---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations."
description: "establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "South Dakota SB 44 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/562cded1-7b5f-4189-bd67-0dbc50f4569f"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26758"
source_hash: "ef82af12472c0c504ff1c058c2998a6813f758cc506d4f624344dd42fd49b0be"
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 44 (2026) — establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations.

## 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/26758/292844)
2. **44A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/295270.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26758/295447)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26758/306298)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **52–15** (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
- **2026-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-20** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 3 Amendment 44A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 3
- **2026-01-22** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 85
- **2026-01-23** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 95
- **2026-01-26** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 136 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 31 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 31
- **2026-03-03** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 486
- **2026-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 15 H.J. 512
- **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`
- **2026-03-30** 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/562cded1-7b5f-4189-bd67-0dbc50f4569f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).