---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow succession to real property by an affidavit."
description: "allow succession to real property by an affidavit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1115"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1115 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Uniform Probate Code"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cwach", "Johns"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6355729e-d9dd-44ca-8077-5f62b40250e6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23139"
source_hash: "120a42fcd3f7b66e5a01a0c62f5df02df036a61bfb69fe476c8f1f0990b4b584"
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 1115 (2022) — allow succession to real property by an affidavit.

## Version chain

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

1. **1115A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/231811.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cwach — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 104 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-04** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 1115A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-04** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 1
- **2022-02-08** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1 H.J. 238
- **2022-02-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 224 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-24** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-28** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 536 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 457 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-07 H.J. 594 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-10 H.J. 656 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6355729e-d9dd-44ca-8077-5f62b40250e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).