---
type: "Bill"
title: "clarify the meaning of teleconference for purposes of open meeting requirements."
description: "clarify the meaning of teleconference for purposes of open meeting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1059"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1059 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Meetings", "State Affairs and Government", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deibert", "Emery", "Fitzgerald", "Greenfield", "Heermann", "Kull", "Ladner", "Moore", "Muckey", "Perry", "Reed", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Uhre-Balk", "Venhuizen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/523de2d9-17cf-4f1f-8840-333da46cd679"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25720"
source_hash: "8f193bf6dd2013a63caa04ac2c4ac3a0611efd4180cfab4691bd1ed189b6df8f"
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 1059 (2025) — clarify the meaning of teleconference for purposes of open meeting requirements.

## 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/25720/275329)
2. **1059B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/276558.pdf)
3. **House Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25720/276810)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/25720/283835)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deibert — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Greenfield — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Ladner — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Uhre-Balk — primary (person)
- Venhuizen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First read in House and referred to H.J. 29 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-01-23** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1059B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1
- **2025-01-27** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 123
- **2025-01-28** First Reading Senate S.J. 112
- **2025-02-03** Referred to S.J. 153 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-03-03** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-03-04** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 434
- **2025-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 470 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by the President S.J. 474 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-10 H.J. 492 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 554 `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/523de2d9-17cf-4f1f-8840-333da46cd679`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).