---
type: "Bill"
title: "update provisions pertaining to open records."
description: "update provisions pertaining to open records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1092"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1092 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records and Files", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Howard", "Ladner", "Moore", "Muckey", "Pischke", "Reed", "Roby", "Rohl", "Vilhauer", "Walburg", "Weems"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/467eb390-360a-4162-9395-ddf7e6da769b"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26637"
source_hash: "cfc2bb840e1fa5d95603c6458722b7fbb8ba7cf784a655023f985909c641e9f4"
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 1092 (2026) — update provisions pertaining to open records.

## 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/26637/295178)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26637/305664)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **56–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Ladner — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Vilhauer — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)
- Weems — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** First Reading House H.J. 52
- **2026-01-22** Referred to House Local Government H.J. 114 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-27** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 56, NAYS 11 H.J. 168 `passage`
- **2026-01-29** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Local Government S.J. 143 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-25** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2026-02-26** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 412
- **2026-03-02** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 429 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 492 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-05 H.J. 520 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 H.J. 562 `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/467eb390-360a-4162-9395-ddf7e6da769b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).