---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the procedure for judgment by confession."
description: "revise the procedure for judgment by confession."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1070"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1070 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Judicial Remedies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "DiSanto", "Johns", "Kennedy", "Rasmussen", "Rusch", "Stalzer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc7daa8-dc9d-4d1f-b8ff-5d3a8bf87c17"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1070&Session=2019"
source_hash: "9c6e4d9128cfa62a439c4c8cff76afb5e17f27781840e2d57208050852118fe9"
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 1070 (2019) — revise the procedure for judgment by confession.

## 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=HB1070P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1070)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1070ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1070)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019HB 1070, HB 1082, HB 1098, HB 1121 — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Rasmussen — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 169 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-30** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 245 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-30** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-01-31** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 283 `passage`
- **2019-02-05** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 263 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-19** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 397 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-20** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 431 `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 473
- **2019-02-26** Signed by the President S.J. 527
- **2019-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on February 27, 2019 H.J. 562 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the Governor on March 1, 2019 H.J. 596 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bc7daa8-dc9d-4d1f-b8ff-5d3a8bf87c17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).