---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize a board of a school district to adopt policies regarding students who are registered sex offenders, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize a board of a school district to adopt policies regarding students who are registered sex offenders, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "South Dakota SB 168 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hoghouse-Vehicle Bill", "Sex Offenses", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cammack", "Maher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c43b0c-ea9c-4bbb-b3a7-b7dfdf33357a"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24290"
source_hash: "d9b276d0e0859ca1c0e46eb813653a07e2020f229aeca26fb6b099cc6f3a5e07"
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 168 (2023) — authorize a board of a school district to adopt policies regarding students who are registered sex offenders, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24290/246847)
2. **168A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248791.pdf)
3. **Senate Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24290/249647)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24290/251098)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cammack — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 136 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-02-16** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 168A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1
- **2023-02-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 319
- **2023-02-23** First read in House and referred to H.J. 360 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-03-01** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 467
- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1 H.J. 475
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 506 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 S.J. 461 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 S.J. 494 `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/b1c43b0c-ea9c-4bbb-b3a7-b7dfdf33357a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).