. 520 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 548 `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/8106a7dd-5ccb-421d-8720-57d84bc068b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).