---
type: "Bill"
title: "specify the venue of appeal to circuit court for persons committed to a mental health facility."
description: "specify the venue of appeal to circuit court for persons committed to a mental health facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1085"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1085 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Mentally Ill Persons", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2fd7192-bf82-45be-9b89-7e5b1a022615"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24797"
source_hash: "38ffad43665a843f4948255aa0feb60cc78881f016f1f184aaee5fa0b3f5970b"
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 1085 (2024) — specify the venue of appeal to circuit court for persons committed to a mental health facility.

## 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/24797/259580)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24797/266098)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** First read in House and referred to H.J. 59 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-19** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-22** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 0 H.J. 145 `passage`
- **2024-01-23** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 148 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-20** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-21** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 376 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 381 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-26 H.J. 396 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-28 H.J. 420 `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/e2fd7192-bf82-45be-9b89-7e5b1a022615`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).