---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize a public body to conduct certain deliberations in an executive or closed meeting."
description: "authorize a public body to conduct certain deliberations in an executive or closed meeting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1048"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1048 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Municipal Government", "Open Meetings", "Public Health and Safety", "Public Officers and Employees", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Barthel", "Beal", "Chase", "Deutsch", "Diedrich", "Duvall", "Ewing", "Finck", "Glanzer", "Hunhoff", "Langer", "Novstrup", "Otten (Herman)", "Peterson (Kent)", "Post", "Qualm", "Reed", "Reimer", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Stalzer", "York"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e503a60e-9445-4517-b739-bf9f9873a127"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1048&Session=2019"
source_hash: "e2f7a6a35464904aba6f7fd82d26db71645dfc4b61310f2615624b9456e529ea"
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 1048 (2019) — authorize a public body to conduct certain deliberations in an executive or closed meeting.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1048P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1048)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1048ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1048)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019HB 1003, HB 1021, HB 1048, HB 1053, HB 1054, SB 26 — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Glanzer — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Post — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 51 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-23** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0. H.J. 155 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-01-24** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 172 `passage`
- **2019-01-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 191 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-30** State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. S.J. 223 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 256
- **2019-02-05** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 267 `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 311
- **2019-02-07** Signed by the President S.J. 305
- **2019-02-08** Delivered to the Governor on February 08, 2019 H.J. 336 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-14** Signed by the Governor on February 13, 2019 H.J. 403 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e503a60e-9445-4517-b739-bf9f9873a127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).