---
type: "Bill"
title: "exempt certain persons from the requirement to publish name changes."
description: "exempt certain persons from the requirement to publish name changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "South Dakota SB 73 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts and Judiciary", "Hoghouse", "Judicial Remedies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curd", "Dennert", "Ewing", "Finck", "Foster", "Frye-Mueller", "Goodwin", "Heinert", "Howard", "Langer", "Latterell", "Monroe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e849ec9-26a4-4384-b457-052e20597569"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=73&Session=2020"
source_hash: "f6bd35aa50a5a2a779211066acc87147bc30eb43985e0ad36c961dc634337b32"
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 73 (2020) — exempt certain persons from the requirement to publish name changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB73P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=73)
2. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB73CNF.html&Session=2020&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=73)
3. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB73H.html&Session=2020&Version=House&Bill=73)
4. **Senate Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB73SJU.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate Judiciary&Bill=73)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB73ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=73)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2020 — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2020 — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curd — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Latterell — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 75 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-01-30** Judiciary Hoghoused, Passed Amendment 73B
- **2020-01-30** Judiciary Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 73C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Judiciary Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- **2020-02-05** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 143
- **2020-02-06** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 160 `passage`
- **2020-02-07** First Reading House H.J. 229
- **2020-02-26** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 410 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-03-04** Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 522 Amendment 73D
- **2020-03-09** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0. H.J. 522 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed S.J. 480
- **2020-03-10** Senate Conference Committee appointments S.J. 480
- **2020-03-10** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 548
- **2020-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 528
- **2020-03-12** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 596
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 539
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 620
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 S.J. 552 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 24, 2020 S.J. 558 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e849ec9-26a4-4384-b457-052e20597569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).