---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify the procedure for petitioning a board of county commissioners for a change to the comprehensive plan or zoning ordinances."
description: "clarify the procedure for petitioning a board of county commissioners for a change to the comprehensive plan or zoning ordinances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "South Dakota SB 91 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Counties", "Petitions", "Planning", "Zoning and Housing Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Auch", "Baxter", "Garcia", "Hunt", "Ismay", "Jordan", "Lems", "Moore", "Nelson", "Novstrup", "Perry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7bf6d65-e0eb-4dd3-8e38-58d1f2218a6b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26742"
source_hash: "d1ac32f518c4383186a289cd9c075fd147d6e55ab17df8273e5ea9eecd370c03"
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 91 (2026) — clarify the procedure for petitioning a board of county commissioners for a change to the comprehensive plan or zoning ordinances.

## 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/26742/294701)
2. **91B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/298532.pdf)
3. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26742/298727)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26742/302968)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **63–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Auch — primary (person)
- Baxter — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Hunt — primary (person)
- Ismay — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Lems — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 55 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-28** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 91B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2026-01-28** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2026-02-02** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 162
- **2026-02-03** First read in House and referred to House Local Government H.J. 208 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-10** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 3 H.J. 295
- **2026-02-12** Signed by the President S.J. 264 `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 324 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-17 S.J. 268 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-23 S.J. 350 `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/f7bf6d65-e0eb-4dd3-8e38-58d1f2218a6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).