---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission."
description: "clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "South Dakota SB 88 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Eminent Domain", "Judicial Remedies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Baxter", "Carley", "Foster", "Goodwin", "Grove", "Hansen", "Heinemann", "Hohn", "Hughes", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Jordan", "Lapka", "Lems", "Manhart", "May", "Moore", "Nelson", "Nolz", "Novstrup", "Overweg", "Perry", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Schaefbauer", "Schwans", "Sjaarda", "Voita"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c051cb8-5a58-4839-8481-16aed78ca406"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26739"
source_hash: "d026053338a7f4bbaf6dd20d6f00a24cd7af22d682440f268943eca8483ebc56"
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 88 (2026) — clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission.

## 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/26739/294419)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26739/305267)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Carley — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Grove — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Heinemann — primary (person)
- Hohn — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Lapka — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Manhart — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nolz — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Schwans — primary (person)
- Sjaarda — primary (person)
- Voita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 55 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-03** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 8 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 183 `passage`
- **2026-02-05** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 238 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 461 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 434 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 493 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-04 S.J. 455 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 529 `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/4c051cb8-5a58-4839-8481-16aed78ca406`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).