---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the applicability of adverse possession to certain partition fences."
description: "revise the applicability of adverse possession to certain partition fences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1139"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1139 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Judicial Remedies", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartling", "Brunner", "Campbell", "DiSanto", "Frerichs", "Frye-Mueller", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Kaiser", "Lesmeister", "Livermont", "Maher", "Marty", "May", "McCleerey", "Schaefer", "Wiese", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eed8d3d7-c75a-4573-a9e0-cb40ac457cb6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1139&Session=2018"
source_hash: "2e25c135b279802d8f1d2ffc1b8caaf298df4ea7e132fabb07fc41d04367b82b"
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 HB 1139 (2018) — revise the applicability of adverse possession to certain partition fences.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1139H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=1139)
2. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1139HJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1139)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1139P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1139)
4. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1139SJU.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=1139)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1139ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1139)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **5–2** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **63–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **63–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **21–12** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **7–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bartling — primary (person)
- Brunner — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 150 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1139ka `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-02** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 5. H.J. 309 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-06** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 362
- **2018-02-07** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 373
- **2018-02-08** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 391
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 411 Amendment 1139jb
- **2018-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 2. H.J. 412 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 447 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-27** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1139kb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. S.J. 632 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 12. S.J. 697 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 3. H.J. 721
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 777
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 H.J. 778 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 23, 2018 H.J. 796 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eed8d3d7-c75a-4573-a9e0-cb40ac457cb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).