---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify and establish requirements related to forensic medical examinations."
description: "clarify and establish requirements related to forensic medical examinations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "South Dakota SB 87 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Health Care", "Sex Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxter", "Crabtree", "Davis", "DeGroot", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Healy", "Heermann", "Kull", "Larson", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Muckey", "Perry", "Pourier", "Reed", "Reisch", "Rice", "Roby", "Smith", "Uhre-Balk", "Wittman", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aa36265-7be6-4f40-aee9-720a32203761"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26316"
source_hash: "9446e7b46fbc4ff0914b24acf89c426b71402a3e8a8cc6c5238d47db995326bd"
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 87 (2026) — clarify and establish requirements related to forensic medical examinations.

## 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/26316/294203)
2. **87B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/302628.pdf)
3. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26316/303765)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26316/305613)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baxter — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- DeGroot — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Healy — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Wittman — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 55 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-18** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 15 Amendment 87B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 15
- **2026-02-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 15
- **2026-02-20** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 340
- **2026-02-23** First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 416 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-26** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-03-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0 H.J. 470
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 448 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 516 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-05 S.J. 477 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488 `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/9aa36265-7be6-4f40-aee9-720a32203761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).