---
type: "Bill"
title: "require that agencies promulgating permanent rules publish the rules and associated rulemaking forms on a state website."
description: "require that agencies promulgating permanent rules publish the rules and associated rulemaking forms on a state website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "South Dakota SB 56 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Interim Legislative Committee Bill", "Promulgation of Rules", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeGroot", "Hansen", "Howard", "Larson", "Muckey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6bf4438-40c0-459c-8641-4b34b5c6eafb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26394"
source_hash: "0ed3d8ba46b8b5c368c44a20dc0927cde99e131a923c227ed35654e7e2fc9199"
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 56 (2026) — require that agencies promulgating permanent rules publish the rules and associated rulemaking forms on a state website.

## 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/26394/292874)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26394/299630)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeGroot — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-01-16** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-16** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2026-01-20** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 67 `passage`
- **2026-01-21** First Reading House H.J. 105
- **2026-01-22** Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 114 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-28** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 8 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 8
- **2026-01-29** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0 H.J. 182 `passage`
- **2026-02-02** Signed by the President S.J. 165 `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 210 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-04 S.J. 177 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-06** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-06 S.J. 206 `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/f6bf4438-40c0-459c-8641-4b34b5c6eafb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).