---
type: "Bill"
title: "provide a privilege for journalists and newscasters regarding refusal to disclose information."
description: "provide a privilege for journalists and newscasters regarding refusal to disclose information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1074"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1074 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts and Judiciary", "Criminal Procedure", "Evidence", "Legislature and Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beal", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Hansen", "Johns", "Johnson (David)", "Kennedy", "Nesiba", "Novstrup", "Peterson (Kent)", "Qualm", "Reed", "Ring", "Rusch", "Russell", "Schoenbeck", "Schoenfish", "Smith (Jamie)", "Smith (VJ)", "Wismer", "Youngberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32d524a0-49f1-49b0-b1f1-432d4bc48f81"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1074&Session=2019"
source_hash: "39b59b3163620e63f640af20e98e46c4e5aee18eb208dd669c4613145ae49beb"
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 1074 (2019) — provide a privilege for journalists and newscasters regarding refusal to disclose information.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment 1074wb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd1074wb.htm)
2. **House Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1074HJU.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Judiciary&Bill=1074)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1074P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=1074)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1074ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1074)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **47–20** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beal — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)
- Smith (VJ) — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)
- Youngberg — 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. 170 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-06** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1074wb `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 305 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 346
- **2019-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 20. H.J. 357 `passage`
- **2019-02-12** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 350 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-26** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 519 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 541 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 593
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 600
- **2019-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on March 05, 2019 H.J. 626 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the Governor on March 7, 2019 H.J. 694 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32d524a0-49f1-49b0-b1f1-432d4bc48f81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).