---
type: "Bill"
title: "safeguard the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provide a civil penalty therefor."
description: "safeguard the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provide a civil penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "South Dakota SB 49 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidential Information", "Cyber Security", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Penalty", "Trade Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d299535-4ff8-4395-83b8-e61d2b1279de"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26832"
source_hash: "1d1706b11bdf8b2f90efb917a028a38303eb38c824729c03fccdc78e02eaeb5d"
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 49 (2026) — safeguard the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provide a civil penalty 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/26832/292849)
2. **49A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/295275.pdf)
3. **49B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/305520.pdf)
4. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26832/305551)
5. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26832/295449)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26832/306539)

## Votes

- Concurred in amendments — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **65–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## 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 49A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 3
- **2026-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 3
- **2026-01-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 83
- **2026-01-23** First Reading House H.J. 125
- **2026-01-26** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 137 `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-02** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 31 Amendment 49B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 31
- **2026-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 31
- **2026-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2 H.J. 509
- **2026-03-09** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 489
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 512 `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. 549 `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/4d299535-4ff8-4395-83b8-e61d2b1279de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).