---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify statutes governing the administration of disability benefits by the South Dakota Retirement System."
description: "clarify statutes governing the administration of disability benefits by the South Dakota Retirement System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "South Dakota SB 52 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Public Officers and Employees", "Retirement System"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13676ea4-8bfa-43f5-a4b9-9ed977091d8b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26851"
source_hash: "babf0528c9b1214f20c55c29dc7662774b93a30e85d1e56dffdb1557d214f13c"
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 52 (2026) — clarify statutes governing the administration of disability benefits by the South Dakota Retirement System.

## 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/26851/292852)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26851/302247)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Retirement Laws — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Retirement Laws S.J. 14 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-20** Retirement Laws Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2026-01-22** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 83 `passage`
- **2026-01-23** First Reading House H.J. 125
- **2026-01-26** Referred to House Retirement Laws H.J. 137 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-02-05** Retirement Laws Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2026-02-09** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0 H.J. 262 `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Signed by the President S.J. 236 `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 300 `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-12 S.J. 259 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-17** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-17 S.J. 266 `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/13676ea4-8bfa-43f5-a4b9-9ed977091d8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).