---
type: "Bill"
title: "require the sealing of court files upon dismissal or denial of a petition for a protection order."
description: "require the sealing of court files upon dismissal or denial of a petition for a protection order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1108"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1108 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Domestic Abuse", "Domestic Relations", "Public Records and Files"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Heermann", "Hughes", "Kull", "Larson", "Moore", "Muckey", "Reed", "Roby", "Smith", "Stevens", "Uhre-Balk"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/126126ba-1d0c-48e7-a528-4e3f493fa6e0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26342"
source_hash: "a931015b84eeea031abb96fa2ccbf1656b9607f96683a4df75a1cf098d32c4ae"
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 1108 (2026) — require the sealing of court files upon dismissal or denial of a petition for a protection order.

## 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/26342/295966)
2. **1108A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301653.pdf)
3. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26342/303024)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26342/306443)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **58–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 113 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-02-11** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1108A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1
- **2026-02-18** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 9 H.J. 360
- **2026-02-19** First Reading Senate S.J. 311
- **2026-02-20** Referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 340 `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-03-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 33 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 482
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 542 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by the President S.J. 512 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-11 H.J. 556 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 578 `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/126126ba-1d0c-48e7-a528-4e3f493fa6e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).