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Bill	create an exception to the minimum difference in age between adoptive parent and child and to declare an emergency.	create an exception to the minimum difference in age between adoptive parent and child and to declare an emergency.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2018	SB 74	South Dakota SB 74 (2018)	bill	Domestic Relations Emergency Clause Parent and Child	enacted	Ahlers Bolin Carson Curd Ewing Frerichs Greenfield (Brock) Haugaard Holmes Howard Jensen (Phil) Kaiser Klumb Kolbeck Langer Latterell Mickelson Monroe Netherton Qualm Rhoden Rusch Schoenfish Solano Stalzer Steinhauer Tidemann Wiik Youngberg	3	22	4	2018-01-16	2018-02-27	openstates	ocd-bill/61cd4f84-0a76-45b4-a38d-f57e0bc36f83	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=74&Session=2018	606fa6df87bc2d7780ae787149b03011c6ac63a9c82bdd34a8f537e3d8b25e4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 74 (2018) — create an exception to the minimum difference in age between adoptive parent and child and to declare an emergency.

Version chain

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

1. Printed (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass - 2018 — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass - 2018 — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass Amended - 2018 — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass Amended - 2018 — 64–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ahlers — primary (person)
• Bolin — primary (person)
• Carson — primary (person)
• Curd — primary (person)
• Ewing — primary (person)
• Frerichs — primary (person)
• Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
• Haugaard — primary (person)
• Holmes — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
• Kaiser — primary (person)
• Klumb — primary (person)
• Kolbeck — primary (person)
• Langer — primary (person)
• Latterell — primary (person)
• Mickelson — primary (person)
• Monroe — primary (person)
• Netherton — primary (person)
• Qualm — primary (person)
• Rhoden — primary (person)
• Rusch — primary (person)
• Schoenfish — primary (person)
• Solano — primary (person)
• Stalzer — primary (person)
• Steinhauer — primary (person)
• Tidemann — primary (person)
• Wiik — primary (person)
• Youngberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-16 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 96 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-17 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services, Passed S.J. 117 referral-committee
• 2018-01-22 Scheduled for hearing
• 2018-01-22 Health and Human Services Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 169 committee-passage
• 2018-01-23 Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 207 Amendment 74ja
• 2018-01-23 Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 207 passage
• 2018-01-23 Senate Title amended, Passed S.J. 207 Amendment 74jta
• 2018-01-24 First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 181 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-05 Scheduled for hearing
• 2018-02-05 Judiciary Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 326 committee-passage
• 2018-02-06 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 362
• 2018-02-07 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 382
• 2018-02-08 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 391
• 2018-02-12 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 413
• 2018-02-13 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 430
• 2018-02-14 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 462
• 2018-02-15 House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 480
• 2018-02-20 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 500 passage
• 2018-02-21 Signed by the President S.J. 541
• 2018-02-22 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 565
• 2018-02-23 Delivered to the Governor on February 23, 2018 S.J. 577 executive-receipt
• 2018-02-27 Signed by the Governor on February 27, 2018 S.J. 608 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61cd4f84-0a76-45b4-a38d-f57e0bc36f83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).